News Finding: High performers and productive people don't do it alone.
Paper Finding: In other words, offering money may arouse the willingness to expend more effort to attain a given objective than not offering money.
News Context: High performers and productive people don't do it alone. They understand that they can achieve more and do it quicker with the help of a mentor, coach, or adviser (or advisory team). If you wanted to get better at tennis, you would probably hire an instructor who would help you improve your serve or backhand volley.
Paper Context: However, in the laboratory studies by and , incentive pay did not lead to more specific goal setting than hourly pay. In other words, offering money may arouse the willingness to expend more effort to attain a given objective than not offering money. In terms of expectancy theory, money rewards endow goal success with a higher valence or value than no money.