Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296035 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10946
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Organizational structures are an important determinant of individual incentives and thus individual motivation in organizations. We study whether their effects on individual motivation go beyond incentives and how they relate to the perceived legitimacy of organizational structure. To this end, we design a laboratory experiment in which we exogenously manipulate the organizational structure in a way that leaves the incentives of all individuals unaffected, but changes the perceived legitimacy of the organizational structure. Our data show that organizational structure indeed affects behavior beyond monetary incentive effects and that the observed changes are significantly associated with changes in perceived legitimacy.
Subjects: 
legitimacy
organization
motivation
JEL: 
D01
D23
D91
M50
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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