Effort, Performance, and Conscientiousness: An Agency Theory Perspective
研究尽责性如何调节代理控制（激励与监督）对员工努力和任务绩效的影响，发现低尽责性者更易受激励影响，而高尽责性者无论有无控制都不会偷懒。
The authors examine the moderating effects of conscientiousness on the relationships between agency controls and effort and agency controls and task performance. Results show that less conscientious individuals appear to increase effort through incentive alignment and monitoring, whereas conscientious individuals do not shirk with or without agency controls. Furthermore, results show that less conscientious individuals increase task performance through incentive alignment, but not through monitoring. The study confirms that motivation to act opportunistically differs between individuals unlike what is assumed by agency theory. Also, incentive alignment may be more effective than monitoring when attempting to align principal and agent interests.