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University of Manchester
1.
Al Jarradi, Khalid.
An Investigation into the Effectiveness of the
RewardSystem in the Government Sector in the Sultanate ofOman and
the Potential for Introducinga Total Reward Strategy.
Degree: 2011, University of Manchester
URL: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:133535
► The problem of the migration of talent from developed countries is not a new one, andessentially it is understood that the reward systems of the…
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▼ The problem of the migration of talent from
developed countries is not a new one, andessentially it is
understood that the
reward systems of the countries involved are at
faultin not providing individuals with rewards that they value. In
the Sultanate of Oman,such a brain drain is not yet a problem, but
over the last few years there has been anincreasing departure of
talented people from the Omani Government Sector, as theprivate
sector has more to offer. Such a phenomenon is wasteful in respect
of thetraining investment which might have been made in these
people, but it is alsodamaging to the government sector as a whole
since the aim of providing qualityservices to the nation is made
more difficult to achieve as employees of high
calibreleave.Consequently, this thesis explores the issue of why
people resign from the governmentsector to work elsewhere, and in
so doing it focuses on the current
reward system withinthe sector.
Through a comprehensive literature review, it considers both
academic andpractitioner perspectives on the issue of
reward,
concentrating particularly on theconcept of Total
Reward which
embraces the notion of a mixture of wide-rangingtangible and
intangible rewards that are designed with employee involvement to
ensuretheir attractiveness, and to ultimately secure loyalty and
reduce employee turnover.The study then conducts an empirical
exercise in which a large sample of governmentemployees from the
full range of ministries where resignations are taking
place,participate in a questionnaire survey, seeking to establish
their views on the currentreward system and the potential for the
introduction of a Total
Reward strategy.Additionally, a number of
in-depth interviews are held with employees, and focusgroups are
also conducted, as a means of securing a third source of
empiricalinformation. The data obtained is triangulated to
establish a detailed employerperspective, and then considered in
the light of the literature.The finding is that the
reward system
in its current form is not appropriate since it doesnot cater for
employees’ needs. It is characterised by a lack of rigorous and
transparentcriteria on which to assess employees’ eligibility for
various rewards, and consequently,has allowed favouritism and
nepotism to creep into a system that was intended to beoperated on
the basis of merit. This is dispiriting for employees who have no
faith intheir managers to determine their individual performance,
and hence offer rewards on afair basis.It is concluded that a Total
Reward strategy is a desirable way forward since this wouldstem the
flow of talented people from the government sector, but it is
alsoacknowledged that there are critical success factors associated
with the implementationof such an initiative and that for these to
be in place, a culture change within thegovernment sector would
need to occur.
Advisors/Committee Members: HOSSAIN, MOHAMMAD FARHAD MF, Mamman, Aminu, Hossain, Farhad.
Subjects/Keywords: Total Reward
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Al Jarradi, K. (2011). An Investigation into the Effectiveness of the
RewardSystem in the Government Sector in the Sultanate ofOman and
the Potential for Introducinga Total Reward Strategy. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:133535
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Al Jarradi, Khalid. “An Investigation into the Effectiveness of the
RewardSystem in the Government Sector in the Sultanate ofOman and
the Potential for Introducinga Total Reward Strategy.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:133535.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Al Jarradi, Khalid. “An Investigation into the Effectiveness of the
RewardSystem in the Government Sector in the Sultanate ofOman and
the Potential for Introducinga Total Reward Strategy.” 2011. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Al Jarradi K. An Investigation into the Effectiveness of the
RewardSystem in the Government Sector in the Sultanate ofOman and
the Potential for Introducinga Total Reward Strategy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:133535.
Council of Science Editors:
Al Jarradi K. An Investigation into the Effectiveness of the
RewardSystem in the Government Sector in the Sultanate ofOman and
the Potential for Introducinga Total Reward Strategy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2011. Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:133535

University of Ghana
2.
Sampson, N.A.
Understanding the Extent to Which Teachers Recognize Other Forms of Rewards Apart from Money
.
Degree: 2019, University of Ghana
URL: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32763
► The research purpose is to know whether teachers recognize other forms of rewards apart from money. Guided by Literature only on understanding the extent to…
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▼ The research purpose is to know whether teachers recognize other forms of rewards
apart from money.
Guided by Literature only on understanding the extent to which teachers recognize other
forms of rewards aside money.
Data was collected from Fifteen (15) teachers of Queens International using self-administered
questionnaires, based on descriptive analyses it was found that teachers in the school hold the
perception that paying everyone the same amount promotes mediocrity .It is also found that
teachers in the school hold the perception that monetary rewards create negative completion
and morale problems at work.
Based on the analysis and findings, it is concluded that teachers of the school do not
recognize others forms of rewards as much as they recognize money, this is evident in their
opinions: being motivated, retained in school, encouraged by monetary rewards.
It is recommended that difference in salary should be based on certain outlined elements and
should be communicated to staff.
Subjects/Keywords: Reward;
Money
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Sampson, N. A. (2019). Understanding the Extent to Which Teachers Recognize Other Forms of Rewards Apart from Money
. (Masters Thesis). University of Ghana. Retrieved from http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32763
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sampson, N A. “Understanding the Extent to Which Teachers Recognize Other Forms of Rewards Apart from Money
.” 2019. Masters Thesis, University of Ghana. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32763.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sampson, N A. “Understanding the Extent to Which Teachers Recognize Other Forms of Rewards Apart from Money
.” 2019. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Sampson NA. Understanding the Extent to Which Teachers Recognize Other Forms of Rewards Apart from Money
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Ghana; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32763.
Council of Science Editors:
Sampson NA. Understanding the Extent to Which Teachers Recognize Other Forms of Rewards Apart from Money
. [Masters Thesis]. University of Ghana; 2019. Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32763
3.
Rana, Mohammad Sohel.
Product Reward Discounting on Variance of Time.
Degree: 2011, , School of Management
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3403
► Naturally individuals prefer to receive the rewards after purchasing a certain amount of products or services. Customer rewards program is an effective tool for…
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▼ Naturally individuals prefer to receive the rewards after purchasing a certain amount of products or services. Customer rewards program is an effective tool for the company to increase the customer loyalty. Luxury and necessity products can be offered as rewards under the product reward program. The main purpose of this study is to find out how individuals discount luxury rewards over necessity rewards in differences of time length. In this research empirical data has been collected from the students living in student apartments through the survey questionnaire. The respondents were given five time variances such as today, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year to present their preferences between luxury and necessity products of equal value. After collecting and analyzing the survey data it was found that majority of the respondents prefers the necessity rewards in shorter period of time whereas in the longer delay they prefer the luxury rewards. Hence individuals discount luxury rewards over the necessity rewards of equal value in the variance of time.
Subjects/Keywords: Customer Loyalty; Customer Reward Program; Immediate Reward; Delayed Reward; Discounting; Luxury Reward; Necessity Reward.
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Rana, M. S. (2011). Product Reward Discounting on Variance of Time. (Thesis). , School of Management. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3403
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rana, Mohammad Sohel. “Product Reward Discounting on Variance of Time.” 2011. Thesis, , School of Management. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3403.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rana, Mohammad Sohel. “Product Reward Discounting on Variance of Time.” 2011. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Rana MS. Product Reward Discounting on Variance of Time. [Internet] [Thesis]. , School of Management; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3403.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Rana MS. Product Reward Discounting on Variance of Time. [Thesis]. , School of Management; 2011. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3403
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Addis Ababa University
4.
Dawit, Amha.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE USE OF REWARD SYSTEMS BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND SERVICE SECTORS
.
Degree: 2012, Addis Ababa University
URL: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/2425
► This study is about reward system, which essentially is a steering instrument available to maintain the organizational efficiency and productivity and which also have the…
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▼ This study is about
reward system, which essentially is a steering instrument available to maintain the organizational efficiency and productivity and which also have the purpose of motivating the employees to act in the best interest of the organization as well as to reach organizational goals. The purpose with this study was to see how companies in different sectors make use of a
reward system in order to increase their effectiveness and efficiency. The aim was also to see to what extent organizations are linking the organizational goals with the individual goals that occur within an organization. A comparison between the sectors has done in order to observe similarities as well as differences. As groundwork of this thesis theories regarding motivation and effectiveness and efficiency were used. The research question was based on the purpose with this study and stated as follows:
“In what way are organizations using a
reward system to motivate the employees to work in the best interest of the organization and reach organizational goals?”
In order to answer the research question I have conducted a qualitative study. I have made two interviews with different companies within two different sectors, a total of four interviews. The sectors that I have chosen to focus on were the production sector and the service sector. The interviews were all face to face meetings in Addis Ababa. The empirical findings have then been tried to be analyzed by linking them to the theories used in the theoretical framework.
The main conclusions I have made is that all companies are focusing primarily on profitability and results when rewarding. Within all sectors, the companies have found very difficult to link individual goals to organizational goals in the organization. It is only Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) that already laid the ground for linking individual goals to organizational goals though it is not yet started implementing the system. Based on my finding the production sector is working more satisfactorily concerning employees’ job satisfaction and motivation.
Further I could conclude that the less developed
reward system an organization has and considers it to be a steering instrument the less thoroughly developed will the groundwork for it be and vice versa. Some similarities that I could see within the two sectors were that they all are using monetary and non monetary rewards (financial and non financial rewards) and that the rewards are being given to both individuals to teams though differ in extent.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Tilahun Teklu (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: effectiveness; efficiency; motivation; reward; reward system
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Dawit, A. (2012). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE USE OF REWARD SYSTEMS BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND SERVICE SECTORS
. (Thesis). Addis Ababa University. Retrieved from http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/2425
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dawit, Amha. “A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE USE OF REWARD SYSTEMS BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND SERVICE SECTORS
.” 2012. Thesis, Addis Ababa University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/2425.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dawit, Amha. “A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE USE OF REWARD SYSTEMS BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND SERVICE SECTORS
.” 2012. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Dawit A. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE USE OF REWARD SYSTEMS BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND SERVICE SECTORS
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/2425.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Dawit A. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE USE OF REWARD SYSTEMS BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND SERVICE SECTORS
. [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2012. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/2425
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Rochester
5.
Strait, Caleb E.
Neural mechanisms of reward-based choice.
Degree: PhD, 2016, University of Rochester
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1802/30861
► The ability to choose among potential rewards is a vital function of the mind, although our understanding of the biological mechanisms behind this process is…
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▼ The ability to choose among potential rewards is a
vital function of the mind,
although our understanding of the
biological mechanisms behind this process is still in its
infancy.
Decision neuroscientists have shown that various measures of neural
activity
often covary with estimates of decision value. The brain
might draw upon such a signal
as it makes the physical
calculations underlying choice. This work is an investigation of
single neuron value signal formatting, using both behavioral and
neurophysiological
research. I present evidence for an offer
valuation system in the brain, wherein single
value-sensitive
neurons use a signal format that would allow them to participate in
both
value comparison and reward position tagging. Choice behavior
suggested that neural
codes of value may favor more positively
skewed reward distributions. During economic
choice, neurons in
the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and ventral striatum
(VS)
signaled offer values with mutual inhibition between value
signals for competing offers,
which would allow for comparison.
Value signals in neurons from these areas, the
orbitofrontal
cortex (OFC), the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), and the
subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) were also sensitive to
the spatial positions
of both offers and choices, information that
would allow value signals to maintain tags
between rewards and
their spatial positions during comparison.
Subjects/Keywords: Reward; Neuron; Choice
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Strait, C. E. (2016). Neural mechanisms of reward-based choice. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Rochester. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1802/30861
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Strait, Caleb E. “Neural mechanisms of reward-based choice.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Rochester. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1802/30861.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Strait, Caleb E. “Neural mechanisms of reward-based choice.” 2016. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Strait CE. Neural mechanisms of reward-based choice. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Rochester; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1802/30861.
Council of Science Editors:
Strait CE. Neural mechanisms of reward-based choice. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Rochester; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1802/30861

