Goals as Reference Points: Empirical Evidence from a Virtual Reward System
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Keywords
Goal-Setting Theory; Prospect Theory; Value Function; Gamification; Badges;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
- M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2015-08-01 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-UPT-2015-08-01 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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