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- catalog abstract "The tension between human self-interest and the desire to keep our social relationships intact, between what one desires and what one knows others will accept and perceive as fair, is revealed in the process of allocating resources in formal organizations. Despite their illegitimacy, personal greed and ego enhancement remain powerful motivations. This paper compares the information processing and distributive behavior of people who had to decide on a year-end bonus, comparing those who had a financial stake with those who did not. In study 1, participants divided bonus money between two employees, employing a 2x2 design which manipulated self-interest with organizational status. Within conditions, participants tended to divide the resources equally, and across conditions those participants who could profit from the situation, divided the entire bonus, wheras those who could not profit, tended to not use all the bonus. Those who stood to gain indicated that the positive or negative information influenced their recommendations more than those who did not stand to gain. In study 2 participants recommend bonus money for an employee who had behaved unethically either alone or with another. Again, half the participants stood to gain from the allocation, while half did not. Participants who stood to gain used the norms of equality or meritocracy rather than acknowledging moral wrong-doing, which was the primary decision".
- catalog contributor b10232693.
- catalog contributor b10232694.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25).".
- catalog description "The tension between human self-interest and the desire to keep our social relationships intact, between what one desires and what one knows others will accept and perceive as fair, is revealed in the process of allocating resources in formal organizations. Despite their illegitimacy, personal greed and ego enhancement remain powerful motivations. This paper compares the information processing and distributive behavior of people who had to decide on a year-end bonus, comparing those who had a financial stake with those who did not. In study 1, participants divided bonus money between two employees, employing a 2x2 design which manipulated self-interest with organizational status.".
- catalog description "Within conditions, participants tended to divide the resources equally, and across conditions those participants who could profit from the situation, divided the entire bonus, wheras those who could not profit, tended to not use all the bonus. Those who stood to gain indicated that the positive or negative information influenced their recommendations more than those who did not stand to gain. In study 2 participants recommend bonus money for an employee who had behaved unethically either alone or with another. Again, half the participants stood to gain from the allocation, while half did not. Participants who stood to gain used the norms of equality or meritocracy rather than acknowledging moral wrong-doing, which was the primary decision".
- catalog extent "33 p. :".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper (Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. Division of Research) ; HBS 97-063.".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School ; 97-063".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Boston] : Division of Research, Harvard Business School,".
- catalog title "Cloaking self interest with high-minded principle / Justine Fenwick, Robert J. Robinson.".
- catalog type "text".