By:
Naomi Snyder, editor-in-chief at Bank Director
Here’s a hypothetical question: Would you rather take a job with a $5,000 bonus that would cost an additional $1,000 in transportation expenses, or the exact same job with a $2,000 bonus and save $2,000 in transportation expenses? It’s not a trick question. Professor Eesha Sharma, who studies behavioral economics and teaches marketing at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, surveyed 268 people online and found that 65 percent were more likely to choose the job with the $5,000 bonus, even though the dollar gain is the same for the two jobs. Why? “They like the end-of-year bonus...
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Editor-in-Chief Naomi Snyder is in charge of the editorial coverage at Bank Director. She oversees the magazine and the editorial team’s efforts on the Bank Director website, newsletter and special projects. She has more than two decades of experience in business journalism and spent 15 years as a newspaper reporter. She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. You can contact Naomi at nsnyder@bankdirector.com.