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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How the Environment Plays a Role in Learning Introduction According to the constructivism theory of learning‚ human beings learn through establishing meaning in their present knowledge structures. According to proponents of this theory‚ children learn by the process of assimilation and accommodation. Accommodation refers to the process by which failure leads to further learning; where a new experience that is contrary to one’s expectations causes one to change their mental representations. On
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TABLE OF CONTENT Motivation can be define as the process that account for an individual intensity‚ direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. Motivation can help the employee be more comfortable to do their work at workplace. Beside through the motivation it will influence to the employees performance toward s their job. There have many differences of meaning for motivation based on our researcher. According to Robbins and Judge (2007)‚ they defined motivation as a process that
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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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the concepts of Motivation. Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an organism to act towards a desired goal and elicits‚ controls‚ and sustains certain goal directed behaviors. It can be considered a driving force; a psychological drive that compels or reinforces an action toward a desired goal. For example‚ hunger is a motivation that elicits a desire to eat. Motivation has been shown to have roots in physiological‚ behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and social areas. Motivation may be rooted in
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LLC ISSN: 0364-3107 print/1544-4376 online DOI: 10.1080/03643100902769160 Administration in Social Work‚ Vol. 33‚ No. 2‚ February 2009: pp. 0–0 1544-4376 0364-3107 WASW Work Motivation and Leadership in Social Work Management: A Review of Theories and Related Studies ELIZABETH A. FISHER E. A. Fisher Motivation and Leadership in Social Work Administration Department of Social Work‚ Shippensburg University‚ Shippensburg‚ Pennsylvania‚ USA Social work managers are confronted with the
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The role grants play in the Human Services field is critical in the funding stream. The program which the human services agency is trying to accomplish is dealt by requesting financial needs from government or local agencies. When an agency is trying to create a program to help the needs of the community‚ usually there are not any or enough monies to support the program through. “A grant is a sum of money given to an agency
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experience on Design Patterns‚ Log4g and Junit • Experience in configuring and deploying Web Applications using Tomcat Web server‚ JBOSS Application server • Highly flexible and capable of learning new tools and applications. • Having the Motivation to take independent responsibility as well as ability to contribute and be a productive team member Professional Experience: • Working as a Software Engineer in Virtusa (India) pvt ltd‚ Bangalore from Nov 2011 to till date. • Worked as
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MOTIVATION IN DEFENCE ORGANIZATION This paper presents the findings with regards to the motivation levels of Officers in the Defence Sector under several parameters. The Indian Army serves as the ultimate instrument for maintaining the unity and the integrity of the nation in the face of external threats and internal unrest and disturbances. Teamwork breeds comradeship which‚ in turn‚ leads to pride in belonging to a team and fosters esprit de corps. Motivation thrives on a continuing sense
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Motivation Christine Walters PSY/355 Jeremy Christensen Motivation Motivation is the process in which behavior is initiated‚ guided‚ and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. “We may define motive (or motivation) as a need‚ want‚ interest‚ or desire that propels someone (or an organism) in a certain direction” (Psychology‚ 2014). Motivation cannot be directly observed but through behaviors we see it manifested. It is thought of as the driving force that compels a person to do something in order
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