accountWhen evaluating compensation issues, economists often assume that both an employer and an employee make rational, albeit self-interested choices while working toward a goal. The problem, says Assistant Professor Ian Larkin , is that the most powerful workplace motivator is our natural tendency to measure our own performance against the performance of others.
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