Worker Compensation Study

Principal Researcher: Nemo

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Purpose

Important to study the human behavioral facets of DAOs. DAOs must consider fundamental operating procedures such as governance structures related to contributor compensation and its effect on contributor engagement, performance, and retention in the DAO.

Goals or Key Outcomes

1. A peer-reviewed journal publication legitimizing DAO research in I-O psychology.
2. Research-backed best practices for DAOs related to how compensation governance structures affect contributor engagement, performance, and retention.

Status

• ~~Phase 1: Data Collection~~
• ~~Phase 2: Mean difference analysis~~
• Phase 3: Initial findings & community feedback
• Phase 4: DAG & PROCESS Modelling
• Phase 5: Conclusions reported
• Phase 6: Publication Draft #1
• Phase 7: Publication Draft #n
• Phase 8: Final Publication uploaded into the Journal of Decentralized Work

Project Specs

Research Question(s) or Hypotheses (Study 1 and Study 2)

1. How do governance structures affect active DAO contributors’ motivation, attitudes, and justice perceptions (i.e., psychological contracts, organizational commitment, distributive and procedural justice perceptions)?