Posted by Riva Gialuca on July 25, 2002 at 13:09:06:

In Reply to: Knowledge Sharing Incentives posted by T. Malik on July 21, 2002 at 20:24:31:

Hi Malik, I don't think it's possible to develop a universal model for this question. I reckon that both intrinsic and extrinsic incentives are important and valuable, and it's impossible to say what's more fundamental. What's more, extrinsic and intrinsic incentives are so linked to each other that they're often not clearly distinguishable. After all, money has no intrinsic value, it's used to gain status, to feed a family, to gain power, and so on. These may be intrinsic incentives for most people, and so extrinsic incentives may be a means to reac intrinsic ones. I do think both incentives must be present to minimize turnover. After all, we must all eat, and we must all enjoy what we do before going home so as not to commit suicide. Depending on specific people, fun while working may be more important than money, or viceversa. A universal model may be difficult to build, specially if you try to develop a graduatory of the needs (Maslow tried and his model is still the bsubject of many controversies).
What's universal I think it's the desire to be treated with fairness...
Bye for now

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