scholarly journals Towards zero burning peatland preparation: Incentive scheme and stakeholders role

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1396-1405
Author(s):  
MURNIATI MURNIATI ◽  
SRI SUHARTI
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Actual Cost ◽  
Preparation Methods ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Triggering Factors ◽  
Burning Method

Murniati, Suharti S. 2018. Towards zero burning peatland preparation: Incentive scheme and stakeholders role. Biodiversitas19: 1396-1405. Zero burning during peatland preparation should be implemented to prevent disturbance of its natural biodiversity aswell as to minimize the triggering factors of forest fire incidents in Indonesia. The objective of the research is to study method and costof peatland preparation, alternative incentive schemes to be applied in order to facilitate zero burning farming as well as to identifypotential stakeholders involved in the implementation of the incentive. The research was done in Siak District, Riau Province duringMay to December 2016 through field observation and interview. Two groups of respondents interviewed in the research, i.e., peatlandfarmers (40 respondents) and officials of related institutions (32 respondents), who were selected through purposive sampling method.The results showed there were three methods of peatland preparation at the research sites practiced by the farmers: (i) Under controlburning, (ii) Zero burning, manually and (iii) Zero burning, mechanically. Actual cost of zero burning is significantly higher or morethan two times than that of under control burning method. Therefore, there is a need to provide the smallholders peatland farmers withan incentive scheme to support zero burning practice. Margin of cost between zero burning (manually) and under control burning ofpeatland preparation methods is recommended to be used as standard for incentive. The incentive should be in the form of compulsoryprograms and applied gradually to assure zero burning peatland preparation widely implemented. Potential stakeholders involved andtheir commitment to implement the incentive scheme should be encouraged.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Incentive Schemes in the Presence of Implicit Effort Costs

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 4063-4078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian J. Goerg ◽  
Sebastian Kube ◽  
Jonas Radbruch
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Incentive Contracts ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Outside Options ◽  
Real Effort ◽  
The Cost

Agents’ decisions to exert effort depend on the incentives and the potential costs involved. So far, most of the attention has been on the incentive side. However, our laboratory experiments underline that both the incentive and the cost side can be used separately to shape work performance. In our experiment, subjects work on a real-effort slider task. Between treatments, we vary the incentive scheme used for compensating workers. Additionally, by varying the available outside options, we explore the role of implicit costs of effort in determining workers’ performance. We observe that incentive contracts and implicit costs interact in a nontrivial manner. In general, performance decreases as implicit costs increase. Yet the magnitude of the reaction differs across incentive schemes and across the offered outside options, which, in turn, alters estimated output elasticities. In addition, comparisons between incentive schemes crucially depend on the implicit costs. This paper was accepted by Yan Chen, decision analysis.

scholarly journals Financial incentives and the health workforce

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Scott ◽  
Luke B. Connelly
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Incentive Schemes

Changes to the remuneration of medical practitioners are currently being considered in Australia. In this paper, we provide a discussion of financial incentives in healthcare markets and their effects on health professionals’ behaviour. After defining incentives, the paper focuses on the design of incentive schemes for the health workforce. It discusses several issues that should be considered when designing incentives, illustrated with some Australian examples. What are the objectives of the incentive scheme? What types of incentives can be used and under what circumstances? What is the empirical evidence around the effects of incentive schemes? What unintended consequences might exist? The paper concludes with a set of principles around which incentives can be designed. These principles might be used to inform the current debate about revisions to the incentives that are faced by medical practitioners in Australia.

scholarly journals INVENTARISASI JENIS-JENIS TANAMAN HIAS INTRODUKSI DI DESA PENGLIPURAN, KABUPATEN BANGLI, BALI

2018 ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Ayu Zuraida ◽  
A.A. Gde Raka Dalem ◽  
Martin Joni
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Single Type ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Village

