Enhancing Employee Motivation Through Incentive Programs

Paper Summary:

This paper recommends a change to an employee incentive system in order to inspire greater motivation among employees. According to the paper, the current incentive system includes use of an annual performance appraisal to reward employees financially for performing above expected levels of performance. The change this paper suggests, is the implementation of an employee suggestion system.

Contents:
Purpose
Background
Analysis of Current System
Alternatives To Current System
Recommendations

From the Paper:

"Drillings & O'Neil (1994) confirm that many motivational variables including "effort, anxiety and curiosity" contribute to performance at all levels within the organization. These variables can influence the "rate and ease with which individuals acquire new competencies" and can also discern the likelihood that effective learning will occur within the organization (Drillings & O'Neil, 2). Most individuals working within the organizational context have a predisposition toward different motivational cues. Thus not everyone will respond the same to a compensatory rewards program vs. a rewards program whose intent is to create more intrinsic motivation. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Drillings, M. & O'Neil Jr. H.F. (1994). Motivation: Theory and Research. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Mishra, J.M. (1994). "Employee suggestion programs in the health care field: The rewards of involvement." Public Personnel Management, 23(4): 587

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