University of Manchester
6.
Al Jarradi, Khalid.
An investigation into the effectiveness of the reward system in the government sector in the Sultanate of Oman and the potential for introducing a total reward strategy.
Degree: PhD, 2011, University of Manchester
URL: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-rewardsystem-in-the-government-sector-in-the-sultanate-ofoman-and-the-potential-for-introducinga-total-reward-strategy(7a7dd798-9aa5-4a7e-982f-4cd0d973b0f6).html
;
http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553283
► The problem of the migration of talent from developed countries is not a new one, andessentially it is understood that the reward systems of the…
(more)
▼ The problem of the migration of talent from developed countries is not a new one, andessentially it is understood that the reward systems of the countries involved are at faultin not providing individuals with rewards that they value. In the Sultanate of Oman,such a brain drain is not yet a problem, but over the last few years there has been anincreasing departure of talented people from the Omani Government Sector, as theprivate sector has more to offer. Such a phenomenon is wasteful in respect of thetraining investment which might have been made in these people, but it is alsodamaging to the government sector as a whole since the aim of providing qualityservices to the nation is made more difficult to achieve as employees of high calibreleave. Consequently, this thesis explores the issue of why people resign from the governmentsector to work elsewhere, and in so doing it focuses on the current reward system withinthe sector. Through a comprehensive literature review, it considers both academic andpractitioner perspectives on the issue of reward, concentrating particularly on theconcept of Total Reward which embraces the notion of a mixture of wide-rangingtangible and intangible rewards that are designed with employee involvement to ensuretheir attractiveness, and to ultimately secure loyalty and reduce employee turnover. The study then conducts an empirical exercise in which a large sample of governmentemployees from the full range of ministries where resignations are taking place,participate in a questionnaire survey, seeking to establish their views on the currentreward system and the potential for the introduction of a Total Reward strategy. Additionally, a number of in-depth interviews are held with employees, and focusgroups are also conducted, as a means of securing a third source of empiricalinformation. The data obtained is triangulated to establish a detailed employerperspective, and then considered in the light of the literature. The finding is that the reward system in its current form is not appropriate since it doesnot cater for employees' needs. It is characterised by a lack of rigorous and transparentcriteria on which to assess employees' eligibility for various rewards, and consequently,has allowed favouritism and nepotism to creep into a system that was intended to beoperated on the basis of merit. This is dispiriting for employees who have no faith intheir managers to determine their individual performance, and hence offer rewards on afair basis. It is concluded that a Total Reward strategy is a desirable way forward since this wouldstem the flow of talented people from the government sector, but it is alsoacknowledged that there are critical success factors associated with the implementationof such an initiative and that for these to be in place, a culture change within thegovernment sector would need to occur.
Subjects/Keywords: 331.2164; Total Reward
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Al Jarradi, K. (2011). An investigation into the effectiveness of the reward system in the government sector in the Sultanate of Oman and the potential for introducing a total reward strategy. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-rewardsystem-in-the-government-sector-in-the-sultanate-ofoman-and-the-potential-for-introducinga-total-reward-strategy(7a7dd798-9aa5-4a7e-982f-4cd0d973b0f6).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553283
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Al Jarradi, Khalid. “An investigation into the effectiveness of the reward system in the government sector in the Sultanate of Oman and the potential for introducing a total reward strategy.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-rewardsystem-in-the-government-sector-in-the-sultanate-ofoman-and-the-potential-for-introducinga-total-reward-strategy(7a7dd798-9aa5-4a7e-982f-4cd0d973b0f6).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553283.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Al Jarradi, Khalid. “An investigation into the effectiveness of the reward system in the government sector in the Sultanate of Oman and the potential for introducing a total reward strategy.” 2011. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Al Jarradi K. An investigation into the effectiveness of the reward system in the government sector in the Sultanate of Oman and the potential for introducing a total reward strategy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-rewardsystem-in-the-government-sector-in-the-sultanate-ofoman-and-the-potential-for-introducinga-total-reward-strategy(7a7dd798-9aa5-4a7e-982f-4cd0d973b0f6).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553283.
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Al Jarradi K. An investigation into the effectiveness of the reward system in the government sector in the Sultanate of Oman and the potential for introducing a total reward strategy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2011. Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-rewardsystem-in-the-government-sector-in-the-sultanate-ofoman-and-the-potential-for-introducinga-total-reward-strategy(7a7dd798-9aa5-4a7e-982f-4cd0d973b0f6).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553283

University of Texas – Austin
7.
Wolosin, Sasha Monica.
The effect of reward-based motivation on associative memory processing in the medial temporal lobes.
Degree: PhD, Psychology, 2013, University of Texas – Austin
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41696
► What determines whether an experience is encoded to memory? One factor is reward-based motivation: we are more likely to remember information if we believe it…
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▼ What determines whether an experience is encoded to memory? One factor is
reward-based motivation: we are more likely to remember information if we believe it will lead to future rewards. Memory critically depends on the integrity of the medial temporal lobes (MTL). Notably, the MTL is comprised of subregions that are hypothesized to serve different functions in memory and may be differentially influenced by
reward. The present research examines how
reward-based motivation influences associative memory processing within MTL subregions of the human brain. In two high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, a high-value or low-value monetary cue preceded a pair of objects indicating potential
reward for successful retrieval of the association on a later memory test. Memory was enhanced for pairs preceded by high-value compared to low-value
reward cues, however participants differed in the degree to which
reward value influenced memory. In fMRI Study 1, the behavioral effect of
reward on memory was associated with
reward-related activation changes in hippocampal subregions dentate gyrus/CA₂,₃ and enhanced connectivity between dentate gyrus/CA₂,₃ and
reward-related midbrain regions during encoding and retrieval. In fMRI Study 2, patterns of MTL activations represented
reward context, showing greater consistency among events of the same
reward value than among events of different
reward values. Successful memory formation was associated with enhanced hippocampal
reward representations during the anticipatory cue phase prior to object pair encoding. During object pair encoding, the degree of
reward representation in hippocampus and more specifically dentate gyrus/CA₂,₃ was associated with individual differences in the behavioral effect of
reward on memory. Finally, a series of behavioral studies demonstrate that during motivated learning, associative memory accuracy increases monotonically with increasing
reward value, and may be enhanced when participants must maintain information about
reward cues in short-term memory prior to encoding. These findings indicate that
reward-based motivation enhances associative memory processing specifically within dentate gyrus/CA₂,₃ through interactions with
reward-related midbrain regions. Furthermore, these results suggest that associative memory may be facilitated when information about
reward context is incorporated into stored memory representations. Collectively, these findings shed light on fundamental mechanisms through which
reward impacts associative memory.
Advisors/Committee Members: Preston, Alison R. (advisor), Beer, Jennifer S (committee member), Huk, Alexander C (committee member), Poldrack, Russell A (committee member), Schnyer, David M (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Memory; Reward; fMRI
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APA (6th Edition):
Wolosin, S. M. (2013). The effect of reward-based motivation on associative memory processing in the medial temporal lobes. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Texas – Austin. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41696
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wolosin, Sasha Monica. “The effect of reward-based motivation on associative memory processing in the medial temporal lobes.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Texas – Austin. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41696.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wolosin, Sasha Monica. “The effect of reward-based motivation on associative memory processing in the medial temporal lobes.” 2013. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Wolosin SM. The effect of reward-based motivation on associative memory processing in the medial temporal lobes. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Texas – Austin; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41696.
Council of Science Editors:
Wolosin SM. The effect of reward-based motivation on associative memory processing in the medial temporal lobes. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Texas – Austin; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41696

