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Andelic N, Allan J, Bender K, Powell D & Theodossiou I (2025) Performance-related Pay and Sorting into Stress.
Abstract
To date, the literature on the performance-related pay (PRP) and health relationship has focused on self-reported data. This paper uses an experimental method to examine the effect of PRP on stress measured by salivary cortisol for those who self-selected into a PRP contract, focusing on whether participants who perceive themselves with higher ability self-select into PRP and exhibit different stress changes compared to those not in a PRP scheme. Results show that self-selected PRP participants demonstrate significantly higher cortisol levels than participants in the nonPRP group. This study suggests that, regardless of sorting, PRP leads to higher physiological stress.
Status | Early Online |
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Publication date online | 31/03/2025 |
Date accepted by journal | 05/03/2025 |
ISSN | 0030-7653 |
eISSN | 1464-3812 |
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