QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO SOCIAL RESEARCH Christina Hughes C.L.Hughes@warwick.ac.uk There has been widespread debate in recent years within many of the social sciences regarding the relative merits of quantitative and qualitative strategies for research. The positions taken by individual researchers vary considerably‚ from those who see the two strategies as entirely separate and based on alternative views of the world‚ to those who are happy to mix these strategies within
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contrast one process and one content theory of motivation. Evaluate how appropriate they are for organisations today. Motivation is the desire or willingness of someone to do something. Craig C. Pinder (1998) defined work motivation as a “set of internal and external forces that initiate work related behaviour and determine its form‚ direction‚ intensity and duration.” Motivation plays an important role in a business environment‚ as employee motivation is believed to improved work performance.
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A-D) It has been suggested that “financial rewards do not guarantee more productivity‚ but paying attention to employees’ motivational needs does” and that “managers need to pay less attention to financial incentives and more to the actual motivation needs of their employees” (Sunday Business Post 2012). This is further supported by the results of the 2011 Mercer’s What’s Working survey where “being treated with respect‚ a work-life balance‚ the type of work undertaken … were ranked ahead of
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Motivation in Organizations Introduction As commonly recognized‚ motivation is one of the most critical issues in managing employees ’ behaviors which has a direct impact on the employee work performance and engagement and in turn affecting the efficiency and effectiveness in achieving the overall organization objectives. Generally‚ management would assess employees by their engagement‚ satisfaction‚ commitment and turnover‚ which treated as the indicators in workplace. Undoubtedly‚ the study
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Apple and employee motivation Ideally‚ Apple wants to have a workplace that fosters creativity from all the employees. Apple combines extrinsic and intrinsic motivation in order to empower their employees to be innovative. There are numerous methods Apple employs to motivate its employees. Once‚ Apple rewarded its executives by giving them a recognition bonus of 3 to 5 percent of their base salary. This motivating incentive occurred despite the fact that they recently missed their target on
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Motivation is the process of attempting to influence others to do their work through the possibilities of gain or reward. Employee work motivation and performance will be analyzed from the perspective of motivation theory as the central for the analysis. Motivation involves getting the members of the group to pull weight effectively‚ to give their loyalty to the group‚ to carry out properly the purpose of the organization. Employee motivation is one of the major issues
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* Ordóñez‚ L.‚ Schweitzer‚ M.‚ Galinsky‚ A.‚ & Bazerman‚ M. (2009) * Redmond‚ B. F. (2010). Goal-Setting theory: What am I trying to achieve in my work? Work Attitudes and Motivation. The Pennsylvania State University World Campus/ * Robbins S.‚ Judge T‚ Campbell T * Hewstone M.(2004). Emotion and Motivation. Goal setting and goal striving * Bennett (2009‚ March 15) * Our Actions. (2005). GE 2005 Citizenship Report. General Electric Company‚ Fairfield‚ Connecticut. Retrieved on February
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Gardner ’s Seven Intelligences Overview of Gardner’s theory and its significance The Gardner theory states there are seven different ways that people understand the world. Every person is known to have some level of each of these intelligences. It determines the best style of learning for individuals. If a person is better at learning using one certain intelligence method they should have a learning program individualized to capitalize on that strength allowing them to have and enhanced learning
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The primary goal of Seven Pounds is to make viewers weep‚ and it pursues that aim with a doggedness that is almost commendable. The film manipulates shamelessly and‚ despite defying logic with its contrivances and unconvincing character portrayals‚ will succeed in getting many audience members to the point where tears are inevitable. Yet there’s no cinematic equation that relates the need for tissues to motion picture quality. Seven Pounds works better the more the viewer feels and the less he/she
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A study of the relationship between motivation‚ job satisfaction and turnover in hotel industry A case study of Crown Plaza Hotel in China Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Background of the research 1.2 Research aims and objectives 1.3 Overview to research methodology 1.4 Outline of dissertation Chapter 2: A brief introduction of the hospitality industry in China and Crown Plaza Five- Star Hotel 2.1 The hospitality industry development in China Today
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