Incentive theory may refer to:
- Organizational behavior#Organization structures and dynamics, a concept of human resources or management theory
- Motivation#Incentive theory, a motivational theory
Famous quotes containing the words incentive and/or theory:
“Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Don’t confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.”
—Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)