Locus of control and incentive in self-managing teams

✍ Scribed by Bonnie E. Garson; Douglas J. Stanwyck

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 827 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1044-8004
• DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.3920080307

✦ Synopsis

A simulation game of employees working in self-managed teams was used to test the efects of locus of control and performance-contingent incentives on productivity and job satisfaction. The only performance eJfect was that participants with external locus of control (externals) in the incentive condition outperformed externals without incentive. Participants with internal locus of control (internals) were more satisfied with their supervisors than were externals. This article discusses implicationsfor employee involvement approaches and makes recommendationsfor further research.