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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with Caitlin and her blatant lack of motivation. Recognizing un-motivated students is something most educators can do on a daily basis‚ however‚ knowing how to resolve the issue is another story altogether. The student’s goals are what sets their drive for achievements and is how they self-motivate themselves. Motivational theories are how these students can reach their goals and break out of the ”I don’t care” downward spiral. When students have no motivation they tend to reach out with statements
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Psychology and Motivation What are some of the limitations of traditional approaches to motivation? Discuss this question‚ referring to at least three specific management theories and considering the historical context in which these ideas were developed or adopted. Motivation in general refers to the result of behavioral changes in reaction to internal or external stimuli. Analysis can be done at the individual psychological level too. The studies attempt to understand people’s behaviour and
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motivational factors that are required in order to obtain some form of academic success. The articles focused on both Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and how a student can draw from either one. The articles also took into account the different types of learning styles that are utilized by our students and how these different approaches can impact the will (motivation) and desire (effort) of a student. It is widely known that Academic achievement is connected to a person’s learning style and how motivated
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Importance of motivation Most motivation theorists assume that motivation is involved in the performance of all learned responses; that is‚ a learned behavior will not occur unless it is energized. The major question among psychologists‚ in general‚ is whether motivation is a primary or secondary influence on behavior. That is‚ are changes in behavior better explained by principles of environmental/ecological influences‚ perception‚ memory‚ cognitive development‚ emotion‚ explanatory style‚ or
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35 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Description of the Company Northwind Traders‚ Inc. provides travel-planning services for European adventure vacations to residents of the Greater Seattle area. The service industry‚ including travel agencies‚ is one of the fastest growing business sectors of the economy‚ and Northwind Traders intends to capitalize on the success of this industry by taking advantage of travel planning opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. President Heather Mitchell and Vice President
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Motivation Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ the founders of Google Inc.‚ did not want to apply the traditional culture of corporation based on extrinsic rewards system only and where employees are stuck in a cubicle for hours without sharing ideas or experiences. As the traditional “Do a great job and you will be recompensed with a increment in your salary”. Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ wanted to create something more‚ an innovative culture in which Human Resources will be call “People operations”‚
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I. Introduction to Motivation Motivation is the inner state that causes an individual to behave in a way that ensures the accomplishment of some goal. In other word‚ motivation explains why people act as they do. The better a manager understands organization members’ behavior‚ the more able that manager will be to influence subordinates’ behavior to make it more consistent with the accomplishment of organizational objectives. Because productivity is a result of the behavior of organizational members
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considered by the organisation. The pyramid that is typically used to describe Maslow’s (1943) theory (Appendix 2) shows the process in which employees rise from one step to the next. Maslow’s (1943) pyramid allows employees to evaluate their personal motivation within set stages‚ with basic needs at the bottom and higher needs at the top. Although there are limitations to this theory “Maslow’s theory has attracted two main criticisms. First‚ it is vague and cannot readily predict behaviour. Second‚ it’s
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Motivation refers to “the reasons underlying behavior” (Guay et al.‚ 2010‚). Paraphrasing Gredler‚ Broussard and Garrison (2004) broadly define motivation as “the attribute that moves us to do or not to do something” (p. 106). Intrinsic motivation is motivation that is animated by personal enjoyment‚ interest‚ or pleasure. As Deci et al. (1999) observe‚ “Intrinsic motivation energizes and sustains activities through the spontaneous satisfactions inherent in effective volitional
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