Do Employee Incentives Foster Innovation in Organization?
Employee innovation is one of the most critical factors which affects the overall growth of an organization. To get innovative ideas out of an organization’s employees, incentives play a vital role. In this paper, different incentive structures from previous researches has been examined that are followed by top management for generating innovative ideas. Although most researches from the past found that a fixed wage or compensation based on performance induces a high level of innovation, but it is actually detrimental for innovation.
