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Honesty may be more efficient than incentives in organizations, new research finds

For decades, economic theory has often treated people as if they will do the right thing in organizations only when incentives, such as performance pay, force them to. But does this miss the fact that many people also care about honesty?

Honesty may be more efficient than incentives in organizations, new research finds
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For decades, economic theory has often treated people as if they will do the right thing in organizations only when incentives, such as performance pay, force them to. But does this miss the fact that many people also care about honesty?

Originally published at Phys.org

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