Employee Motivation and Organizational Performance

Paper Summary:

This paper addresses employee motivation as one of the most important factors in the realm of maintaining business productivity and a competitive edge in the modern business environment. In bid to increase employee motivation, the author proposes that employees should be given opportunities for input into factors that are otherwise beyond their authority at work. The paper's research methodology suggests a different inquiry into the perspective of supervisors to determine whether employee preference in this regard would be viable option in terms of its effect on overall integrated business operations.

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"There is a lack of information about the prospect of increasing employee motivation by addressing certain factors of known importance in the decision to accept job offers that are not usually subject to employee input or even supervisory discretion after hire. Specifically, elements of employment that fall under the category of "take it or leave it" such as working hours and the prospect of working from home may not deter an individual in need of work from accepting a proffered position, but often weigh heavily in subsequent decisions to consider alternate employment should a comparable vocational opportunity present itself that offers more flexible hours, work schedules that are at least partially open to employee input, and the prospect of working from home."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Daft, R. (2005) Management 7th Edition. Mason: Thomson South Western.
• Mills, C. W. (1953) White Collar: The American Middle Class. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Russell-Whalling, E. (2008) 50 Management Ideas You Really Need To Know. London: Quercus

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