Table 1.
General characteristics of the 16 included studies.
| References | Country | Design | Sector | Sample type | Manipulation | Outcome type | # Delays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bickel et al. (2016) | USA | E | Private | AMT | Framing; Sign; Past-Future | Money | 7 |
| Bidewell et al. (2006) | Australia | Q | Public/Private | Educational staff | Framing | Money | 2 |
| Dixon et al. (2018) | USA | F | Private | Waitresses | Titration | Money | 7 |
| Duan et al. (2017)-ex2 | China | Q | Private | Corporate employees | Framing | Air quality | 1 |
| Hernández-Toledano et al. (2025) | Mexico | Q | Private | Managers & operative workers | Framing; Amount | Money | 7 |
| Hesketh (2000)-ex2 | Australia | Q | Private | Career advisers and counselors | Framing | Job fit | 7 |
| Joshi and Fast (2013)-ex1 | USA | E | Private | AMT | Framing | Money | 1 |
| Lahav et al. (2011) | Israel | F | Army | Soldiers | Framing; Amount | Money | 3 |
| Logue and Anderson (2001) | USA | Q | Private | Provost, experienced fellows, & new fellows | Framing | Money | 8 |
| Losina et al. (2017) | USA | Q | Public/Private | Non-clinician employees | Intervention | Money | 9 |
| Mellis et al. (2018a) | USA | E | Private | AMT | Framing; Cross-commodity | Money/Food gift card | 7 |
| Mellis et al. (2018b) | USA | E | Private | AMT | Framing | Money | 7 |
| Saunders and Fogarty (2001) | Hong Kong | L | Private | High staff members | Framing | Job promotion | 4 |
| Shavit et al. (2013) | Israel | F | Army | Soldiers | Framing; Amount | Money | 3 |
| Weißmüller (2022) | Germany | E | Public/Private | General workers | Framing; Amount | Money | 9 |
| Xu and Yin (2020) | USA | Q | Private | AMT | Framing | Money | 7 |
E, experimental design; Q, quasiexperimental; L, longitudinal; F, field study; AMT, Amazon Mechanical Turk workers.