University of California – Berkeley
8.
Greer, Stephanie Morgan.
The impacts of sleep and sleep deprivation on human brain and behavioral incentive processing.
Degree: Neuroscience, 2014, University of California – Berkeley
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4vn4n9h7
► Despite an emerging link between alterations in motivated behavior and a lack of sleep, the impact of sleep deprivation as well as the potential benefit…
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▼ Despite an emerging link between alterations in motivated behavior and a lack of sleep, the impact of sleep deprivation as well as the potential benefit of sleep, when it is achieved, on human brain mechanisms of reward and punishment remain largely unknown. Targeting these unanswered questions, this thesis aims to determine the impact sleep loss on human brain incentive processing in topics of 1) food desire and 2) monetary gains and losses. From these investigations four main findings have emerged that make up the first four chapters of this report: 1) In the context of food choices, sleep deprivation leads to significantly decreases activity in appetitive evaluation regions within the human frontal cortex and insular cortex during food desirability choices, combined with a converse amplification of activity within the amygdala ultimately leading to increased high calorie food choices. 2) In the context of monetary rewards and losses, sleep deprivation did not lead to measurable changes in activation to the anticipation of rewards and losses in the nucleus accumbens or insula respectively. However, sleep deprivation did lead to diminished medial prefrontal cortex responses to gain outcomes and increased anterior insula response to loss outcomes. 3) Although there were no observable sleep deprivation group effects on anticipation of monetary gains and losses, there was a significant interaction of sleep deprivation with a trait dopamine transporter genetic polymorphism that determined the impact of sleep deprivation on anticipatory response to gain and loss in the nucleus accumbens and anterior insula respectively. 4) In the context of learning from monetary incentives, sleep deprivation led to a specific deficit in the ability to learn from monetary gains but no change in the learning profile for monetary losses. Finally, in addition to these four findings on the impacts of sleep deprivation on human incentive processing, the final chapter (5) focuses on the relationship between sleep, when it is achieved, and next day reward responsivity. Here there is a significant relationship between individual differences in REM sleep beta power and next day nucleus accumbens response to anticipation of rewards. Beyond these basic scientific insights, such results offer potential clinical relevance given that sleep disruption is highly co-morbid with numerous psychiatric and neurological conditions associated with dysfunctional dopaminergic reward processing (e.g., Parkinson's disease, substance abuse, and obesity). Such findings further indicate that sleep intervention may represent an under appreciated and novel therapeutic target particularly for disorders of the reward system.
Subjects/Keywords: Neurosciences; fMRI; Reward; Sleep
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Greer, S. M. (2014). The impacts of sleep and sleep deprivation on human brain and behavioral incentive processing. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4vn4n9h7
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Greer, Stephanie Morgan. “The impacts of sleep and sleep deprivation on human brain and behavioral incentive processing.” 2014. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4vn4n9h7.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Greer, Stephanie Morgan. “The impacts of sleep and sleep deprivation on human brain and behavioral incentive processing.” 2014. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Greer SM. The impacts of sleep and sleep deprivation on human brain and behavioral incentive processing. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4vn4n9h7.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Greer SM. The impacts of sleep and sleep deprivation on human brain and behavioral incentive processing. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2014. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4vn4n9h7
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Hong Kong
9.
Shum, Fok-shing.
The concept of retribution
in San-yen.
Degree: 1983, University of Hong Kong
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10722/50601
Subjects/Keywords: Reward
(Theology)
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Shum, F. (1983). The concept of retribution
in San-yen. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10722/50601
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Shum, Fok-shing. “The concept of retribution
in San-yen.” 1983. Thesis, University of Hong Kong. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/50601.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Shum, Fok-shing. “The concept of retribution
in San-yen.” 1983. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Shum F. The concept of retribution
in San-yen. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Hong Kong; 1983. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10722/50601.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Shum F. The concept of retribution
in San-yen. [Thesis]. University of Hong Kong; 1983. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10722/50601
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Alberta
10.
Madan, Christopher R.
The influence of reward value on memory and decision
making.
Degree: PhD, Department of Psychology, 2014, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/v118rd82w
► In our everyday lives we often make decisions based on our prior experiences, whether it be choosing to park without putting money in the meter…
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▼ In our everyday lives we often make decisions based on
our prior experiences, whether it be choosing to park without
putting money in the meter or deciding what to buy as a gift for a
loved one. Inevitably, our decisions in the present are informed by
our memories of experiences past. In this dissertation I report the
results from a series of studies examining how reward value
influences memory, and how these reward-memory effects can in turn
bias decision making such that people are generally more risk
seeking for relative gains than relative losses. Specifically,
these studies examined how previously learned reward values can
subsequently influence memory for items, how more extreme reward
outcomes influence decisions from experience, and how memory biases
can drive risk preference in decision making. Together these
convergent lines of research represent a theoretical advance in our
understanding of memory and decision making.
Subjects/Keywords: reward value; decision making; memory
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Madan, C. R. (2014). The influence of reward value on memory and decision
making. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/v118rd82w
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Madan, Christopher R. “The influence of reward value on memory and decision
making.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Alberta. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/v118rd82w.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Madan, Christopher R. “The influence of reward value on memory and decision
making.” 2014. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Madan CR. The influence of reward value on memory and decision
making. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Alberta; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/v118rd82w.
Council of Science Editors:
Madan CR. The influence of reward value on memory and decision
making. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Alberta; 2014. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/v118rd82w

