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Love the Job... or the Patient?: Task vs. Mission-Based Motivations in Health Care

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dc.contributor.authorBanuri, Sheheryar
dc.contributor.authorKeefer, Philip
dc.contributor.authorde Walque, Damien
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-16T21:44:05Z
dc.date.available2018-02-16T21:44:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.description.abstractA booming literature has argued that mission-based motives are a central feature of mission-oriented labor markets. This paper shifts the focus to task-based motivation and finds that it yields significantly more effort than mission-based motivation. Moreover, in the presence of significant task motivation, mission motivation has no additional effect on effort. The evidence emerges from experiments with nearly 250 medical and nursing students in Burkina Faso. The students exert effort in three tasks, from boring to interesting. In addition, for half of the students, mission motivation is present: their effort on the task generates benefits for a charity. Two strong results emerge. First, task motivation has an economically important effect on effort, more than doubling effort. Second, mission motivation increases effort, but only for mundane tasks and not when the task is interesting. Moreover, even for mundane tasks, the effects of mission motivation appear to be less than those of task motivation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/198581518535720915/Love-the-job-or-the-patient-task-vs-mission-based-motivations-in-health-care
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8338
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29372
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8338
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
dc.subjectCIVIL SERVICE
dc.subjectINTRINSIC MOTIVATION
dc.subjectEXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE INCENTIVES
dc.titleLove the Job... or the Patient?en
dc.title.subtitleTask vs. Mission-Based Motivations in Health Careen
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okr.crossref.titleLove the Job… or the Patient? Task vs. Mission-Based Motivations in Health Care
okr.date.disclosure2018-02-13
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/198581518535720915/Love-the-job-or-the-patient-task-vs-mission-based-motivations-in-health-care
okr.guid198581518535720915
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8338
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08566dd8a_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29588550
okr.identifier.reportWPS8338
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/198581518535720915/pdf/WPS8338.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryBurkina Faso
okr.statistics.combined1329
okr.statistics.dr198581518535720915
okr.statistics.drstats1012
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform
okr.unitHuman Development Team, Development Research Group
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