Competition and Prosocial Incentives: Essays on the Role of Gender When Choosing to Compete for Others

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dc.contributor.advisorAgarwal, Rajshreeen_US
dc.contributor.advisorStarr, Evan Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorKing, Benjamin Charlesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentBusiness and Management: Management & Organizationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-16T05:37:08Z
dc.date.available2021-09-16T05:37:08Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractMy dissertation examines how prosocial and selfish incentives affect individuals' willingness to compete as a critical behavioral choice, and the role of gender in this relationship. Understanding more about this connection is key, as men are more competitive than women, on average, and higher levels of competitiveness are correlated with positive career outcomes. Using insights from economics and psychology, I test and expand theory that individuals become more willing to compete when the rewards benefit a charity or another individual. I suggest practical implications for organizational designers who seek to reduce gender gaps in wages and achievement.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/wq27-asel
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/27746
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledManagementen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEntrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCompetitivenessen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledExperimental Methodsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGenderen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHuman Capitalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledProsocial Incentivesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSponsorshipen_US
dc.titleCompetition and Prosocial Incentives: Essays on the Role of Gender When Choosing to Compete for Othersen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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