Trading-Off Monetary Rewards as Reinforcers to Enhance Task Motivation and Performance of Publication in Academia

Autor/inn/en	Gaus, Nurdiana; Jasruddin; Saleh, Arifin; Resnawaty, Risna; Paramma, Muhammad Azwar; Tanjung, Yurisna
Titel	Trading-Off Monetary Rewards as Reinforcers to Enhance Task Motivation and Performance of Publication in Academia
Quelle	In: Higher Education Quarterly, 76 (2022) 4, S.800-814 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gaus, Nurdiana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-5224
DOI	10.1111/hequ.12350
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Faculty Publishing; Rewards; Motivation; Incentives; Economic Factors; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; Reward; Belohnung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Anreiz; Ökonomischer Faktor; Indonesien
Abstract	This paper aims to examine how an inappropriate traded-off design scheme of monetary rewards as reinforcers to task motivation and performance can promote poor quality of publication in academia and create the potential 'hidden costs of rewards.' Six universities in the western and eastern regions of Indonesia were selected to investigate this issue, and 70 academics from different social science backgrounds were interviewed. Our research results show that the monetary rewards implemented by the Indonesian government only act as a trigger for the initial motivation and become a quantitative lever for journal publications, not a quality lever. Consequently, the quality of publication is still poor because of the low-powered incentive schemes that are designed based on task-completion, disregarding the 'synergistic effect' between the government's intentions and the academics' attributions. The implications of this study and recommendations to policymakers are provided in this paper. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01