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)
“The theory seems to be that so long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s chillun, but that as soon as he has any luck he owes it to the Devil.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)