A couple of days ago, I wrote about some recent research on the negative impact that corporate award programs can have on firm productivity.
Most of my emphasis there was on the problems inherent in the design of those types of attendance awards, and why such findings can’t be applied to true employee recognition programs.
One finding did stick with me, though.
Almost immediately following the implementation of the attendance awards, employees who used to be punctual became less so and even experienced decreased productivity.
