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9 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17182
Work Meaningfulness and Effort
Femke Cnossen, Milena Nikolova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16656
Robots, Meaning, and Self-Determination
Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen, Boris Nikolaev
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15183
Can Meaning Make Cents? Making the Meaning of Work Salient for US Manufacturing Workers
Alberto Salamone, Grace Lordan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14909
Being Your Own Boss and Bossing Others: The Moderating Effect of Managing Others on Work Meaning and Autonomy for the Self-Employed and Employees
Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev, Christopher Boudreaux
published in: Small Business Economics. 2023, 60, 463–483
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13112
What Makes Work Meaningful and Why Economists Should Care about It
Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101847
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13053
Gender Differences in Preferences for Meaning at Work
Vanessa Burbano, Nicolas Padilla, Stephan Meier
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (3), 61–94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12250
The Pied Piper: Prizes, Incentives, and Motivation Crowding-In
Luigino Bruni, Vittorio Pelligra, Tommaso G. Reggiani, Matteo Rizzolli
revised version published in: Journal of Business Ethics, 2020, 166(3), 643-658
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9396
A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Well-Being
Younghwan Song
published in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2017, 7 (1), 65-83
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8055
Knowing that You Matter, Matters! The Interplay of Meaning, Monetary Incentives, and Worker Recognition
Michael Kosfeld, Susanne Neckermann, Xiaolan Yang
published as 'The Effects of Financial and Recognition Incentives across Work contexts: The Rolel of Meaning' in: Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55 (1), 237 - 247
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