University of California – San Diego
11.
Wang, Chenyu.
Acute Stress Induces Changes in Reward Processes in Lateral Habenula in Mice.
Degree: Biology, 2018, University of California – San Diego
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0pc0k7wg
► Lateral habenula has been reported to carry the reward negative feature that distinguishes it from many other subcortical brain regions. Lateral habenula neurons are inhibited…
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▼ Lateral habenula has been reported to carry the reward negative feature that distinguishes it from many other subcortical brain regions. Lateral habenula neurons are inhibited by rewarding events and activated by unpleasant events. Previous reports have revealed the role of LHb in encoding reward information. However, it is not clear how aversive stimulus affect reward processes in LHb neurons. Here we used two-photon excited fluorescence scanning microscopy to record calcium signal through GRIN lens implanted in mice with GCaMP6S expression in LHb. Based on neural responsive pattern to reward and reward omission, we categorized imaged neurons into reward-selective (RS), non-specific (NS), and non-responsive (NR) neurons. By inducing acute stress (tail shock), we observed that the reward response of RS neurons was inverted, and anticipation and consumption of reward significantly decreased. Later, we also found that the reward response in LHb neurons can be manipulated by switching between presence and absence of stress.
Subjects/Keywords: Neurosciences; habenula; reward; stress
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Wang, C. (2018). Acute Stress Induces Changes in Reward Processes in Lateral Habenula in Mice. (Thesis). University of California – San Diego. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0pc0k7wg
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wang, Chenyu. “Acute Stress Induces Changes in Reward Processes in Lateral Habenula in Mice.” 2018. Thesis, University of California – San Diego. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0pc0k7wg.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wang, Chenyu. “Acute Stress Induces Changes in Reward Processes in Lateral Habenula in Mice.” 2018. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Wang C. Acute Stress Induces Changes in Reward Processes in Lateral Habenula in Mice. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – San Diego; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0pc0k7wg.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Wang C. Acute Stress Induces Changes in Reward Processes in Lateral Habenula in Mice. [Thesis]. University of California – San Diego; 2018. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0pc0k7wg
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Penn State University
12.
Nyland, Jennifer.
The influence of the trigeminal orosensory area in drug-induced devaluation of natural rewards and development of a conditioned state of withdrawal
.
Degree: 2013, Penn State University
URL: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/16430
► Addiction is a disease of chronic relapse that costs society an estimated $484 billion per year as the addict repeatedly cycles from addiction to abstinence,…
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▼ Addiction is a disease of chronic relapse that costs society an estimated $484 billion per year as the addict repeatedly cycles from addiction to abstinence, withdrawal, drug seeking, and relapse. Additionally, the drug trade has far-reaching consequences that include human rights violations, increased criminal activity, community safety risks, adverse health effects, and environmental destruction. Along with society, the addict and his or her family also pay, as substance abuse, dependence, and addiction are associated with an apparent devaluation of, and inattention to, natural rewards. This consequence of addiction can be modeled using a
reward comparison paradigm where rats avoid intake of a taste cue that comes to predict access to a drug of abuse. Evidence suggests rats avoid intake following such pairings, at least in part, because the taste cue pales in comparison to the highly rewarding drug expected in the near future. Along with the devaluation of natural rewards, addiction also is a disease of chronic relapse where drug seeking and drug taking are repeatedly initiated by exposure to stress, the drug itself, and drug-associated cues. Our paradigm also models this aspect of addiction. Thus, while rats may initially avoid intake of the taste cue because it pales in comparison to the drug's value, with experience, rats ultimately avoid intake because the taste cue comes to elicit the onset of a conditioned aversive state involving craving, withdrawal, and seeking.
We have made progress in delineating the underlying circuitry involved in drug-induced avoidance of a taste cue. In accordance, lesions of the gustatory thalamus or cortex eliminate avoidance of a taste cue when paired with either a drug of abuse or a rewarding sucrose solution, but not when paired with the aversive agent, LiCl. The present dissertation investigated the role of a neighboring thalamic structure, the trigeminal orosensory area (TOA), using bilateral ibotenic acid lesions. In Chapter 2, we found that the TOA lesion eliminated avoidance of a taste cue when paired with experimenter-administered morphine or cocaine using our standard parameters. The TOA lesion, however, did not disrupt avoidance of a taste cue that predicted access to a preferred sucrose solution or the administration of the aversive agent, LiCl. This is the first lesion to selectively disrupt avoidance of an otherwise palatable taste cue when paired with a drug of abuse. In Chapter 3, we provided direct evidence that the drug-paired taste cue elicits withdrawal and that greater withdrawal elicits greater drug seeking and taking. Lesions of the TOA prevented the onset of cue-induced withdrawal. In Chapter 4, we showed that, unlike findings obtained in the home cage, the lesion failed to prevent avoidance of the drug-paired taste cue and accompanying signs of cue-induced withdrawal when tested in a runway apparatus. Factors that may have contributed to the successful performance by the lesioned rats in the runway study, such as the availability of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Patricia Sue Grigson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor, Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member, Ralph Norgren, Committee Member, Thomas C Pritchard Iii, Committee Member, Chester A Ray, Committee Member.
Subjects/Keywords: reward; thalamus; addiction; lesion; withdrawal
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Nyland, J. (2013). The influence of the trigeminal orosensory area in drug-induced devaluation of natural rewards and development of a conditioned state of withdrawal
. (Thesis). Penn State University. Retrieved from https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/16430
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Nyland, Jennifer. “The influence of the trigeminal orosensory area in drug-induced devaluation of natural rewards and development of a conditioned state of withdrawal
.” 2013. Thesis, Penn State University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/16430.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nyland, Jennifer. “The influence of the trigeminal orosensory area in drug-induced devaluation of natural rewards and development of a conditioned state of withdrawal
.” 2013. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Nyland J. The influence of the trigeminal orosensory area in drug-induced devaluation of natural rewards and development of a conditioned state of withdrawal
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/16430.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Nyland J. The influence of the trigeminal orosensory area in drug-induced devaluation of natural rewards and development of a conditioned state of withdrawal
. [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2013. Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/16430
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Addis Ababa University
13.
Nemomsa, Oljira.
An assessment of reward system in relation to Organization performance: A Case study on Ethiopian Electric Power
.
Degree: 2015, Addis Ababa University
URL: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/6747
► The purpose of this research paper is to examine the impact of reward system on the performance of an organization and enables to understand the…
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▼ The purpose of this research paper is to examine the impact of
reward system on the performance
of an organization and enables to understand the current needs of an organization and its
employees to their intended objective. The low customer satisfaction, stakeholders, productive
behaviour and the way how this behaviour could be altered and how to make their performance
boost up (improve) to the organizational needs and demands would be the focus of the study. The
research was carried out through constructive analysis from questionnaires and interview on
reward system. Design/methodology/approach: The paper used an intensive case study executed by
making use of descriptive survey method with the objective of EEP’s performance evaluation,
reward strategy, policies, processes, and practices. Method and tools: Given that staff branch head
office of Ethiopian Electric Company was the statistical population under study simple random
sampling was used in this survey. Sample size was determined by own adapted means of Cochran
formula (152 persons). Historical study and field study methods were the most important methods
of data collection and data analysis was performed by means of SPSS statistical software.
Findings: The findings suggest that the use of financial and objective measures are the main
concern in designing the
reward systems of the organization, companies are gradually
incorporated non-financial measures in their
reward systems. Other remarkable findings include
identical rewards are not tied to different working nature performance which is found to be deviate
from the normal norms. Research implications: The
reward framework identified can be used as
guideline for the total
reward package to further understand the function of
reward system and
performance, thus design and implement their unique and attractive
reward system.
Originality/value – The paper shows that rewards lead to increase in both financial and nonfinancial performance which will also enhance companies’ reputation, as well as increase the
recruitment possibility where more manpower will make a stronger team. Effective rewards
mechanism will shift from fulfilling employees’ basic requirement to self-actualization as they are
growing with the business.
Finally, the study has come up with a conclusion accompanied by suitable recommendations on the
identified weaknesses and effect of
reward system to organizations performance.
Advisors/Committee Members: Tariku Atomsa(Dr.) (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Reward system;
Organization performance
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. (Thesis). Addis Ababa University. Retrieved from http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/6747
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
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Nemomsa, Oljira. “An assessment of reward system in relation to Organization performance: A Case study on Ethiopian Electric Power
.” 2015. Thesis, Addis Ababa University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/6747.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nemomsa, Oljira. “An assessment of reward system in relation to Organization performance: A Case study on Ethiopian Electric Power
.” 2015. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Nemomsa O. An assessment of reward system in relation to Organization performance: A Case study on Ethiopian Electric Power
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/6747.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Nemomsa O. An assessment of reward system in relation to Organization performance: A Case study on Ethiopian Electric Power
. [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2015. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/6747
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Waikato
14.
Christian, David.
Connexin 36 as a Regulator of Consummatory Behaviour
.
Degree: 2014, University of Waikato
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/8772
► Gap junctions enable metabolic and electrical coupling of adjacent cells. Connexin 36 (Cx36) is a gap junction protein found predominantly in mammalian neurons. Because Cx36…
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▼ Gap junctions enable metabolic and electrical coupling of adjacent cells. Connexin 36 (Cx36) is a gap junction protein found predominantly in mammalian neurons. Because Cx36 is expressed in many areas involved in the regulation of food intake, its role in this was explored. I therefore investigated whether genetic knockout (KO) of Cx36 affects the intake of various sweet tastants during long-term concurrent feeding with bland chow, and affects intake of sweet tastants alone during short-term feeding. In addition, I investigated whether a conditioned taste aversion (CTA) would be altered by KO of Cx36. LiCl was injected intraperitoneally (IP) following exposure to a sweet novel tastant. 48 hours later mice were given a two-bottle preference test of tastant vs. water to determine aversive response. Cx36 KO animals consumed less sweet palatable tastants and consumed more bland chow during long-term intake. Sweet tastant consumption was similarly increased during short-term intake. This is suggestive of Cx36 being implicated in both
reward mediated and homeostatic regulation. A CTA was enhanced by the KO of Cx36, potentially due to its role in the
reward system, and/or an effect of hypothalamic endocrine nuclei implicated in the acquisition of a CTA. In summary, Cx36 may be involved in
reward system response to sweet palatable food consumption, and the magnitude of aversive response. Cx36 may also be implicated in post-ingestive endocrine food intake and aversion regulation.
Advisors/Committee Members: Olszewski, Pawel K (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: reward;
food intake;
aversion;
Cx36
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Christian, D. (2014). Connexin 36 as a Regulator of Consummatory Behaviour
. (Masters Thesis). University of Waikato. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10289/8772
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Christian, David. “Connexin 36 as a Regulator of Consummatory Behaviour
.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Waikato. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10289/8772.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Christian, David. “Connexin 36 as a Regulator of Consummatory Behaviour
.” 2014. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Christian D. Connexin 36 as a Regulator of Consummatory Behaviour
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Waikato; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/8772.
Council of Science Editors:
Christian D. Connexin 36 as a Regulator of Consummatory Behaviour
. [Masters Thesis]. University of Waikato; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/8772

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
15.
Miskovich, Tara Ann.
Reward Distracters and Working Memory Performance.
Degree: MS, Psychology, 2014, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
URL: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/730
► Past literature has demonstrated that reward stimuli capture attention involuntarily, much like salient stimuli or other emotional stimuli (e.g., threat). In addition, even previously…
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▼ Past literature has demonstrated that
reward stimuli capture attention involuntarily, much like salient stimuli or other emotional stimuli (e.g., threat). In addition, even previously rewarded stimuli capture attention when they are not task-relevant. Recent evidence has demonstrated that affective stimuli have preferential access to working memory stores, even when they are task-irrelevant distracters. The current study aimed to assess the potential impact of attentional capture of task-irrelevant
reward stimuli on filtering efficiency into working memory. It was predicted that this attentional capture of stimuli representing
reward may impact ongoing goal-directed behavior by impairing the encoding of task-relevant information into working memory and potentially enhancing distracter processing. The results did not support this hypothesis that there would be a differential impairment with the presence of a
reward distracter.
Advisors/Committee Members: Christine L. Larson.
Subjects/Keywords: Reward; Working Memory; Psychology
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Miskovich, T. A. (2014). Reward Distracters and Working Memory Performance. (Thesis). University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Retrieved from https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/730
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Miskovich, Tara Ann. “Reward Distracters and Working Memory Performance.” 2014. Thesis, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/730.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Miskovich, Tara Ann. “Reward Distracters and Working Memory Performance.” 2014. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Miskovich TA. Reward Distracters and Working Memory Performance. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/730.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Miskovich TA. Reward Distracters and Working Memory Performance. [Thesis]. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee; 2014. Available from: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/730
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Ghana
16.
Arthur, M.
Understanding the Effect of Non-Receipt of Reward Given to Selected-Few Employees has on Job Satisfaction of Other Employees.
Degree: 2019, University of Ghana
URL: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32762
► This work is aimed at providing understanding on the effect that the non-receipt of the reward given to selected-few employees by the management has on…
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▼ This work is aimed at providing understanding on the effect that the non-receipt of the reward given to selected-few employees by the management has on the job satisfaction of other employees in the organization. Guided by literature on the effect of non-receipt of reward given to selected few employees has on job satisfaction of other employees, data was collected from forty (40) staff of Hydrological Services Department and self-administered questionnaire. Based on descriptive analysis, it was found that staffs in the firm perceive that the firm’s rewards affect their conduct and efficiency at job. It was found that staffs in the firm perceive that the firm’s rewards have positive impact on the firm’s growth. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the company provides rewards to its employees who are currently not receiving any rewards thus creating job satisfaction and improving both individual and organizational performance. It is recommended that the organization should not be selective in rewarding its employees but should be based on merit so that it will not create unnecessary tension among the workers.
Subjects/Keywords: Reward Given;
Job Satisfaction
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(Masters Thesis). University of Ghana. Retrieved from http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32762
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Arthur, M. “Understanding the Effect of Non-Receipt of Reward Given to Selected-Few Employees has on Job Satisfaction of Other Employees.
” 2019. Masters Thesis, University of Ghana. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32762.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Arthur, M. “Understanding the Effect of Non-Receipt of Reward Given to Selected-Few Employees has on Job Satisfaction of Other Employees.
” 2019. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Arthur M. Understanding the Effect of Non-Receipt of Reward Given to Selected-Few Employees has on Job Satisfaction of Other Employees.
[Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Ghana; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32762.
Council of Science Editors:
Arthur M. Understanding the Effect of Non-Receipt of Reward Given to Selected-Few Employees has on Job Satisfaction of Other Employees.
[Masters Thesis]. University of Ghana; 2019. Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32762

