Title of article :
Intention matters in employment contract
Author/Authors :
Ch’ng, Kean-Siang Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Social Sciences - Economics Department, Malaysia , Loke, Yiing-Jia Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Social Sciences - Economics Department, Malaysia
Abstract :
Two treatments are conducted to test the effect of employers’ generosity on employees’ effort level. In the first treatment, the intention is not observable to the employee while in the second treatment, the intention is observable. Higher wage is reciprocated with significantly higher effort level when the intention of generosity is observable. When intention of generosity is not observable, the positive relationship between wage and effort is not completely absent as employees still reciprocate to higher wage but with weaker tendency
Keywords :
intention of generosity , gift , exchange , reciprocity
Journal title :
international journal of business and society
Journal title :
international journal of business and society
