When the Meaning of Work Has Disappeared : Experimental Evidence on Employees’ Performance and Emotions

Chadi, Adrian; Jeworrek, Sabrina; Mertins, Vanessa

When the Meaning of Work Has Disappeared : Experimental Evidence on Employees’ Performance and Emotions

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Datum

2017

Autor:innen

Chadi, Adrian

Jeworrek, Sabrina

Mertins, Vanessa

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Open Access Green

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Wirtschaftswissenschaften

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Management Science. 2017, 63(6), pp. 1696-1707. ISSN 0025-1909. eISSN 1526-5501. Available under: doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2426

Zusammenfassung

This experiment tests for a causal relationship between the meaning of work and employees’ motivation to perform well. The study builds on an existing employer– employee relationship, adding realism to the ongoing research of task meaning. Owing to an unexpected project cancelation, we are able to study how varying the information provided about the meaning of previously conducted work—without the use of deception, but still maintaining a high level of control—affects subsequent performance. We observe a strong decline in exerted effort when we inform workers about the meaninglessness of a job already done. Our data also suggests that providing a supplemental alternative meaning perfectly compensates for this negative performance effect. Individual characteristics such as reciprocal inclinations and trust prompt different reactions. The data also show that the meaning of work affects workers’ emotions, but we cannot establish a clear relationship between emotional responses and performance.

Fachgebiet (DDC)

330 Wirtschaft

Schlagwörter

meaning of work, worker motivation, real-effort task, field experiment, reciprocity

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CHADI, Adrian, Sabrina JEWORREK, Vanessa MERTINS, 2017. When the Meaning of Work Has Disappeared : Experimental Evidence on Employees’ Performance and Emotions. In: Management Science. 2017, 63(6), pp. 1696-1707. ISSN 0025-1909. eISSN 1526-5501. Available under: doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2426

BibTex

@article{Chadi2017-06Meani-43133,
  year={2017},
  doi={10.1287/mnsc.2016.2426},
  title={When the Meaning of Work Has Disappeared : Experimental Evidence on Employees’ Performance and Emotions},
  number={6},
  volume={63},
  issn={0025-1909},
  journal={Management Science},
  pages={1696--1707},
  author={Chadi, Adrian and Jeworrek, Sabrina and Mertins, Vanessa}
}

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