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- Title
Fairness and cooperation are rewarding: evidence from social cognitive neuroscience.
- Authors
Tabibnia, Golnaz; Lieberman, Matthew D
- Abstract
To motivate their consumers or employees, corporations often offer monetary incentives, such as cash-back deals or salary bonuses. However, human behavior is not solely driven by material outcome; fairness and equity matter as well. In a recent neuroimaging study, fair offers led to higher happiness ratings and increased activity in several reward regions of the brain compared with unfair offers of equal monetary value. Other neuroimaging studies have similarly shown activation in reward regions in response to cooperative partners or cooperative play. Here, we review these findings and discuss the implications for organizational settings.
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007, Vol 1118, p90
- ISSN
0077-8923
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1196/annals.1412.001