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Weak Individual Incentives in Team-Based Pay
A significant drawback of compensation systems that reward team performance is that they tend to provide weak motivation for individual employees. Because the reward is shared among all members, the direct link between an individual's effort and their personal financial gain is diluted, which can reduce the incentive to work hard.
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