Academic Research in Action


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Academic Research In Action

Help Shape the Future of Our Industry

Become a Guest Lecturer and raise awareness of the incentives industry. Download these informative presentation modules.

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Academic Research in Action: Practical Strategies for Incentive Design and Application from Nine Interviews and Two Research Studies

Key findings and practical takeaways from two recent papers are presented alongside advice offered by incentive and reward designers themselves.

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Academic Research in Action: Enhancing Team and P2P Recognition: Two Practical Studies for Better Recognition Program Design

We explore two recent papers that address enhancing employee engagement and organizational outcomes, which offer recognition program designers specific and practical advice.

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Academic Research in Action: Differences in Workplace Reward Preference and Outcomes: Men vs. Women

This issue explores how gender differences impact the effectiveness of various types of tangible rewards.

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Academic Research in Action: Enhancing Incentive Travel and Event Experiences with AI-Driven Personalization

A case study that illustrates how AI can be used to create more meaningful, human-centric events and rewards.

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Academic Research in Action: Mental Accounting Theory and the Efficacy of Non-Cash Rewards

January 2022 In 1999, behavioral economist Richard Thaler published his groundbreaking mental accounting theory. In it, Thaler describes how people tend to code and organize their money and expenses, in effect, putting different value on the same amounts of money depending on how they classify it (e.g, ‘fun’ money versus money to pay the bills).…

Artificial Intelligence
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Academic Research in Action: A Practical Guide to Using Generative AI in the Incentives, Reward, Recognition and Events Industry

A use case for leveraging generative AI in brainstorming reward ideas for frontline hotel staff is explored using prompts and actual ChatGPT 4 responses.

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Academic Research in Action: Case Study: A Unique Travel Reward – GroTech’s Global Office Exchange Program

In this edition of Academic Research in Action, we summarize an interview conducted with the Chief People Officer of a mid-size and fast-growing AI-powered recruitment solutions.

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Academic Research in Action: Case Study: A Unique Travel Reward – GroTech’s Global Office Exchange Program

In this edition of Academic Research in Action, we summarize an interview conducted with the Chief People Officer of a mid-size and fast-growing AI-powered recruitment solutions.

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Academic Research in Action: The Effect of Reward Frequency on Performance

This working paper review serves as a reminder to professionals involved in worker motivation that the use of variety and novelty in non-cash rewards is often critical to maintain the emotional excitement that accompanies non-cash rewards, especially compared to cash.

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Academic Research In Action

Academic Research in Action: The Effect of Reward Frequency on Performance

This working paper review serves as a reminder to professionals involved in worker motivation that the use of variety and novelty in non-cash rewards is often critical to maintain the emotional excitement that accompanies non-cash rewards, especially compared to cash.

Artificial Intelligence
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Academic Research in Action: Generative AI for Personalized Incentives, Rewards, and Recognition 

The transformative power of generative AI and large language models is set to revolutionize workplace processes and the employee experience, including those related to incentives, rewards, and recognition.