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The Dynamics of Motivation in New Organizational Forms

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  • Margit Osterloh
  • Jetta Frost
  • Bruno Frey

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This paper discusses the impact of the dynamics of motivation on new organizational forms that are suited to forge value-creating knowledge transfers in teams and between organizational units and functions. Our aim is to develop the management of motivation as a source of distinctive firm competences. We argue that motivation is an endogenous variable and introduce it as a crucial link into the theory of the firm. Balancing intrinsic and extrinsic motivation helps to overcome social dilemmas in firms that are not solvable by hierarchical authority. Integrating the dynamics of motivation is a step to a more comprehensive theory of organization. It links organizational economics to the knowledge-based perspective.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal International Journal of the Economics of Business.

Volume (Year): 9 (2002)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 61-77

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Keywords: Motivation; Organizational Forms; Knowledge Transfer; Firm-SPECIFIC Pool Resources;

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Cited by:
  1. Lanse Minkler, 2003. "Managing Moral Motivations," Working papers 2003-06, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  2. Nicolai J. Foss, . ""Coase vs Hayek": Economic Organization in the Knowledge Economy," IVS/CBS Working Papers 2001-6, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School.
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  6. Gérard Charreaux, 2009. "Evaluation of the performance of French academics in management sciences before and after the 2009 French university reform : a reading from the theory of organizational architecture," Working Papers FARGO 1090405, Université de Bourgogne - Leg (laboratoire d'économie et de gestion)/Fargo (Research center in Finance,organizational ARchitecture and GOvernance).
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  8. Guido Hertel, 2007. "Motivating job design as a factor in open source governance," Journal of Management and Governance, Springer, vol. 11(2), pages 129-137, May.
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