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How the 'IKEA effect' can motivate people to work harder
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How the 'IKEA effect' can motivate people to work harder

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    Creating something makes people love it more, turning an object or project into something that feels personally theirs.
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    Open-source contributors grow attached to code when their names stay permanently connected to what they wrote.
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    To motivate people, make ownership visible through signatures, names, group identity, and explicit credit for contributions.
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