Employee Recognition and Performance: A Field Experiment∗ Christiane Bradler† Robert Dur‡ Susanne Neckermann§ Arjan Non¶ ‚ ‚ ‚ January 2013 Abstract This paper reports the results from a natural field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public recognition on employee performance. More than 300 employees worked on a three-hour data-entry task‚ where we randomized the unannounced provision of recognition after two hours of work. We find that recognition increases subsequent performance
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A STUDY ON JOB STRESS AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF BANKING SECTOR IN TRICHY REGION INTRODUCTION: Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep one motivated. But excessive pressure can lead to stress‚ which undermines performance‚ is costly to employers and can make people ill. Stress is ubiquitous and has become an integral part of everyday living‚ an unavoidable consequence of modern living. Stress is a condition of strain that has a direct bearing on emotions‚ thought process and
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The Effect of Work Related Stress and its Impact on the Productivity of Both the Organisation and the Employee. ABSTRACT Abstract This study explored the effect of work related stress on the individual. The results of work stress then affecting the organisation financially and the individual personally. It has been suggested that due to pressure of economic rationalism‚ workforce numbers have been cut back but the amount of work has remained the same and as a result workers in full time
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1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY Communication is the process of sharing ideas‚ information and messages with others. The most basic communication methods that are known to man are speech and non-verbal expressions such as facial expressions and body language. Apart from these basic methods of communication‚ there are other methods of communication. These methods began to involve and become complex (I.von Glion‚ mary Ann young and Steven L.Mc Shane; 1976:392). Effective/ Good communication usually requires
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selection if they could be shown to be valid. The use of the personality traits in employee selection can be very important for understanding employees’ potential. Employers use these personality tests when they are recruiting staff and it provides significant information about candidates’ strengths and weaknesses. Despite this‚ some other researchers argued that well structured-personality tests do not predict job performance under certain conditions. They suggested social analytical effects (Blickle‚
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Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Employee Motivation- Telecommunication Merger in the UK A case of T-Mobile and Orange Mobile Merger Abstract Over the past one decade‚ mergers and acquisitions increased at a record rate globally‚ especially in the United States. The telecommunication sector experienced no exclusion to this phenomenon and the three major telecommunication mergers included MCI and Verizon‚ Sprint and Nextel‚ and BellSouth and AT&T. As a result‚ the telecom playfield
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EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION (SECTION: 2) “IMPACT OF REWARD SYSTEM ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION” SUBMITTED TO: SIR RAZA NAQVI SUBMITTED BY: (Group#6) Shazia faiz (MM111119) Zainab Hassan (MM111027) Robeela qayyum (MM103070) DATE: 22 JUNE 2011 “IMPACT OF REWARD SYSTEM ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION” Shazia Faiz‚ Zainab Hassan Robeela Qayyum Abstract The purpose of the study was to investigate and analyze the impact of reward system on employee motivation and how well the current reward
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AN ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AS ONE OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE A CASE FOR SAMEER AFRICA LIMITED‚ NYERI BRANCH 1.0 CHAPTER ONE 1.2 Introduction The issue of employee motivation is extremely important to management .It is one of the most puzzling issues in management. There are plenty of employees that just ‘punch the clock’ i.e. They go to work just for the sake of paycheck and nothing else. They have no self pride in their work and do the bare
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means giving or receiving something for a desirable effort or behavior. In this essay‚ impacts of external rewards will be discussed‚ such as privileges‚ money and other incentive. Using reward policy could be beneficial to organizations as well as employees. As a matter of fact there are a lot of evidence that have been provided by researchers‚ which show the direct relation between reward‚ performance and job satisfaction. In contrast‚ punishment is found necessary to apply in order to balance the
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The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Performance Mohamed Farouk Ahmed (S0709030) The German University in Cairo Supervised By Prof. Dr. Ahmed Amin June 2011 Outline: I. Introduction: 1. Problem: Emotional Intelligence effect on Performance 2. Theoretical Background: Emotional intelligence introduction and development. 3. Purpose and Research question: Is there an effect of Emotional Intelligence on individual workplace performance? 4. Definitions of variables: Emotional
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