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31 Jul 08

Para um bom desempenho no trabalho, a motivação interna é muito mais eficaz do que as recompensas financeiras...

A host of experiments have shown that when threats and rewards enter the picture, they tend to destroy the inner drives.
Beliefs about the utility of rewards and punishments in motivating human behavior are deeply ingrained, and most people don't know that more than 100 research studies have shown that motivating people in this manner can have the unintentional effect of undermining their internal drives.
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- External rewards and punishments are counterproductive when it comes to activities that are meaningful -- tasks that telegraph something about a person's intellectual abilities, generosity, courage or values.
- It is easy to offer a reward, but it is not easy to help people find their own motivation.