Punished by Rewards LO18426

Bill Harris (billh@lsid.hp.com)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:10:22 -0800 (PDT)

Replying to LO18411 --

> I am certain that many members of this list are familiar with the work of
> Alfie Kohn, in this case, his book, Punished by Rewards". But, I will
> give a brief summary.

> Traditional reward systems like commissions, bonuses, grades, praise,
> cookies, etc. do effect motivation. They change the motivation to
> receiving the reward. Take away the reward, and the motivation is gone.

For anyone who can read German, you might try "Mythos Motivation" by
Reinhard Sprenger. It sounds like they have similar theses.

Bill

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