Nobuo Takahashi is dismissive of the benefits attributed to merit-based pay.
The University of Tokyo professor, who specializes in business administration, rejects the notion that employees are motivated to work harder when their monetary rewards reflect their performance.
Psychologically speaking, he figured, people are motivated to work by their accomplishment or praise for the job they have done.
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