Motivation in the Workplace Motivation in the Workplace Motivation is the desire to do something. It plays a huge role in any workplace. You want your employees happy and wanting to come to work. People who work for the love of their job are showing intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to performing an activity for the inherent enjoyment or satisfaction derived from the activity. (Levin‚ et al.‚ 2012). A worker motivated by extrinsic factors may be there just for the money and
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Motivation and more specifically‚ motivation in the workplace cannot be defined simply. From an Industrial/Organizational psychology standpoint‚ motivation can be defined as "those processes within an individual that stimulate behavior and channel it in ways that should benefit the organization as a whole" (Miner‚ 1992‚ p. 54). The challenging subject of motivation has been studied and analyzed for many decades. Such interest and study is in part attributable to the understanding and appreciation
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Power. The use of authority to control a group of people. It is the actor’s ability to manipulate opinions‚ emotions‚ and behaviour of groups‚ even against their will (Hardy‚ 1995; Hardy & Clegg‚ 1996). It is seen everywhere in organisational forms‚ from managers‚ to team leaders. But perhaps one of the most obvious use of power through businesses is government legislations. The government uses positional power to control and possess relevant sources such as managers‚ in order to get groups
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Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals Carol Cook HRA-330 June 18‚ 2012 Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals You can lose 12 inches in less than thirty days! A person can’t help but notice all the Nutri-System and Weight Watcher commercials on television‚ or the late night infomercials for that DVD that help a person look like a bodybuilder by exercising in the comfort of their own home. Obesity has become a hot topic in today’s society
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Racial Inequality at workplace Job-level segregation‚ Although less common now than in the past‚ discriminatory behaviors in the workplace is increasing‚ African Americans still face unique problems in dealing with oppressive attitudes‚ policies‚ and culturally insensitive practices. The workplace increasingly is more diverse than ever before. For decades African Americans‚ were excluded from participating in most of the desirable jobs and institutions. Some of the major problems African Americans
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Substance abuse is a growing problem that not only affects the person who is abusing alcohol or drugs but affects the lives of those who are close to the abuser. Substance abuse is the abuse of any substance. A drug is a substance that modifies one or more of the body’s functions when it is consumed. Everything from over-the-counter pain medication‚ to opiates‚ prescription drugs such as Oxycontin‚ alcohol‚ cocaine‚ heroin and even coffee can be abused in one way or another. The two main substances
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Running head: Infections in the Workplace Infections in the Workplace Professor Taylor Smith HCA 250 What is an infection? An infection is the invasion of a host organism ’s bodily tissues by disease-causing organisms‚ their multiplication‚ and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce.( Infection." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 03 June 2014. Web. 09 Mar
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Psychological Workplace Environment Final Report 2012 Abdullah Naeem 01-111102-008 Table of Contents Acknowledgements 3 Executive Summary 4 Introduction to Psychology 5 Introduction to Psychological workplace Environment 6 Introduction to Organization
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Depression in the Workplace Shannon Courson Everest College Phoenix Depression in the workplace carries a huge stigma‚ both internally and externally‚ making it difficult for sufferers largely because of the negativity of the disease and has a need that needs to be addressed by employers and coworkers. Depression can cause employees to be less productive‚ accident prone and uninterested in their duties. Because of this‚ it has serious cost to the employer‚ in the form of insurance claims
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03 Child Abuse Introduction to the theme Gelles and Strauss (1979‚ p. 15) assert that: "A person is more likely to be hit or killed in his or her home by another family member than anywhere else or by anyone else”. Why is there so much violence in modern man - or is it not a contemporary phenomenon? The term "family violence" refers to several types of violence‚ for example child abuse‚ incest‚ family murder‚ spouse abuse or battering. In this theme the focus will be on child abuse in particular
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