University of Ghana
17.
Kluboito, E.
Understanding Employees Perceptions of Inequity in Organizations’ Reward Systems and Its Effects on Employee Job Satisfaction
.
Degree: 2019, University of Ghana
URL: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32841
► The purpose of this study is to provide understanding on how employees’ perception of inequity in organizations’ reward systems affects their job satisfaction. Guided by…
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▼ The purpose of this study is to provide understanding on how employees’ perception of inequity
in organizations’ reward systems affects their job satisfaction. Guided by literature on
employees’ perception of inequity and its effects on their job satisfaction, data was collected
from 50 employees of AirtelTigo (Regional Retail and Franchise unit of the Customer
Experience Team) using self-administered questionnaire. Based on descriptive analysis it was
found that employees hold the perception that perceived inequity in the organization’s reward
system leads to their feeling of low job satisfaction. It was also found that employees believe that
with increased effort and higher performance, they will be rewarded more than their counterparts
whose input is below the norm.
Based on the findings of this study, it is concluded that majority of employees believe they are
being paid less than others doing the same job that is they perceive inequity in the organization’s
reward system thus creating low job satisfaction.
It is recommended that reward systems should be open and fair to all employees and be based on
the level of effort exerted by employees on the job to increase employee job satisfaction.
Subjects/Keywords: Reward Systems;
Job Satisfaction
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Kluboito, E. (2019). Understanding Employees Perceptions of Inequity in Organizations’ Reward Systems and Its Effects on Employee Job Satisfaction
. (Masters Thesis). University of Ghana. Retrieved from http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32841
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kluboito, E. “Understanding Employees Perceptions of Inequity in Organizations’ Reward Systems and Its Effects on Employee Job Satisfaction
.” 2019. Masters Thesis, University of Ghana. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32841.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kluboito, E. “Understanding Employees Perceptions of Inequity in Organizations’ Reward Systems and Its Effects on Employee Job Satisfaction
.” 2019. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Kluboito E. Understanding Employees Perceptions of Inequity in Organizations’ Reward Systems and Its Effects on Employee Job Satisfaction
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Ghana; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32841.
Council of Science Editors:
Kluboito E. Understanding Employees Perceptions of Inequity in Organizations’ Reward Systems and Its Effects on Employee Job Satisfaction
. [Masters Thesis]. University of Ghana; 2019. Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32841
18.
Johansson, Alina.
Leucine intake affects brain activity and central expression of genes associated with food intake, energy homeostasis and reward.
Degree: Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2011, Mälardalen University
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-13104
► Leucine injections directly into the brain decrease food intake whereas supplementation of this amino acid in a diet has a negligible effect on food…
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▼ Leucine injections directly into the brain decrease food intake whereas supplementation of this amino acid in a diet has a negligible effect on food intake. We sought to investigate why orally supplemented leucine is ineffective as an anorexigen. We found that mice consuming leucine exhibited increased cFos immunoreactivity in the ARC and PVN of hypothalamus, areas controlling energy balance. However, real time- PCR analysis of the hypothalamic tissue in mice that were exposed to oral leucine showed changes in expression of genes involved in the regulation of energy balance as well as those mediating feeding reward (TMEM18, MC4R, CRH, FTO, SLC6A15, DOR). This suggests that leucine consumption affects activity of not only brain pathways that control calorie intake, but also those that mediate eating for pleasure. Hence the lack of feeding response to leucine supplementation in a diet may stem from the simultaneous action of this amino acid at brain circuit promoting reward and energy homeostasis.
Subjects/Keywords: food intake; reward; leucine
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Johansson, A. (2011). Leucine intake affects brain activity and central expression of genes associated with food intake, energy homeostasis and reward. (Thesis). Mälardalen University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-13104
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Johansson, Alina. “Leucine intake affects brain activity and central expression of genes associated with food intake, energy homeostasis and reward.” 2011. Thesis, Mälardalen University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-13104.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Johansson, Alina. “Leucine intake affects brain activity and central expression of genes associated with food intake, energy homeostasis and reward.” 2011. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Johansson A. Leucine intake affects brain activity and central expression of genes associated with food intake, energy homeostasis and reward. [Internet] [Thesis]. Mälardalen University; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-13104.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Johansson A. Leucine intake affects brain activity and central expression of genes associated with food intake, energy homeostasis and reward. [Thesis]. Mälardalen University; 2011. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-13104
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Waikato
19.
Herisson, Florence.
Oxytocin as an appetite suppressant that reduces feeding reward
.
Degree: 2016, University of Waikato
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/10232
► In the environment in which palatable and highly caloric foods are readily available, eating behavior is oftentimes not dictated by the necessity to replenish lacking…
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▼ In the environment in which palatable and highly caloric foods are readily available, eating behavior is oftentimes not dictated by the necessity to replenish lacking energy, but rather by the pleasure of consumption. Centrally acting oxytocin (OT) is known to promote termination of feeding to protect internal milieu by preventing excessive stomach distension, hyperosmolality and ingestion of toxins. Initial evidence suggests that another possible role for OT in mechanisms governing food intake is to reduce consumption of select palatable tastants. This thesis explores the question whether OT is as an appetite suppressant that reduces feeding
reward.
The first set of experiments addresses whether OT affects intake of (a) all carbohydrates, (b) only sweet carbohydrates or (c) sweet non-carbohydrate saccharin in mice. In those studies, generalized injection of a blood brain barrier penetrant OT receptor antagonist, L-368,899, significantly increased the intake of sweet (sucrose, glucose, fructose, polycose) and non-sweet (cornstarch) carbohydrates and promoted a trend approaching significance in saccharin consumption. Consumption of carbohydrate-enriched foods led to an increase in OT mRNA levels in the hypothalamus.
The second set of studies identifies the nucleus accumbens core (AcbC), a key component of the
reward system, as a site that mediates anorexigenic effects of OT. Rats injected with OT directly in the AcbC showed a decreased intake of sucrose and saccharin solutions as well as of standard chow. This treatment did not cause taste aversion, hence the outcome was not due to sickness/malaise. The effects of AcbC OT on feeding could be observed only in animals offered a meal in a non-social environment. Once a social setting (devoid of direct antagonistic interactions between individuals) of a meal was introduced, AcbC OT failed to reduce feeding. AcbC levels of OT receptor transcript were affected by exposure to palatable food as well as by food deprivation.
The third and final set of studies shows that aberrant integrity of neuronal circuitry within the neuroendocrine and
reward systems due to genetic deletion of connexin 36 (Cx36) gap junctions leads to dysregulation of the OT system’s functioning in the Cx36 KO mouse. This dysregulation is associated with hypersensitivity to aversive properties of foods, reduced interest in feeding for
reward (palatable carbohydrates and saccharin) and abnormal ingestion of energy.
Overall, the findings suggest that OT diminishes feeding for
reward, particularly the intake of palatable carbohydrates and saccharin, by acting – at least in part – via the
reward system. OT appears to be part of central mechanisms that cross-link homeostasis-driven and palatability-related (i.e., flavor- and macronutrient-specific) termination of consumption.
Advisors/Committee Members: Olszewski, Pawel K (advisor), Waas, Joseph R (advisor), Bird, Steve (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Oxytocin;
Food intake;
Reward system
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Herisson, F. (2016). Oxytocin as an appetite suppressant that reduces feeding reward
. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Waikato. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10289/10232
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Herisson, Florence. “Oxytocin as an appetite suppressant that reduces feeding reward
.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Waikato. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10289/10232.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Herisson, Florence. “Oxytocin as an appetite suppressant that reduces feeding reward
.” 2016. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Herisson F. Oxytocin as an appetite suppressant that reduces feeding reward
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Waikato; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/10232.
Council of Science Editors:
Herisson F. Oxytocin as an appetite suppressant that reduces feeding reward
. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Waikato; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/10232