Panglipuran Village is one of the traditional villages in Bali that still prioritizes harmonization and sense of togetherness. The village is located in Kelurahan Kubu, Kecamatan Bangli, Bangli District, Bali. Panglipuran Village has many types of plants. The varieties of plants can be influenced by several factors: one of them is introduction. This research is conducted to examine the introduction of decorative plants in Panglipuran Village, with the purpose of providing information to villagers about those plants, so that their potential can be utilized in other travel destinations, especially the ones in Bali. The method used in this research is purposive sampling. Data were obtained through direct field observation and interviews with local villagers, and later were identified at Laboratorium Taksonomi Tumbuhan FMIPA, Udayana University. According to the results of this research, 32 types of introduction plants which comes from 24 different famili was found. Introduction of decorative plants in Panglipuran Village can be classified into 3 groups, which are 22 types of decorative flower plants, 8 types of decorative leaf plants, and a single type of decorative stem plants. Keywords: inventorisation, Panglipuran Village, decorative plants, introduction

scholarly journals Current practice with regard to short-term incentive schemes for middle managers

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrisilla Grigoiadis ◽  
Mark Bussin
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Research Survey

This study aimed to determine what the current practice is with regard to short-term incentive schemes for middle managers. This was done by means of a quantitative study through a structured research survey completed by a sample of forty-eight organisations. The design elements, performance measures and payout practices of the various schemes in use were surveyed, as well as the participants’ view on the perceived effectiveness of their short-term incentive schemes. Evidence shows that the majority of organisations have a short-term incentive scheme in place for middle managers, and that the type of scheme used in most of the organisations is a performance-related bonus scheme, introduced mainly to drive business performance and reward superior performance.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STAFF INCENTIVE AND ENGAGEMENT SCHEME

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Ovcharuk
Keyword(s):  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Social Effectiveness ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Job Functions ◽  
Employee Incentives ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Staff Assessment ◽  
Social Components ◽  
Practical Recommendations

The article deals with the topical issues of the research of staff incentive and en-gagement essence at the enterprises of both budgetary and commercial spheres in the context of their effective management and improvement of innovative activity. The article states that the incentive and engagement scheme, based on a comprehensive assessment of staff, makes it possible to accomplish a number of important tasks: to identify the degree of professional compliance of a candidate with the requirements for specific job functions; to calculate the ratio of “cost-result of work” of an individual employee; to compare the labour costs of different employees in the team and identify factors that affect significant deviations in performance; to work out the optimal mechanism of staff incentive and engagement aimed at solving the identified problems; to determine the criteria for assessing the effectiveness of motivational and stimulating tools. On this basis, business entities form an objective need to develop effective instruments for tangible and intangible incentives, as well as to improve the existing ones and develop new methods of staff assessment. At the same time, the existing tools of staff incentive and engagement do not fully meet the needs of modern organizations. This contradiction determined the choice of the topic for our research. The purpose of the research is to develop methodological approaches and practical recommendations for improving staff incentive and engagement scheme. In our opinion, the methodology for assessing the effectiveness of the employee incentive scheme should consist of a set of indicators that evaluate “economic effectiveness”, “social effectiveness”, “effectiveness for employers” and “effectiveness for employees”. The author proposes the methodology of assessing the effectiveness of the incentive scheme, which will best reflect the specifics of an enterprise activity. This methodology includes a set of indicators to evaluate the “economic” and “social” components of the effectiveness, as well as to take into account the effect for both employees and employers. The article considers the identified disadvantages of employee incentive schemes in organizations of both budgetary and commercial spheres, which determines the necessity of a more in-depth and comprehensive study of the features and problems of employee incentives in organizations of any sphere. Thus, the use of the proposed methodology will make it possible to comprehensively assess the effectiveness of employee incentive schemes in both budgetary and commercial areas and on the basis of the obtained results will promote making reasonable management decisions.

scholarly journals Incentive Schemes, Sorting, and Behavioral Biases of Employees: Experimental Evidence

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Larkin ◽  
Stephen Leider
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Wage Bill ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Behavioral Biases ◽  
Linear Scheme ◽  
And Performance

