Integration and Future of Social Incentives: A Literature Review

Abstract

Abstract: Organizational structure and interpersonal relationship, by making social comparison of individuals, exercise an effect on individual behaviors and further corporate performance, which plays a significant part in optimizing business incentives. However, existing studies lack integration of the paths and effects through which different social incentives impact corporate performance. Therefore, this paper integrates the phenomena and definitions of social incentives, the impact of social environmental factors on social incentives, and the influence of social incentives on corporate performance. Finally, it proposes the key contents for future research: first, to deeply explore the pathways and effects of social comparison on individual behavior; second, to excavate the application of social motivation in organizational structure optimization; third, to analyze the interaction between social motivation and ordinary motivation. The study serves furnishing a theoretic base for incorporation of general and social incentives and also for employing the prospective of social incentives to optimize the organizational composition and information transparency degree of an enterprise.

Key words: organizational structure, social connection, information feedback, social incentive, corporate performance

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JIANG Junfeng, WANG Siqing, CHI Yu. Integration and Future of Social Incentives: A Literature Review[J]. Journal of Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, 2026(03): 111-120.

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