Sistemas de recompensas e comprometimento com a meta grupal o papel da dificuldade da meta e da necessidade de pertencer a equipe
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Sistemas de recompensas e comprometimento com a meta grupal [recurso eletrônico] : o papel da dificuldade da meta e da necessidade de pertencer a equipe / Celliane Ferraz Pezatto ; orientadora, Ilse Maria Beuren ; coorientador, Jacobo Gómez-Conde
Data de publicação
2024
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163 p. : il.
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Disponível somente em versão on-line.
Tese (doutorado) – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Socioeconômico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Contabilidade, Florianópolis, 2024.
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Sistemas de recompensas e comprometimento com a meta grupal [recurso eletrônico] : o papel da dificuldade da meta e da necessidade de pertencer a equipe / Celliane Ferraz Pezatto ; orientadora, Ilse Maria Beuren ; coorientador, Jacobo Gómez-Conde
Data de publicação
2024
Descrição física
163 p. : il.
Nota
Disponível somente em versão on-line.
Tese (doutorado) – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Socioeconômico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Contabilidade, Florianópolis, 2024.
Inclui referências.
Abstract: This thesis conducts an experiment to analyze the effects of reward systems’ design on team goal commitment, and the influences of goal difficulty and the need-to-belong to the team. The reward system influences decision making based on the expectation of monetary gains contingent upon (i) individual performance or (ii) group/average performance. It was postulated that under group reward systems, with equitable division of the reward, individuals would act aligned and interested for group gains, which would result in greater team cohesion and would explain higher levels of commitment. In contrast, the individual incentive system demonstrated greater goal commitment, with marginal significance. Individuals rewarded based on group performance may have presented dysfunctional behaviors, such as free riding, which refers to the members' slacking, whose reduces its efforts towards achieving the goal when rewarded in a group because they do not consider that their performance is proportional to their earnings potential. Participants prioritized their gains, which overcame pro-social motivations in the decision to commit, a logic contrary to the precepts of social cohesion however aligned with the economic approach. The moderating effect of the goal difficulty (high and low) of the systems on commitment was not confirmed, differing from the literature, which generally associates more difficult goals with greater commitment. Furthermore, the perception of difficulty reveled a negative influence on commitment, attenuated in group incentives, which also points to free riding when they perceived greater goal difficulty. The mediating effect of the need to belong was not confirmed, as it is an intrinsic factor to individuals it did not demonstrate an interrelationship with reward systems to explain joint effects on commitment. But there is a direct relationship, which indicates that the need-to-belong prioritizes the interests of the group and precedes commitment towards the common goal. Results confirmed that task performance is superior when individuals are motivated by group versus individual incentives. Regarding task performance, it is concluded that individuals, when rewarded in a group manner (equitably), were motivated to achieve the group benefit and acted towards the common objective, which explained their greater performance. This may result from social cohesion precepts, in which the union of efforts brings higher performance than the sum of individual efforts. The results together with theoretical assumptions suggest that aspects of social cohesion provide an alternative that can mitigate the negative effects of free riding. Progress is being made by investigating controls that mitigate dysfunctional results in teams, to ensure greater effectiveness of reward systems and goal congruence. For managerial practice, it is revealed that greater commitment motivated by individual gains does not lead to greater performance, as it reflects divergent interests and focuses among members, while group incentive has been shown to align them with the achievement of the common objective, which can explain the higher performance, in addition, individuals perceived the use of group incentives as fairer. This may be the result of greater team cohesion, which makes it possible to mitigate the effects of free riding behaviors.