| The current study aims to testify to the gift-exchange game, which was developed by Akerlof and Yellen and used to study labor relations by examining the relationship between an employer’s salary offer and an employee’s effort. I tested the theory with a psychological experiment, focusing on remote-working culture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. My findings suggest that financial incentives can motivate individuals to perform better on cognitive tasks, people can concentrate better when working in person, and remote working may have more distractions and a lack of supervision, which may contribute to more mistakes in cognitive tasks. |