University of Notre Dame
20.
Gilbert C. Stockson III.
Charity, Reward, and "Mercenary" Intent in Thomas Aquinas
and Gabriel Biel</h1>.
Degree: Theology, 2019, University of Notre Dame
URL: https://curate.nd.edu/show/rn300z73k2n
► This dissertation examines the teachings of Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) and Gabriel Biel (d. 1495) on questions of motivation for Christian activity. What is…
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▼ This dissertation examines the teachings of
Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) and Gabriel Biel (d. 1495) on questions of
motivation for Christian activity. What is the proper motivation
for loving God and neighbor? Is it acceptable to look to a
reward
in performing acts of charity? In order to answer these questions,
I explore each thinker’s understanding of human or voluntary
action, merit, the relationship between nature and grace, the role
of the divine missions and of habits in moral activity, and what it
means for each to love God above all else. This
research addresses a void in the scholarship because there is
little substantive comparison between Aquinas and Biel. Prior
examinations of Biel’s reception of Aquinas were mainly concerned
with whether Biel accurately quotes or paraphrases him. However,
this method provides little insight into their core theological
emphases. This dissertation explores many of the controlling
insights that influence how each thinker approaches questions of
motivation. For Aquinas, it is acceptable—even
necessary—to look to a
reward while performing acts of charity. In
general, Aquinas establishes a non-competitive relationship between
self-love and love for God that allows him to claim that the act of
charity is spontaneous because it is consistent with the human
person’s God-given will for self-perfection. For Biel, however, the
act of charity cannot include any reference to the good of the
human person. God is loved from charity solely for God’s goodness
ad intrarather than ad extra.
By establishing a competitive relationship between self-love and
love for God, Biel emphasizes restraint rather than spontaneity in
Christian activity. Biel’s use of Aquinas on
questions of motivation is negligible. Decisive differences
regarding the relationship between God and the human good, the role
of habits in the Christian life, and each thinker’s appreciation
for divine transcendence lead to very distinctive takes on
motivations for Christian activity. Moreover, a preliminary
examination of sixteenth-century debates about motivation reveals
that the default position of both Protestants and Catholics seems
to be closer to that of Biel than to that of
Aquinas.
Advisors/Committee Members: Joseph Wawrykow, Research Director.
Subjects/Keywords: Charity; Reward; Merit; Grace
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III, G. C. S. (2019). Charity, Reward, and "Mercenary" Intent in Thomas Aquinas
and Gabriel Biel</h1>. (Thesis). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved from https://curate.nd.edu/show/rn300z73k2n
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
III, Gilbert C. Stockson. “Charity, Reward, and "Mercenary" Intent in Thomas Aquinas
and Gabriel Biel</h1>.” 2019. Thesis, University of Notre Dame. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://curate.nd.edu/show/rn300z73k2n.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
III, Gilbert C. Stockson. “Charity, Reward, and "Mercenary" Intent in Thomas Aquinas
and Gabriel Biel</h1>.” 2019. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
III GCS. Charity, Reward, and "Mercenary" Intent in Thomas Aquinas
and Gabriel Biel</h1>. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/rn300z73k2n.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
III GCS. Charity, Reward, and "Mercenary" Intent in Thomas Aquinas
and Gabriel Biel</h1>. [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2019. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/rn300z73k2n
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of New Mexico
21.
Dixon, Kyle L.
THE MODULATION OF REWARD TO NICOTINE AND ETHANOL BY SEX AND STAGE OF EXPOSURE.
Degree: Psychology, 2017, University of New Mexico
URL: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/211
► Tobacco and alcohol are among the most widely used and abused drugs in America, resulting in disastrous health consequences and a massive resource drain…
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▼ Tobacco and alcohol are among the most widely used and abused drugs in America, resulting in disastrous health consequences and a massive resource drain on society. Nicotine (the primary reinforcing component in tobacco) and alcohol are often used together, though there is limited research on exposure to both drugs at the same time. The present study attempted to fill this gap in knowledge by examining the
reward for a cocktail of nicotine and alcohol in male and female Long-Evans rats with differing histories of drug exposure. The conditioned place preference paradigm was used to examine the effects of sex as well as the different histories of prenatal and/or adolescent drug exposure on
reward for the cocktail. There was a main effect of sex on
reward, with males showing a conditioned place preference for the cocktail and females showing no preference. Additional measures of locomotor activity induced by the drug cocktail differed depending on adolescent nicotine exposure, with rats having a previous history of nicotine exhibiting greater total distance traveled after receiving the cocktail. Results of the study indicate a possible moderating role of nicotine with alcohol co-exposure, and suggest that future studies should modify the exposure paradigm to better examine this potential role.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Pentkowski, Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Savage.
Subjects/Keywords: Alcohol; Nicotine; Reward; Tolerance; Psychology
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Dixon, K. L. (2017). THE MODULATION OF REWARD TO NICOTINE AND ETHANOL BY SEX AND STAGE OF EXPOSURE. (Masters Thesis). University of New Mexico. Retrieved from https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/211
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dixon, Kyle L. “THE MODULATION OF REWARD TO NICOTINE AND ETHANOL BY SEX AND STAGE OF EXPOSURE.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of New Mexico. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/211.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dixon, Kyle L. “THE MODULATION OF REWARD TO NICOTINE AND ETHANOL BY SEX AND STAGE OF EXPOSURE.” 2017. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Dixon KL. THE MODULATION OF REWARD TO NICOTINE AND ETHANOL BY SEX AND STAGE OF EXPOSURE. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of New Mexico; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/211.
Council of Science Editors:
Dixon KL. THE MODULATION OF REWARD TO NICOTINE AND ETHANOL BY SEX AND STAGE OF EXPOSURE. [Masters Thesis]. University of New Mexico; 2017. Available from: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/211

University of Southern California
22.
Naito, Anna.
Development of glycine and GABAA ultra-sensitive ethanol
receptors (USERs) as novel tools for alcohol and brain
research.
Degree: PhD, Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2017, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/596209/rec/1939
► A critical obstacle to developing effective medications to prevent and/or treat an alcohol‐use disorder (AUD) is the lack of specific knowledge regarding the role of…
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▼ A critical obstacle to developing effective
medications to prevent and/or treat an alcohol‐use disorder (AUD)
is the lack of specific knowledge regarding the role of individual
receptors in mediating ethanol‐induced
reward, addiction, and
dependence. The studies presented in this dissertation introduce a
transformative tool to investigate the primary sites of ethanol
action on individual receptor subunits that are expressed in the
reward and addiction brain regions. Here, we developed a novel
class of Ultra‐Sensitive Ethanol Receptors (USERs) that allow
activation of a single receptor subunit population sensitized to
extremely low ethanol concentrations. USERs were created by
mutating as few as two residues in the extracellular Loop 2 region
of glycine receptors (GlyRs) or γ-aminobutyric acid type A
receptors (GABAARs), which are implicated in causing many
behavioral effects linked to ethanol abuse. USERs, expressed in
Xenopus oocytes and tested using two‐electrode voltage clamp
electrophysiology, demonstrated an increase in ethanol sensitivity
of 100‐fold over wild‐type receptors by significantly decreasing
the threshold for ethanol sensitivity and increasing the magnitude
of ethanol response, without altering general receptor properties
including sensitivity to the neurosteroid, allopregnanolone. These
profound changes in ethanol sensitivity were observed across
multiple subunits of GlyRs and GABAARs. We also demonstrated the
selectivity of these USERs by reporting that the extracellular Loop
2 region is a common site of action for anesthetics including
ethanol, isoflurane, and lidocaine in α1 GlyRs. Interestingly, Loop
2 was not a site of action for the general anesthetic, propofol. We
further employed USER technology in genetically engineered knock‐in
mice to demonstrate proof‐of‐concept that USERs expressed in vivo
can be activated by extremely low ethanol concentrations.
Ultimately, USERs provide a unique tool to increase understanding
of the individual role of receptors in mediating the
reward and
addiction pathways of ethanol. Thus, USERs could help identify key
sites of ethanol action and potential drug targets that could treat
and/or prevent alcohol addiction.
Advisors/Committee Members: Okamoto, Curtis ToshioDavies, Daryl L. (Committee Chair), Brinton, Roberta (Committee Member), Asatryan, Liana (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: alcohol; addiction; reward; glycine; GABA
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Naito, A. (2017). Development of glycine and GABAA ultra-sensitive ethanol
receptors (USERs) as novel tools for alcohol and brain
research. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/596209/rec/1939
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Naito, Anna. “Development of glycine and GABAA ultra-sensitive ethanol
receptors (USERs) as novel tools for alcohol and brain
research.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/596209/rec/1939.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Naito, Anna. “Development of glycine and GABAA ultra-sensitive ethanol
receptors (USERs) as novel tools for alcohol and brain
research.” 2017. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Naito A. Development of glycine and GABAA ultra-sensitive ethanol
receptors (USERs) as novel tools for alcohol and brain
research. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/596209/rec/1939.
Council of Science Editors:
Naito A. Development of glycine and GABAA ultra-sensitive ethanol
receptors (USERs) as novel tools for alcohol and brain
research. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2017. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/596209/rec/1939

