European Journal of Business and Management ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol 3‚ No.9‚ 2011 www.iiste.org Application of Frederick Herzberg’s Two-Factor theory in assessing and understanding employee motivation at work: a Ghanaian Perspective Kwasi Dartey-Baah (Corresponding Author) Department of Organisation & Human Resource Management‚ University of Ghana Business School P.O. Box LG78‚ Legon‚ Accra-Ghana‚ West Africa Telephone: 00233209621292 Email: kdartey-baah@ug.edu.gh
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The impact of a reward sytem on employee motivation in Motonet-Espoo Carolina Mikander Carolina Mikander Degree Thesis International Business 2010 Carolina Mikander DEGREE THESIS Arcada Degree Programme: Identification number: Author: Title: International Business 3071 Carolina Mikander The impact of a reward sytem on employee motivation in Motonet-Espoo Sveinn Eldon Motonet Oy Supervisor (Arcada): Commissioned by: Abstract: The purpose of the thesis was to investigate and
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factors that cause a person to work with. Motivation is a way to encourage yourself and others to action purposefully to achieve the goal. It is a certain external factor affecting the person and his inner state‚ which increases person’s desire to work. Content-based theories Content-based theories of motivation based on identification of the internal motives that make people act in a certain way. These theories are related to the studies of human needs and
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RUNNING HEAD: Motivation Theory and Practice Name University Name Instructor name Course Name Date Motivation Theory and Practice Introduction Motivation is the psychological process which gives the behavior a meaning or a purpose and direction (Kreitner‚ 1995); an internal drive to satisfy the unsatisfied needs (Higgins‚ 1994) and the will to achieve (Bedeian‚1993).The word motivation has a different connotation in Psychology‚ it refers to the initiation‚ direction‚ intensity and persistence
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research human brain and learn more about the drives (including the drives to acquire‚ bond‚ comprehend and defend) which underlie human actions. It had many researches mentioning how these drives affect employee motivation in organizations. One of them is the article “Employee Motivation: A powerful new model”‚ written by Nitin Nohria (the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration)‚ Boris Groysberg (an associate professor at Harvard Business School in Boston) and Linda-Eling Lee (a
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3.What is motivation..? Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job‚ role or subject‚ or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the intensity of desire or need‚ incentive or reward value of the goal‚ and expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the reasons one has for behaving a certain
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Buchanan defines motivation. ‘Motivation is a decision-making process‚ through which the individual chooses the desired outcomes and sets in motion the behaviour appropriate to them’ Buchanan‚ D. & Huczynski‚ A. (2004) Organizational Behaviour An Introductory Text‚ 5th Ed Motivation is a desire to achieve a goal‚ combined with the energy to work towards that goal. Employees who are motivated have a desire to complete the requirements of the task at hand. Motivation is a key element
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Portfolio 1 Maslow’s theory “aims to resolve the confusion between drives and motives” (Huczynski and Buchanan‚ 2007 p.242). Maslow’s view was that “individuals had to satisfy lower level needs before seeking to satisfy higher level needs” (Cole‚ 1995 p.71). Maslow’s (1943) hierarchy was identified as eight steps but was broken down to five‚ with highest needs at the top and lowest needs at the bottom (Mullins‚ 2010). Each stage has a set of needs that motivates employees. Managers should understand
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MOTIVATION THEORIES: Goal Setting Theory: In the late 1960s‚ Edwin Locke proposed that intentions to work toward a goad are a major source of work motivation. That is‚ goals tel an employee what needs to be done and how much effort will need to be made. Specific hard goals produce a higher level of output than does the generalized goal of "do your best". Why? The specificity of the goal itself seems to act as an internal stimulus. For instance‚ when a trucker commits to making 12 round trips
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Unit 11 Leadership and Motivation “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders‚ not more followers.” Ralph Nader There are at least two major influences that affect how individuals perform in their environment. These influences include: i) the type of leadership that exists‚ and ii) personal motivation. While neither is scientific in nature‚ there is significant research that identifies some theories and general conclusions about why people perform‚
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