What motivates employees according to over 40 years of motivation surveys Carolyn Wiley University of Tennessee at Chattanooga‚ Tennessee‚ USA Theoretical background The relationship between people and their work has long attracted psychologists and other behavioural scientists. Psychologists’ interests‚ dating back to the early years of the twentieth century‚ reflect the development of the industrial psychology and vocational guidance disciplines. Their work dealt with measurement of aptitudes
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theorizes that an employee’s most basic needs must be met before he will be motivated by higher needs. The hierarchy consists of five categories physiological‚ safety‚ belongingness‚ esteem and finally self-actualization. Maslow theorized that we are driven by primary needs‚ however the strongest source of motivation is the lowest unsatisfied need at the time; as the lower level need is satisfied the next higher need in the hierarchy becomes the primary motivator. With
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Personal Narrative It was a steaming‚ humid day of August in 2013. Nick & I were playing outside when I asked “Can I use your new longboard”. He said “ Yes but you might want to wear a helmet”. I said “I’ll Be fine”. In a blink of an eye‚ I was on the street bleeding very bad. All I saw was pebbles and asphalt. When I came out of the darkness I saw my mother washing down my face with a wash cloth. Just after she pulled it away‚ it was red as a rose pedal. I asked how bad it was and she said “Not
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to communicate with others and how to make an effective conversation‚… We can’t know anything if we don’t learn. But where and how we learn? The following essay can answer that question to some extents by defining two terms “education” and “personal development”. Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching‚ training‚ or research. Education frequently takes place
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It was a chilly‚ autumn morning in 2011. My family and I were just beginning to pack up our stuff and carry the suitcases to the van. Since we were moving to Hawaii‚ on account of my stepdad being in the army‚ we had to move quickly so that we’d reach our ten am flight on time. As I walked back into the hotel room I made sure to grab my purse and notebook to put in the van‚ while my mom got herself and my siblings ready to go. Very slowly I opened the door to leave the room and trudged down the
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The ethical dilemma The ethical dilemma presented in the case study examines if you would allow an innocent person to be charged with offense he did not commit. You have been asked to keep quiet by a friend‚ someone you have known for years. Although you are positive that your friends did not commit the act‚ you are sure there is an innocent person wrongfully accused. I believe that it is my duty to be honest and tell the truth about the situation. According to Northouse (2013) ethics is
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innocent people. By using Kohlberg’s moral development model and by examining major ethical systems‚ namely deontology and utilitarianism‚ a clear understanding of the factors influencing this type of decision-making can be gained. Specifically‚ utilitarianism‚ Kant’s categorical imperative and the doctrine of double effect address the decision from differing viewpoints‚ providing the decision maker with compelling evidence to support both angles of the ethical and moral dilemma presented in the decision
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Changing Hierarchies in Early America In “A Model of Christian Charity‚” John Winthrop proposes to change the existing social and economic hierarchy. The old world social hierarchy divided the classes based on wealth and property. The highest class consisted of the king and royal family‚ then followed by the bishops. Next on the hierarchy were the nobles‚ gentlemen‚ and the wealthy. And at the bottom of the hierarchy of course‚ were the poor. Because of this extreme division‚ there was no middle
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the movie Henry’s Daughters‚ there are many ethical issues that are responsible for the decisions that the characters make‚ whether good or bad. Ethical issues are an integral part of making a decision in any professional field‚ but especially engineering because many engineering designs can endanger people’s lives if they fail. In engineering sometimes making the ethical decision goes beyond the job description‚ sometimes it means actively fighting for what you know is right. In the movie there are
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identifying priorities‚ and how‚ or why they are allocated to different needs‚ is a concept based on human motivation (Blackwell‚ Miniard & Engel 2006). Abraham Maslow‚ a clinical psychologist‚ is behind the well-known theory of human motivation - Hierarchy of Needs (Schiffman et al. 2011). Maslow’s theory is a model based on human motivation that places emphasis on the concepts of human needs (Oleson 2004). This concept was developed to seek an explanation into why individuals are driven by particular
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