Louisiana State University
23.
Laque, Amanda.
Leptin Regulates Nutrient Reward via Galanin and Orexin Neurons.
Degree: PhD, 2014, Louisiana State University
URL: etd-04132014-153657
;
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3829
► Obesity has become a widespread concern to human health largely over the past three decades. It is thought that obesity is associated with the…
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▼ Obesity has become a widespread concern to human health largely over the past three decades. It is thought that obesity is associated with the over consumption of calorically dense diets. The rewarding value of food is mediated through the mesolimbic dopamine system, though is less understood how appetitive control circuits relay information to existing reward circuitry. The adiposity signaling hormone, leptin, is a critical mediator of food intake and fat storage. Leptin signaling, via the long form of the leptin receptor (LepRb), is predominantly carried out within the hypothalamus. Leptin action specific to the lateral hypothalamus area (LHA) modulates reward function via direct and indirect inhibition of reward circuitry. Here, I have identified a novel leptin receptor population within the LHA that co-expresses the inhibitory neuropeptide galanin (termed Gal-LepRb neurons). To investigate the physiological function of leptin through Gal-LepRb neurons, we selectively deleted LepRb in galanin neurons (referred to as Gal-LepRbKO mice). In a two-bottle-choice paradigm, I assessed nutrient selection for isocaloric lipid and sucrose solutions. Interestingly, Gal-LepRbKO mice demonstrated a significant preference for the sucrose solution and decreased lipid intake compared to controls. Moreover, Gal-LepRbKO mice displayed stronger motivation to work for a sucrose treat. My data further indicate that Gal-LepRb neurons are inhibitory acting neurons that are stimulated by leptin. Gal-LepRb neurons strongly innervate local orexin neurons and noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC). Intriguingly, orexin neurons also strongly innervate the LC, and activation of orexin neurons correlates with motivational and food-seeking behaviors. My data also show that orexin neurons express the Gi-coupled GPCR galanin 1-receptor (GalR1), validating the cellular ability of orexin neurons to respond to galanin. In summary, we have characterized a novel population of LHA LepRb neurons and propose that leptin-mediated inhibition of orexin neurons, possibly via inhibitory galanin-GalR1 signaling, regulates the reward value of nutrients.
Subjects/Keywords: reward; orexin; galanin; leptin
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Laque, A. (2014). Leptin Regulates Nutrient Reward via Galanin and Orexin Neurons. (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University. Retrieved from etd-04132014-153657 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3829
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Laque, Amanda. “Leptin Regulates Nutrient Reward via Galanin and Orexin Neurons.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
etd-04132014-153657 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3829.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Laque, Amanda. “Leptin Regulates Nutrient Reward via Galanin and Orexin Neurons.” 2014. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Laque A. Leptin Regulates Nutrient Reward via Galanin and Orexin Neurons. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: etd-04132014-153657 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3829.
Council of Science Editors:
Laque A. Leptin Regulates Nutrient Reward via Galanin and Orexin Neurons. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2014. Available from: etd-04132014-153657 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3829

California State University – Sacramento
24.
Lee, Kathryn M.
A comparison of cost and reward procedures with
interdependent group contingencies.
Degree: MA, Psychology, 2012, California State University – Sacramento
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1901
► Disruptive behavior is considered the most common concern among general education teachers. Due to the nature of disruptive behavior amongst multiple students in the classroom,…
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▼ Disruptive behavior is considered the most common concern among general education teachers. Due to the nature of disruptive behavior amongst multiple students in the classroom, it ha been suggested that the most reasonable way of handling disruptive classroom behavior is through group contingencies while utilizing token economies. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of token economies within a general education classroom. Two elementary school teachers and their students participated. Conditions included baseline, response cost, and gain. During response cost conditions, tokens were removed contingent on disruptive behavior. During gain conditions, tokens were provided contingent on the absence of disruptive behavior. Results indicate that both procedures are effective to reduce the overall number of students disrupting and neither condition completely suppressed disruptive behavior. Implications are that both response cost and gain procedures are an efficient procedure to reduce the overall number of students disrupting in the general education classroom.
Advisors/Committee Members: Penrod, Becky.
Subjects/Keywords: Cost; Reward; Group contingencies
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Lee, K. M. (2012). A comparison of cost and reward procedures with
interdependent group contingencies. (Masters Thesis). California State University – Sacramento. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1901
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lee, Kathryn M. “A comparison of cost and reward procedures with
interdependent group contingencies.” 2012. Masters Thesis, California State University – Sacramento. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1901.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lee, Kathryn M. “A comparison of cost and reward procedures with
interdependent group contingencies.” 2012. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Lee KM. A comparison of cost and reward procedures with
interdependent group contingencies. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. California State University – Sacramento; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1901.
Council of Science Editors:
Lee KM. A comparison of cost and reward procedures with
interdependent group contingencies. [Masters Thesis]. California State University – Sacramento; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1901

University of New South Wales
25.
Nasser, Helen.
Appetitive and aversive interactions during Pavlovian fear conditioning.
Degree: Psychology, 2013, University of New South Wales
URL: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/52618
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https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:11291/SOURCE01?view=true
► The present thesis examined the behavioural and brain mechanisms of appetitive aversive interactions in rats during Pavlovian fear conditioning. The first series of experiments…
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▼ The present thesis examined the behavioural and brain mechanisms of appetitive aversive interactions in rats during Pavlovian fear conditioning. The first series of experiments (Chapter 3), characterised appetitive to aversive counterconditioning using a between-subjects design. An auditory conditioned stimulus (CS) was trained with a food unconditioned stimulus (US), after which the
reward was omitted and the CS was reinforced with a footshock US. Prior appetitive training retarded the rate at which fear was acquired, compared to novel fear conditioning. Furthermore this retardation was not dependent on the presentation of the CS or US alone. Assessments of associative learning during appetitive- aversive interactions were made using appetitive to aversive superconditioning. Whereby a visual CS was trained with
reward during Stage I then presented in compound with an auditory CS and reinforced with footshock during Stage II. Enhanced levels of fear were elicited by the auditory CS on test compared to a stimulus that was not presented in compound with the visual cue during Stage II. Furthermore retardation of fear was not alleviated by manipulations designed to restore the associability of the appetitive CS before fear conditioning but was alleviated by manipulations designed to increase the aversive quality of the footshock US. These findings are consistent with opponent interactions between the appetitive and aversive motivational systems and provide a behavioural approach for assessing the neural correlates of these appetitive-aversive interactions.The second series of experiments (Chapter 4) then examined potential neuroanatomical loci for appetitive-aversive interactions investigated in Chapter 3. Using phosphorylated mitogen activated protein kinase (pMAPK) several substrates indicated increased activity after counterconditioning consistent with enhanced prediction error, in the lateral amygdala, rostral agranular insular cortex (RAIC), nucleus accumbens and parts of the thalamus, whilst there was decreased activity in the ventrolateral quadrant of the periaqueductal gray (vlPAG). Intra-RAIC infusion of the MAPK kinase antagonist PD98059 during aversive conditioning reduced Stage II fear learning, whilst intra-vlPAG infusion of the μ-opioid receptor antagonist CTAP reduced magazine responses. These results suggest that appetitive to aversive counterconditioning is linked to heightened activity in the fear prediction error circuit.
Advisors/Committee Members: McNally, Gavan, Psychology, Faculty of Science, UNSW, Richardson, Rick, Psychology, Faculty of Science, UNSW.
Subjects/Keywords: Reward; Pavlovian conditioning; Fear; pMAPK
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Nasser, H. (2013). Appetitive and aversive interactions during Pavlovian fear conditioning. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New South Wales. Retrieved from http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/52618 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:11291/SOURCE01?view=true
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Nasser, Helen. “Appetitive and aversive interactions during Pavlovian fear conditioning.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New South Wales. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/52618 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:11291/SOURCE01?view=true.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nasser, Helen. “Appetitive and aversive interactions during Pavlovian fear conditioning.” 2013. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Nasser H. Appetitive and aversive interactions during Pavlovian fear conditioning. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/52618 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:11291/SOURCE01?view=true.
Council of Science Editors:
Nasser H. Appetitive and aversive interactions during Pavlovian fear conditioning. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2013. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/52618 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:11291/SOURCE01?view=true

The Ohio State University
26.
Lanese, Richard Ralph.
Expectancy for delayed reward, situational trust, and
responses to temptation.
Degree: PhD, Graduate School, 1966, The Ohio State University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486636887819674
Subjects/Keywords: Psychology; Reward
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Lanese, R. R. (1966). Expectancy for delayed reward, situational trust, and
responses to temptation. (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486636887819674
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lanese, Richard Ralph. “Expectancy for delayed reward, situational trust, and
responses to temptation.” 1966. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486636887819674.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lanese, Richard Ralph. “Expectancy for delayed reward, situational trust, and
responses to temptation.” 1966. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Lanese RR. Expectancy for delayed reward, situational trust, and
responses to temptation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1966. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486636887819674.
Council of Science Editors:
Lanese RR. Expectancy for delayed reward, situational trust, and
responses to temptation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1966. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486636887819674

