Employee motivation in the light of selected theoretical perspectives. An outline of the problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (39) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Daria Rogowska
Keyword(s):  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Motivation Model

This paper is devoted to selected theoretical perspectives related to employee motivation. It constitutes an outline of the problem and has the form of a review. The aim of this paper is to present selected theoretical perspectives regarding employee motivation because this issue seems to be crucial in relation to professional activities. This paper presents the notion of employee motivation from the perspective of selected definitions. The 3.0 motivation model and other selected concepts are described. Moreover, individual levels of employee motivation 3.0 are presented. The focus is also on their characteristics. The term gamification and its essence are presented. An attempt is made at presenting the applications of gamification and its specificity in professional activation of people working in a given organization.

scholarly journals Motivational component of personnel management

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 161-166
Author(s):  
M. Yeshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Action Taking ◽  
Time And Energy

The problem of low employees motivation which is frequently observed at modern enterprises is considered in this paper. It is defined that labour motivation is an important phenomenon for both scientists and experts. Labour motivation is described as psychological processes that guide, energize, and support actions in relation to job, task, role, or project. The main objective is to give an overview of the key theoretical aspects. Much attention is also paid to current topics and new directions of the theory of labour motivation and research, as well as to current contradictions and unresolved issues. The main theoretical perspectives of labour motivation are considered. It is established that scientists distinguish two main types of labour motivation theories: the theory of endogenous processes and the theory of exogenous reasons. Endogenous theories of processes focus primarily on the psychological mechanisms explaining motivation within the employee's head, while theories of exogenous causes focus primarily on contextual motivation, which can be changed or altered depending on the circumstances. Material and financial incentives are awards of the employees by monetary benefits for the results of their work activities. The use of material and monetary incentives contributes to the regulation of behaviour of management objects on the basis of different financial awards and penalties application. According to the theory of expectations, the workers prefer to invest in action, taking intoaccount their relative advantages, i.e. the probability of achieving the desired results is a function of three beliefs: expectation, instrumentality (performance will lead to results) and priority (these results are important or valued). These beliefs are considered to be dependent, and if any of them are absent, the course of action will not exist. Without achieving the result, the employees find it useless; without tools and priorities, the employees distrust whether productivity is worth it. It is very important that the theory of expectations is developed taking into account personal decisions that employees make about the reasonableness of spending their time and energy, and if so, where and how, and not on any differences between them. The types and methods of motivativation, which ensure the activation of employee motivation, are revealed.

scholarly journals Implementation of Foreign Experience in Employee Motivation into the Activity of Ukrainian Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (47) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
V. I. Kyfyak ◽  
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I. M. Todoriko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Business Practice ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Foreign Experience ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Labor Resources ◽  
Corporate Profits ◽  
Motivation Model

The actual value of the issue in question lies in the new challenges present in the labor market and the transformation of public relations in connection with COVID-19, making it necessary to reconsider the mechanism of employee motivation, i.e. using the latest instruments for the utilization and management of labor resources. We believe that reasonable implementation of effective employee motivation instruments, developed by successful enterprises, will lead to highly productive work of employees at enterprises and increase the efficiency of human resources utilization. The article aims at analyzing the motivational models of the leading countries and to form the principles of implementing their experience in the business practice of Ukrainian enterprises. The research results in identifying popular instruments used abroad, which are most effective in the current situation in Ukraine, namely: motivating employees to innovative activity by evaluating the results obtained; employees involvement in the management, strategic planning and distribution of corporate profits; flexibility and social dimension of salaries and wages; scoring and rating employees’ performance; encouraging competition and teamwork. The principles of introducing an effective employee motivation model based on foreign experience are formed. It is concluded that if Ukrainian enterprises use employees’ motivation instruments that have proved their effectiveness abroad, then, if used systematically and holistically, they will bring economic growth to the enterprises and social development to the country, in general.

Motivational Gratification

2012 ◽  
pp. 403-418
Author(s):  
Sugumar Mariappanadar
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
System Approach ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Motivation Model ◽  
Is Analysis And Design ◽  
Practical Implications

Researchers in the field of information system (IS) endorse the view that there is always a discrepancy between the expressions of client’s automation requirements and IS designers understanding of such requirement because of difference in the field of expertise. In this article an attempt is taken to develop a motivational gratification model (MGM) from the cognitive informatics perspective for the automation of employee motivation measurement, instead of developing a motivation theory from a management perspective and expecting the IS designers to develop a system based on the understanding of the theory that is alien to his/her field of expertise. Motivational Gratification is an integrated work motivation model which theoretically explains how employees self-regulate their effort intensity for ‘production’ or ‘reduction’ of motivational force towards future high performance, and it is developed using taxonomies of system approach from psychology and management. The practical implications of MGM in management and IS analysis and design are discussed.

