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Academic Research in Action: Incentive Fatigue: Why Rewards Lose Steam – and How to Fix Them 

Incentive and recognition programs often start strong and then stall over time. We explore research that points to practical ways to design programs that may keep their power longer and deliver measurable business results.

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Academic Research in Action: Driving Worker Performance Through Effective Recognition and Rewards

We explore recent research that underscores the critical role of sincere, timely, and personalized recognition in enhancing workplace performance.

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Academic Research in Action: How Tangible Rewards Drive Superior Worker Performance and Quality in Tasks Not Directly Compensated

A recent study supports the conclusion that tangible rewards drive higher engagement and performance on uncompensated task dimensions by eliciting emotional responses.

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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).…

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

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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.