Drexel University
27.
Murray, Helen Burton.
Investigation of Neurobiological Reward Processing: Impact on Treatment Outcomes for Binge Eating.
Degree: 2018, Drexel University
URL: https://idea.library.drexel.edu/islandora/object/idea%3A8142
► Poor inhibition and high food reward sensitivity are linked with binge eating pathology, but few studies have examined whether these variables predict treatment outcome, especially…
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▼ Poor inhibition and high food
reward sensitivity are linked with binge eating pathology, but few studies have examined whether these variables predict treatment outcome, especially with neuroimaging methods. We examined the relation of pre-treatment neurobiological correlates and neurocognitive measures of food-based
reward inhibition to outcomes from a 7-session Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy guided self-help treatment for binge eating. Participants were 13 adults with clinically significant binge eating (69.2% female; body mass index M=34.68, SD=4.15). Pre-treatment, we measured prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation with a wearable neuroimaging tool, functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy, during a behavioral task with blocks of 5-second video clip trials. We created contrast values between two blocks (12 trials each) that instructed participants to either: cognitively "resist" palatable food videos versus "watch" neutral videos. We additionally measured
reward inhibition by performance on a food-based stop-signal task (SST). We examined relation of PFC activity and SST performance to: (1) percent change in binge eating frequency pre-treatment to post-treatment; (2) change in Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) global scores pre- to post-treatment; and (3) percent change in binge eating frequency pre-treatment to 3-month follow-up. Due to the small sample, we reported relations of at least medium strength (r ≥ .3). Greater activation in left ventromedial prefrontal cortex (region responsible for response inhibition) was significantly related to greater decreases pre- to post-treatment in EDE scores (r = .714, p = .047). Other PFC regions responsible for inhibition (left ventrolateral and bilateral ventromedial) showed similar relations with pre- to post-treatment percent changes in binge eating (r = .358 to .418) and changes in EDE scores (r= .500 to .583), at trend level. Greater
reward inhibition performance (SST) also significantly related to greater decreases pre- to post-treatment in EDE scores (r = .764, p = .006) and at trend level, related to greater percent decreases pre- to post-treatment in binge eating (r = .469). However, relations between pre-treatment inhibition (neural correlates and inhibition performance) and pre-treatment to post-treatment binge eating change were not maintained by 3-month follow-up. In fact, greater percent increases pre-treatment to 3-month follow-up in binge eating frequency was associated with greater activation in the left ventromedial PFC (r = .345 to .633) and left superior frontal gyrus (r = .582), but all at trend level. Pre-treatment to 3-month follow-up binge frequency change was not related to other inhibition areas of the PFC or
reward inhibition performance (SST). We found that there was variability in participant changes in binge eating from post-treatment to 3-month follow-up, including two participants with large decreases in binge eating during treatment but relapses after treatment. Overall, our results extend previous food-based SST research and preliminarily support…
Advisors/Committee Members: Juarascio, Adrienne, College of Arts and Sciences.
Subjects/Keywords: Psychology; Reward (Psychology); Compulsive eating
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Murray, Helen Burton. “Investigation of Neurobiological Reward Processing: Impact on Treatment Outcomes for Binge Eating.” 2018. Thesis, Drexel University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://idea.library.drexel.edu/islandora/object/idea%3A8142.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Murray, Helen Burton. “Investigation of Neurobiological Reward Processing: Impact on Treatment Outcomes for Binge Eating.” 2018. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Murray HB. Investigation of Neurobiological Reward Processing: Impact on Treatment Outcomes for Binge Eating. [Internet] [Thesis]. Drexel University; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://idea.library.drexel.edu/islandora/object/idea%3A8142.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Murray HB. Investigation of Neurobiological Reward Processing: Impact on Treatment Outcomes for Binge Eating. [Thesis]. Drexel University; 2018. Available from: https://idea.library.drexel.edu/islandora/object/idea%3A8142
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Rutgers University
28.
Vroman, Monica C., 1980-.
Maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning.
Degree: PhD, Computer Science, 2014, Rutgers University
URL: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45557/
► Learning desirable behavior from a limited number of demonstrations, also known as inverse reinforcement learning, is a challenging task in machine learning. I apply maximum…
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▼ Learning desirable behavior from a limited number of demonstrations, also known as inverse reinforcement learning, is a challenging task in machine learning. I apply maximum likelihood estimation to the problem of inverse reinforcement learning, and show that it quickly and successfully identifies the unknown reward function from traces of optimal or near-optimal behavior, under the assumption that the reward function is a linear function of a known set of features. I extend this approach to cover reward functions that are a generalized function of the features, and show that the generalized inverse reinforcement learning approach is a competitive alternative to existing approaches covering the same class of functions, while at the same time, being able to learn the right rewards in cases that have not been covered before. I then apply these tools to the problem of learning from (unlabeled) demonstration trajectories of behavior generated by varying ``intentions'' or objectives. I derive an EM approach that clusters observed trajectories by inferring the objectives for each cluster using any of several possible IRL methods, and then uses the constructed clusters to quickly identify the intent of a trajectory. I present an application of maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning to the problem of training an artificial agent to follow verbal instructions representing high-level tasks using a set of instructions paired with demonstration traces of appropriate behavior.
Advisors/Committee Members: Littman, Michael L (chair), Eliassi-Rad, Tina (internal member), Borgida, Alex (internal member), Ziebart, Brian (outside member).
Subjects/Keywords: Reinforcement learning; Reward (Psychology)
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Vroman, Monica C., 1. (2014). Maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning. (Doctoral Dissertation). Rutgers University. Retrieved from https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45557/
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vroman, Monica C., 1980-. “Maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Rutgers University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45557/.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vroman, Monica C., 1980-. “Maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning.” 2014. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Vroman, Monica C. 1. Maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Rutgers University; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45557/.
Council of Science Editors:
Vroman, Monica C. 1. Maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Rutgers University; 2014. Available from: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45557/

University of Pretoria
29.
Möller, Marius.
The critical
success factors in a total reward strategy to motivate innovation
in the workplace.
Degree: MBA, Gordon Institute of Business
Science (GIBS), 2013, University of Pretoria
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40758
► Organisations accept the fact that innovation is a crucial element in achieving long-term competitive advantage. The key business challenge, however, lies in acquiring the expertise…
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▼ Organisations accept the fact that innovation is a
crucial element in achieving long-term competitive advantage. The
key business challenge, however, lies in acquiring the expertise
and methodologies needed to effectively motivate, support and
nurture innovation. South African companies in particular are
performing poorly in developing effective
reward strategies to
encourage and motivate innovation. This research therefore
investigates the critical success factors for rewarding and
motivating innovation in the workplace. The results of this study
should assist executive managers to formulate
reward strategies to
stimulate innovation. In line with qualitative research
methodological principles, this study followed an exploratory
approach to investigating the important factors in rewarding
innovation. A total of 15 in-depth interviews were held with
executive managers within the Financial Services sector. The sample
represented a diverse group of highly successful business leaders,
including General Managers (such as CEOs), Human Resource
practitioners (such as HR directors) and Innovation Leaders (such
as R&D leaders). Key findings reflect that a multi-faceted
reward strategy is required to motivate innovation. This includes
financial rewards, non-financial rewards, learning and development
opportunities, as well as specific elements within the work
environment. Leadership was found to be a critical success factor
in the implementation of an effective total
reward strategy. The
research allowed for the development of a framework outlining the
critical success factors for rewarding and motivating innovation in
the workplace. This is believed to be a useful tool for senior
managers who wish to develop a total
reward strategy to increase
the level of innovation within their organisations. This study also
contributes to the body of academic knowledge by clarifying the
relationship between innovation and the notion of total
reward,
which was identified as a gap in the literature.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bussin, Mark (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: UCTD; Total
reward; Total
reward strategy;
Innovation; Employee
innovation; Innovation
contests
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Möller, M. (2013). The critical
success factors in a total reward strategy to motivate innovation
in the workplace. (Masters Thesis). University of Pretoria. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40758
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Möller, Marius. “The critical
success factors in a total reward strategy to motivate innovation
in the workplace.” 2013. Masters Thesis, University of Pretoria. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40758.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Möller, Marius. “The critical
success factors in a total reward strategy to motivate innovation
in the workplace.” 2013. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Möller M. The critical
success factors in a total reward strategy to motivate innovation
in the workplace. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Pretoria; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40758.
Council of Science Editors:
Möller M. The critical
success factors in a total reward strategy to motivate innovation
in the workplace. [Masters Thesis]. University of Pretoria; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40758

Virginia Tech
30.
Lehman, Philip Kent.
The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory.
Degree: MS, Psychology, 2003, Virginia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9846
► Social psychologists have noted that compliance strategies based on the social norm of reciprocity can be an effective tool for changing behavior (e.g., Cialdini, 2001).…
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▼ Social psychologists have noted that compliance strategies based on the social norm of reciprocity can be an effective tool for changing behavior (e.g., Cialdini, 2001). In contrast to expectancy-based behavior-change strategies, which offer a
reward after a behavior is completed (post-behavior
reward); reciprocity-based strategies present the
reward first in the form of a gift (pre-behavior
reward). Although there are no explicit contingencies attached to the gift, a sense of obligation to reciprocate may be a powerful motivator to comply with the request. It was hypothesized that pre-behavior rewards would be more effective than post-behavior rewards at low magnitudes of
reward, and that both strategies would be effective at higher levels. This study examined effects of the timing and magnitude (1 vs. 10) of a cash
reward on compliance with a request to use a specially designed thank-you card recognizing prosocial and proenvironmental behavior. The hypotheses were not supported. The highest rate of compliance occurred in the post-behavior 10 condition, where 35.5% of participants complied, followed by post-behavior 1 (18.8%), pre-behavior 1 (12.9%) and pre-behavior 10 (8.8%). Pairwise comparisons revealed compliance in the 10 post-behavior condition was significantly higher than the rate of compliance in the 1 and 10 pre-behavior conditions, Chi-Square (1, n = 62) = 4.31, p < .05 and Chi-Square (1, n = 65) = 6.82, p < .01 respectively. The lack of evidence for the effectiveness of pre-behavior
reward strategy is discussed and contrasted with previous findings.
Advisors/Committee Members: Geller, E. Scott (committeechair), Winett, Richard A. (committee member), Axsom, Danny K. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Expectancy; Reward; Reciprocity; Reward Timing
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Lehman, P. K. (2003). The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory. (Masters Thesis). Virginia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9846
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lehman, Philip Kent. “The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory.” 2003. Masters Thesis, Virginia Tech. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9846.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lehman, Philip Kent. “The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory.” 2003. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Lehman PK. The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2003. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9846.
Council of Science Editors:
Lehman PK. The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory. [Masters Thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2003. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9846
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