scholarly journals Formalization of employee motivation model and assessment of its effectiveness

2018 ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Nadiia Khorunzhak
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Empirical Estimates ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Motivation Model

The subject matter of the research paper refers to theoretical and methodological principles of the practical performance of incentive function of payment for work. It is stressed that due to increasing competition and a shortage of highly skilled workers in a market economy, motivational tools constitute the basis for attracting skilled workforce to entities. Theoretical underpinning and practical proposals for developing an effective employee motivation model are urgent and important for personnel administration. The purpose of the article is to formalize an employee motivation model, which meets managerial and personalized needs, to describe its elements and assess effectiveness. The main objectives of the research paper refer to developing methods for constructing a formalized employee motivation model, and describing its constituent elements. The research and its results are based on the use of general scientific and special methods. The systemic approach enables to develop a concept for assessing the effectiveness of incentive function of remuneration, based on generalization, empirical estimates, analysis, evaluation, and formalization of factors that enhance employee motivation and can be obtained through questionnaires. As a result of using a wide range of material and research methods, a basic framework and a possible motivation model are developed and approaches to its assessment are proposed. Applying the classic approach to positioning effectiveness and its essential characteristics was the starting point. It is concluded that payment (salary / wages) is the key indicator for an employee motivation model and employee income model. Based on the views of various scholars and data obtained from questionnaires (including those available on the Internet), the main motivational factors are determined and an improved employee motivation model is proposed. According to the determined factors, a formalized mathematical model of motivation is developed, which makes it possible to take into account a degree of impact of each indicator on the resulting indicator (general motivation). Supplementing the proposed model with income indicators (by corresponding constituents), allowances and bonuses authorized by the existing legislation makes it possible to develop a generalized and formalized mathematical model for assessing employee motivation. The model can be used for carrying out comparative and predictive analysis, and choosing an algorithm for practical implementation of measures aimed at increasing employee motivation at an enterprise. The developed model also enables to take into account statistical, financial-economic and forecasting indicators for the identification of motivational purposes. For practical implementation of the developed model in a computerized environment, a structural scheme of its functioning is proposed; indicators and algorithms for calculation as well as necessary program modules are described.

The Evolution of Music Therapy

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-221
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Mastnak
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Modern Music ◽  
Guided Imagery And Music ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
International Importance ◽  
Evolution Of Music ◽  
Based Medicine

Abstract. Five overlapping eras or stages can be distinguished in the evolution of music therapy. The first one refers to the historical roots and ethnological sources that have influenced modern meta-theoretical perspectives and practices. The next stage marks the heterogeneous origins of modern music therapy in the 20th century that mirror psychological positions and novel clinical ideas about the healing power of music. The subsequent heyday of music therapeutic models and schools of thought yielded an enormous variety of concepts and methods such as Nordoff–Robbins music therapy, Orff music therapy, analytic music therapy, regulatory music therapy, guided imagery and music, sound work, etc. As music therapy gained in international importance, clinical applications required research on its therapeutic efficacy. According to standards of evidence-based medicine and with regard to clearly defined diagnoses, research on music therapeutic practice was the core of the fourth stage of evolution. The current stage is characterized by the emerging epistemological dissatisfaction with the paradigmatic reductionism of evidence-based medicine and by the strong will to discover the true healing nature of music. This trend has given birth to a wide spectrum of interdisciplinary hermeneutics for novel foundations of music therapy. Epigenetics, neuroplasticity, regulatory and chronobiological sciences, quantum physical philosophies, universal harmonies, spiritual and religious views, and the cultural anthropological phenomenon of esthetics and creativity have become guiding principles. This article should not be regarded as a historical treatise but rather as an attempt to identify theoretical landmarks in the evolution of modern music therapy and to elucidate the evolution of its spirit.

Media Psychology and Complex Modes of Entertainment Experiences

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Klimmt
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Media Psychology ◽  
Mixed Emotions ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Complex Modes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Media Enjoyment

This comment briefly examines the history of entertainment research in media psychology and welcomes the conceptual innovations in the contribution by Oliver and Bartsch (this issue). Theoretical perspectives for improving and expanding the “appreciation” concept in entertainment psychology are outlined. These refer to more systematic links of appreciation to the psychology of mixed emotions, to positive psychology, and to the psychology of death and dying – in particular, to terror management theory. In addition, methodological challenges are discussed that entertainment research faces when appreciation and the experience of “meaning for life” need to be addressed in empirical studies of media enjoyment.

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