How to Reconcile Financial Incentives and Prosocial Motivation of Loan Officers in Microfinance?
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Keywords
microfinance; financial incentive; loan officer; financial performance; prosocial motivation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2017-03-26 (Banking)
- NEP-MFD-2017-03-26 (Microfinance)
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