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Link to the WSJ: “Motivating Employees”: http://guides.wsj.com/management/managing-your-people/how-to-motivate-employees/
This article mainly talks about the ways to motivate employees and some characteristics of normal employees in the industry.
There are several tips provided in this article, they are listed below:
1. Giving workers responsibility can make them to the challenge.
This one corresponds to a concept in our course, which is “autonomy”. It basically means employees have freedom and independence. Under this circumstance, managers do not need oversee every single step of their work. By giving them responsibility, employees will mostly feel like they have gained company’s trust. It is similar to ROWE, which stands for “Results only work environment”. Employees have more control over their work.
2. Rewarding employees for achievement can be more effective than punishing them for failure.
This tip tells managers a way to motivate employees, rather than punishing them. Employees will be motivated by the benefits provided by the company, and in exchange they will work even harder to get more and more rewards.
3. Unleash workers’ imagination, ingenuity, and creativity.
This tip can be achieved by providing a better environment for employees to work at and having various kinds of activities during their work break. These really are efficient ways for employees to relax and trigger their creativity during a dull day of work. This relates to a concept in our course, that is “Satisfaction with work itself”. Employees will be activated by interesting activities during work time.
All above is likely to generate affective and continuance commitment of employee, because either way they connect with their coworkers better, having a better pay, and growing interests for their work so that they will have a higher possibility to stay in the company longer.
Link to the WSJ: “Motivating Employees”: http://guides.wsj.com/management/managing-your-people/how-to-motivate-employees/
This article mainly talks about the ways to motivate employees and some characteristics of normal employees in the industry.
There are several tips provided in this article, they are listed below:
1. Giving workers responsibility can make them to the challenge.
This one corresponds to a concept in our course, which is “autonomy”. It basically means employees have freedom and independence. Under this circumstance, managers do not need oversee every single step of their work. By giving them responsibility, employees will mostly feel like they have gained company’s trust. It is similar to ROWE, which stands for “Results only work environment”. Employees have more control over their work.
2. Rewarding employees for achievement can be more effective than punishing them for failure.
This tip tells managers a way to motivate employees, rather than punishing them. Employees will be motivated by the benefits provided by the company, and in exchange they will work even harder to get more and more rewards.
3. Unleash workers’ imagination, ingenuity, and creativity.
This tip can be achieved by providing a better environment for employees to work at and having various kinds of activities during their work break. These really are efficient ways for employees to relax and trigger their creativity during a dull day of work. This relates to a concept in our course, that is “Satisfaction with work itself”. Employees will be activated by interesting activities during work time.
All above is likely to generate affective and continuance commitment of employee, because either way they connect with their coworkers better, having a better pay, and growing interests for their work so that they will have a higher possibility to stay in the company longer.