We investigate how the convexity of a firm's incentives interacts with worker overconfidence to affect sorting decisions and performance. We demonstrate, experimentally, that overconfident employees are more likely to sort into a nonlinear incentive scheme over a linear one, even though this reduces pay for many subjects and despite the presence of clear feedback. Additionally, the linear scheme attracts demotivated, underconfident workers who perform below their ability. Our findings suggest that firms may design incentive schemes that adapt to the behavioral biases of employees to “sort in” (“sort away”) attractive (unattractive) employees; such schemes may also reduce a firm's wage bill. (JEL D03, D83, J24, J31, M12)

scholarly journals The Impacts of Incentives for International Publications on Research Cultures in Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences

Minerva ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Xu ◽  
Alis Oancea ◽  
Heath Rose
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Managerial Culture ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
Research Incentives

AbstractIncentives for improving research productivity at universities prevail in global academia. However, the rationale, methodology, and impact of such incentives and consequent evaluation regimes are in need of scrutinization. This paper explores the influences of financial and career-related publishing incentive schemes on research cultures. It draws on an analysis of 75 interviews with academics, senior university administrators, and journal editors from China, a country that has seen widespread reliance on international publication counts in research evaluation and reward systems. The study focuses on humanities and social sciences (HSS) as disciplinary sites, which embody distinct characteristics and have experienced the introduction of incentive schemes in China since the early 2000s. Findings reveal tensions between internationalization and indigenization, quality and quantity, integrity and instrumentalism, equity and inequity in Chinese academia. In particular, we argue that a blanket incentive scheme could reinforce a managerial culture in higher education, encourage performative objectification of academics, and jeopardize their agency. We thereby challenge ‘one-size-fits-all’ policymaking, and suggest instead that institutions should have the opportunity to adopt an ethical and ‘human-oriented’ approach when developing their research incentives and evaluation mechanisms.

scholarly journals Trust as a Signal of a Social Norm and the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 999-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Sliwka
Keyword(s):  
Asymmetric Information ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Crowd Out ◽  
Motivation Crowding

An explanation for motivation crowding-out phenomena is developed in a social preferences framework. Besides selfish and fair or altruistic types, a third type of agent is introduced. These “conformists” have social preferences if they believe that sufficiently many of the others do as well. When there is asymmetric information about the distribution of preferences (the “social norm”), the incentive scheme offered or autonomy granted can reveal a principal's beliefs about that norm. High-powered incentives may crowd out motivation as pessimism about the norm is conveyed. But by choosing fixed wages or granting autonomy, trust in a favorable norm may be signaled. (JEL D64, D82, J41, Z13)

scholarly journals The impact of incentive schemes on employee productivity in the South African workplace

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhardus Van Zyl
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Employee Productivity ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
The South ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Size Firm ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this article is to determine the impact that various incentive schemes have on employee productivity in the South African workplace. A firm-based model is used to estimate the dimensional relationships (different skill levels, gender-mix, firm size, firm-sponsored training incentives) of the incentive scheme-employee productivity link. The main conclusions of the study are, firstly, that finance-based incentive schemes (especially performance-linked bonus schemes) have a greater positive impact on employee productivity for the higher-skilled segment, secondly, that non-financial incentives (especially consultative committee incentive schemes) have a greater positive impact on employee productivity for the lower-skilled segment, and, finally, that greater female participation in the workplace and the awarding of incentive schemes is important if general employee productivity is to be enhanced.

scholarly journals A Multi-player Game for Studying Federated Learning Incentive Schemes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang Loon Ng ◽  
Zichen Chen ◽  
Zelei Liu ◽  
Han Yu ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Data ◽  
Incentive Scheme ◽  
Local Data ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Selection Decisions ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Player Game ◽  
Incentive Mechanism Design

Federated Learning (FL) enables participants to "share'' their sensitive local data in a privacy preserving manner and collaboratively build machine learning models. In order to sustain long-term participation by high quality data owners (especially if they are businesses), FL systems need to provide suitable incentives. To design an effective incentive scheme, it is important to understand how FL participants respond under such schemes. This paper proposes FedGame, a multi-player game to study how FL participants make action selection decisions under different incentive schemes. It allows human players to role-play under various conditions. The decision-making processes can be analyzed and visualized to inform FL incentive mechanism design in the future.

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