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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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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1 MEANING OF MOTIVATION Motivation has been variously defined by scholars‚ usually one or more of these words are include in the definition: desires‚ wants‚ aims‚ goals‚ drims‚ motives and incentives. “Motivation” is a Latin word‚ meaning “to move”. Human motives are internalized goals within individuals. As Berelson and Steiver state: “A motive is an inner state that energizes‚ activates or moves and directs or channels behaviour toward goals”. Definition of motivation “According
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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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Motivation Motivation is a person’s internal disposition to be concerned with and approach positive incentives and avoid negative incentives. To further this‚ an incentive is the anticipated reward or aversive event available in the environment. While motivation can often be used as a tool to help predict behavior‚ it varies greatly among individuals and must often be combined with ability and environmental factors to actually influence behavior and performance. Because of motivation’s role in influencing
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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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1) Various managerial techniques used to motivate people Motivation is the act of stimulating someone or oneself to get a desired course of action‚ to push the right button to get a desired result. Motivation has been shown to have roots in physiological‚ behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and social areas. Various managerial techniques used to motivate people A) Monetary or financial incentives Monetary incentives are offered in terms of money. Such incentives provide more cash or
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According to Lockley (2012) offering training and development programs that effectively contributes to personal and professional growth of individuals is another effective employee motivation strategy. At the same time‚ Lockley (2012) warns that in order for motivational aspects of training and development initiatives to be increased‚ ideally they need to be devised and implemented by a third party with relevant competency and experience. Alternative working patterns such as job-rotating‚ job-sharing
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3.What is motivation..? Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job‚ role or subject‚ or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the intensity of desire or need‚ incentive or reward value of the goal‚ and expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the reasons one has for behaving a certain
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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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