] Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation Motivation can be divided into two types: intrinsic (internal) motivation and extrinsic (external) motivation. Intrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself‚ and exists within the individual rather than relying on external pressures or a desire for reward. Intrinsic motivation has been studied since the early 1970s. Students who are intrinsically motivated are more likely to engage
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©Trans-Atlantic College‚ London 2005 Motivation and Job Satisfaction Written by Dr Prince Efere – for Trans-Atlantic College‚ London Contents of this Paper 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Introduction Frederick Winslow Taylor – Scientific Management Elton Mayo – Hawthorne Experiments Abraham Maslow – Hierarchy of Needs Clayton Alderfer – ERG Theory Douglas McGregor - Theory X and Theory Y W. Ouchi – Theory Z Frederick Hertzberg – Hygiene Theory David C. McClelland -
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have been sufficient changes regarding job design over the past decades‚ including the rising popularity of new practices such as employee involvement (Maxwell‚ Richard & Sandra 2008). With new induction of theories‚ an analysis to illustrate the similarities and differences was made between the content and process theories; chosen theories being the two-factor theory and equity theory respectively. Implications of integrating various theories like the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) by Herzberg
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A. Introduction Employee satisfaction has been defined as a function of perceived performance and expectations. It is a persons’ feeling of pleasure or disappointment resulting from comparing a products’ outcome to his/her expectations. If the performance falls short of expectations‚ the employee is dissatisfied and if it matches the expectations‚ the employee is satisfied. A high satisfaction implies improvement in efficiency and performance doing work or service. The process is however‚ more
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something with their lives? Why do some people don’t even bother to find a job‚ they are just content with staying home and doing nothing? Not house women that take care of their kids and the house‚ just normal people that don’t even care enough to look for a job. If people complain about not liking what they are doing and they’re in the same post for years and years‚ why don’t they change something? Why do some look for a certain job and only accept working if they got what they were looking for? The
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A PRELUDE TO JOB SATISFACTION Employee job satisfaction and retention has always been an issue to debate with regards to achieving a high level of productivity within an organization. Job satisfaction is best defined as a set of feelings and emotions employees associate with their work. It is an attitude which is inversely related to behaviors such as absenteeism and staff turnover. In theory‚ an organization with employees that display behaviors of high absenteeism and turnover as a result of
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QUESTIONNAIRE ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION:BASIC NEEDS: Q.1. The salary increments given to employees who do their jobs very wellmotivates them. a) Strongly agree b) Agree c) Neither agree nor disagree d) Disagreee) Strongly disagree Q.2. Financial incentives motivates me more than non financial incentives. a) Strongly agree b) Agree c) Neither agree nor disagree d) Disagreee) Strongly disagree Q.3. I am satisfied with the salary I draw at present. a) Strongly agree b) Agree c) Neither agree nor disagree d) Disagreee)
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Job design is a work arrangement or overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from repetitive and mechanistic tasks. Through job design organizations try to raise productivity levels by offering non-monetary rewards such as greater satisfaction from a sense of personal achievement in meeting the increased challenges and responsibility of one’s work. Job enlargement‚ job achievement‚ job rotation‚ and job simplification are the various techniques used in a job design exercises
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individual job. It indicates how well an individual is fulfilling the job demands. And on the other hand success of any organization can almost always be tracked back to the level of motivation among its employees to whom its success can be accredited to‚ without a doubt. Motivation is must for the employees‚ because it converts ability to work into will to work or in other words contributes to high level of performance. Presence of effective motivational policies in the company leads to job satisfaction
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Topic : A study on perception of employee about performance appraisal effectiveness and its impact on employee motivation Type of Research: Quantitative Research Problem Definition: The objective is to identify the various perceptions employees have about performance appraisal system in their organization and how far the performance appraisal does motivate the employees to perform better. Data Collection Details: The data will be collected through a questionnaire (hard copy and soft copy) comprises
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