DB Replies - Elprofessori

  Well written post, Deshaun.  The Lord created all of us unique and individual so it was refreshing to read about the four chore theories of employee motivation.  As noted in your post, it is often perceived that money is a primary motivator, however there are many other factors that drive employee engagement, job satisfaction, and production.  We have an incentive going on in my department for overtime.  For every 10 hours of overtime worked, the associates are given a $100 gift card.  There have been many process changes within the organization within a very short period of time resulting in fewer employees with additional responsibilities.  As a result, there is a backlog of cases to be worked. 

     In an effort to motivate higher production, the incentive was introduced.  As noted in the text, “people develop different intensities of needs in a particular situation” (McShane & Von Glinow, 2015, p. 126).  Many people have already been working overtime as they are extremely conscientious and don’t like to have over-standard cases.  There are others who are simply burned out, therefore the incentive has not gained as much success as the organization would like.  In the article by Susan Heathfield, it was noted that “too often, organizations fail to pay attention to employee relations, communication, recognition, and involvement issues that are most important to people” (Heathfield, 2016, para. 2). 

     Therefore, some employers recognize the importance of motivating their employees, however they lack the proper skills and understanding of individual needs in order to promote it. The bible teaches us in Proverbs 27:17 that iron sharpens iron.  As Christians we should be producers of the fruit of the spirit, therefore we should motivate one another based on the need. 

 

References

Heathfield, S. (2016). What is employee motivation. Retrieved from https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-employee-motivation-1918108

McShane, S. L., & Von Glinow, M. A. (2015). organizational Behavior (7th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.