Roxanne Abbas wrote:
> Kohn quotes psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: "to deemphasize
> conventional rewards threatens the existing power structure." What would
> cause a leader to give up the power that a reward system such as merit pay
> gives him/her?
Well, Roxanne, perhaps ethics? Perhaps vision? Perhaps satiation? I
know that it doesn't seem likely (can you imagine a professional athlete
giving up 10 or 12 million dollars -- choosing to stay with his current
team as an affordable free agent, rather than moving to the higher paying
team?). Neither can I. I know that the player still loves his or her
sport--but the reward quickly becomes the end and the sport the means.
But "hope springs eternal in the human breast."
regards,
Doc
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