important part of a business education for professional today. Though it stems from psychology‚ motivation deals with people‚ as does management. This paper will cover basic employee motivations and offer suggestions for motivating employees. What motivates employees and what part dies motivation play in today ’s workforce? Some people believe they are obligated to do their best at their job simply because that is what is expected of them. On the other hand‚ there are those who merely do enough to
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PAY IN EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION: DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND WHAT THEY DO Sara L. Rynes‚ Barry Gerhart‚ and Kathleen A. Minette A majority of human resources professionals appear to believe that employees are likely to overreport the importance of pay in employee surveys. However‚ research suggests the opposite is actually true. We review evidence showing the discrepancies between what people say and do with respect to pay. We then discuss why pay is likely to be
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This article was downloaded by: [INASP - Pakistan (PERI)] On: 24 February 2013‚ At: 22:25 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK The International Journal of Human Resource Management Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rijh20 Performance appraisal satisfaction and employee outcomes:
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A board member for American Express has brought up the fact that some companies are starting to refuse hiring smokers and that the same should be discussed at the next month’s meeting. He brought this to attention due to the fact that medical costs are rising 10 to 15 percent a year. Employing a smoker‚ on average‚ cost about $4000 more a year because of higher Health-Care cost and lost productivity. Smokers will have 50 percent more absenteeism and because of smoke break will work 1‚817 hour less
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EMPLOYEE RETENTION Report of the Employee Retention Workgroup Sponsored by: NYS Department of Civil Service George C. Sinnott‚ Commissioner NYS Governor’s Office of Employee Relations George H. Madison‚ Director George E. Pataki‚ Governor September 2002 In issuing this report‚ the Department of Civil Service and Governor’s Office of Employee Relations in no way indicate endorsement of the perspectives‚ opinions‚ and recommendations presented. EMPLOYEE RETENTION Report of the Employee
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brings negative effects to the employer’s family and also to the country. Hence‚ the insecure home‚ problem with the family institution‚ high costs and increase in expenses for the local government are therefore‚ the effects of hiring a foreign maid. One of the effects of hiring the foreign maid is that the sponsor’s home might not be a safe place for a family to live. This is because the house is open to robberies. The house robberies are possible to happen as there is a foreigner who is hired to do
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A plant manager oversees all daily operations of a plant. He often is in charge of everything from production and manufacturing to making sure policies and procedures are followed in all departments. Supervising and motivating staff members generally are major parts of the job as well. The plant’s physical operations generally are the main responsibility of the plant manager. He is required to maintain a clean plant free of safety or health concerns. The production equipment and machinery should
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BUS 520 Week 4‚ Chapter 6: Motivating Employees Slide # Slide Title/ Topic Slide text/Narration 1 Introduction Welcome to Leadership and Organizational Behavior. In this lesson‚ we will discuss Motivating Employees. Please go to the next slide. 2 Objectives Upon completion of this lesson‚ you will be able to: Identify the key factors affecting individual motivation and explain the application of a variety of motivational theories and job design considerations. Please go to the next
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Training and Developing Employees Multiple Choice: 1. Once employees have been recruited and selected‚ the next step would be: a. discipline and counseling. b. orientation and training. c. hiring and firing. d. socialization. 3. The ongoing process of instilling in all employees the prevailing attitudes‚ standards‚ values‚ and patterns of behavior that are expected by the organization and its departments is: a. values projection. b. orientation. c. socialization.
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Employees who like where they work will help the company make more money. Sears conducted an 800-store survey that showed the impact of employee attitudes on the bottom line. When employee attitudes improved by 5%‚ customer satisfaction jumped 1.3%‚ consequently increasing revenue by one-half a percentage point. Seeking ways to motivate and build worker morale pays dividends to any business or organization. The motivated worker is more committed to the job and to the customer. In order to attract
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