Employee awards programs are prevalent in organizations. This research examines a group of employees who have received relatively less attention in the employee awards literature—those who are nominated for but fail to receive an award. Integrating social comparison theory with the functional theory of counterfactual thinking, we argue that non-winner nominees go through complex motivational states and affective experiences, which influence their collaboration responsiveness to colleagues. We conducted a quasi-experimental field study using collaboration records over 8 months (Study 1) and a multi-source study using survey data and collaborative records over 2 months (Study 2). The results revealed that compared to non-nominees, non-winner nominees have lower collaboration responsiveness to winners following the award announcement, especially when they have a higher structural proximity to winners. However, in the long run, non-winner nominees have higher collaboration responsiveness to others in general. In addition, we found that being nominated for but failing to receive an award simultaneously induces non-winner nominees to experience higher causal-inference counterfactual thinking and negative affect, which exerts opposing impacts on non-winner nominees’ collaboration responsiveness. This research advances the understanding of the impact, influencing mechanisms, boundary conditions, and temporal dynamics of employee awards on workplace collaboration.

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该奖项授予......其他人：一项自然的准实验，检验绩效奖对被提名人的工作场所协作的影响

员工奖励计划在组织中很普遍。这项研究调查了一组在员工奖励文献中受到相对较少关注的员工——那些被提名但未能获奖的员工。将社会比较理论与反事实思维的功能理论相结合，我们认为非获胜者提名者会经历复杂的动机状态和情感体验，这会影响他们对同事的合作反应。我们使用超过 8 个月的协作记录（研究 1）进行了准实验性实地研究，并使用超过 2 个月的调查数据和协作记录进行了多源研究（研究 2）。结果显示，与非提名者相比，非获奖者提名者在奖项公布后对获奖者的合作响应度较低，特别是当他们在结构上更接近获胜者时。然而，从长远来看，非获胜者提名者总体上对其他人具有更高的协作响应性。此外，我们发现被提名但未能同时获奖会导致非获奖者提名者体验更高的因果推理反事实思维和负面影响，这对非获奖者提名者的协作响应能力产生相反的影响。这项研究促进了对员工奖励对工作场所协作的影响、影响机制、边界条件和时间动态的理解。我们发现被提名但未能同时获奖会导致非获奖者提名者体验更高的因果推理反事实思维和负面影响，这对非获奖者提名者的协作响应能力产生相反的影响。这项研究促进了对员工奖励对工作场所协作的影响、影响机制、边界条件和时间动态的理解。我们发现被提名但未能同时获奖会导致非获奖提名者体验更高的因果推理反事实思维和负面影响，这对非获奖者提名者的协作响应能力产生相反的影响。这项研究促进了对员工奖励对工作场所协作的影响、影响机制、边界条件和时间动态的理解。