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Management
Leadership – motivation
Useful vocabulary
• Job design• Job scope• Job enlargement• Job enrichment• Job depth• Skill variety• Task identity• Task significance• Autonomy• Feedback
• Relational • Proactive • High-involvement • Equity theory• Expectancy theory• Open-book
management• Employee recognition
programs
Today’s lecture
We will:
•Define motivation
•Compare and contrast early theories of motivation
•Compare and contrast contemporary theories of motivation
•Discuss current issues in motivation
What is motivation?
• Motivation - the process by which a person’s efforts are energised, directed, and sustained toward attaining a goal.
• Motivation, or, to put it another way – why people do what they do – is behind most of our actions. We all do things for a reason; however, that reason is not always clear.
3 elements of motivation
• Intensity – how hard a person tries
• Direction – effort that is channeled toward, and consistent with, organisational goals
• Persistence – how long a person can maintain effort
RSA video
• Fun and interesting video on motivation:
http://www.thersa.org/events/video/animate/rsa-animate-drive
Early motivation theories
Early theories of motivation
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• McGregor’s Theories X and Y
• Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory
• McClelland’s Three Needs Theory
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Maslow’s theory is that people are motivated by needs. Once people have what they need, their needs change and develop.
In the next diagram, you can see that these start at the bottom with basic physiological needs such as food and water. They then progress and change until self-actualisation is achieved.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - diagram
What does it mean?
Maslow’s hierarchy looks at a person’s whole life, not just their work life. However, work can fulfil some of a person’s needs to help them be more fulfilled and therefore more motivated.
The next diagram offers suggestions of how to interpret Maslow’s needs in a workplace context.
What does this mean?Maslow Fulfilment activities Workplace fulfilment
activities
Physiological Food, water, sleep, sex Money, working conditions, kitchen
Safety Safety, security, stability, protection
Safe environment, job security, benefits
Social Love, affection, belonging Friendly supervision, good relationship with colleagues, membership of groups
Esteem Self-esteem, self-respect, prestige, status
Job status, job title, positive feedback, recognition
Self-actualisation
Growth, advancement, creativity
Challenging work, opportunities for autonomy, achievement, promotion
Criticisms of Maslow
• People can be on multiple steps at the same time
• People will move between different stages in both directions
• Not based on research
McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
• Theory X - the assumption that employees dislike work, are lazy, avoid responsibility, and must be coerced to perform.
• Theory Y - the assumption that employees are creative, enjoy work, seek responsibility, and can exercise self-direction.
Criticisms of McGregor
• Managers used a set of assumptions based on their view
• The assumptions moulded their behaviour toward employees
• No empirical evidence to support this theory.
Herzberg’s two factor theory
Two-factor theory (motivation-hygiene theory) - the motivation theory that claims that intrinsic factors are related to job satisfaction and motivation, whereas extrinsic factors are associated with job dissatisfaction.
•Hygiene factors - factors that eliminate job dissatisfaction, but don’t motivate.
•Motivators - factors that increase job satisfaction and motivation.
Herzberg’s two factor theoryHerzberg’s theory is in some ways similar to Maslow’s. He puts forward the suggestion that people have two sets of factors which contribute to their motivation:
Extrinsic and Related to
Dissatisfaction
Intrinsic and Related to Satisfaction
Herzberg’s two factor theory
McClelland’s achievement motivation theory
He suggests that there are four main needs that everyone has:
•The Achievement motive (n-Ach)
•The Power motive (n-Pow)
•The Affiliate motive (n-Affil)
•The Avoidance motive (n-Avoid)
McClelland’s four needs
He suggests that everyone has a combination of these needs but that one tends to dominate.
•The Achievement motive (n-Ach)
People with a high achievement need like to be successful and have positive feedback.
• The Power motive (n-Pow)
People with a high power need like to be in charge of people and/or organisations.
• The Affiliate motive (n-Affil)
People with a high affiliation need prefer to work with other people in teams and groups.
• The Avoidance motive (n-Avoid)
People with a high avoidance need will avoid situations which may provoke negative emotions in them.
Criticisms of McClelland
• Focus in the research was mostly on nAch
• Not very practical to use in organisations as a tool because of time taken to undertaken and expertise needed
• Motivators are internal and difficult to identify and measure
Thematic Apperception Tasks - TAT pictures
Criticisms of McClelland
• Focus in the research was mostly on nAch
• Not very practical to use in organisations as a tool because of time taken to undertaken and expertise needed
• Motivators are internal and difficult to identify and measure
Activity – individual reflection
• What motivates you?
• What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
• What makes you attend lectures?
• What makes you want to do well?
Select a theory and analyse your own motivations.
Contemporary theories of motivation
• Goal-Setting Theory• Reinforcement Theory• Equity Theory• Expectancy Theory• Self-Determination Theory• Management by Objectives (MBO)• Self-Efficacy Theory• Social Cognitive Theory or Social Learning
Theory
Contemporary Theories of Motivation
Goal setting theory
That specific and difficult goals, with self-generated feedback, lead to higher performance
Difficult Goals:•Focus and direct attention•Energize the person to work harder•Difficulty increases persistence•Force people to be more effective and efficient
Relationship between goals and performance depends on: •Goal commitment (the more public the better!)•Task characteristics (simple, well-learned)•Culture (best match is in North America)
Goal setting theory
Reinforcement theory
• Reinforcement theory - the theory that behaviour is a function of its consequences.
• Reinforcers - consequences immediately following a behaviour which increase the probability that the behaviour will be repeated. (reward, punishment, ignore)
Equity theory
Equity theory - the theory that an employee compares his or her job’s input-outcome ratio with that of relevant others and then corrects any inequity.•Referents - the persons, systems, or selves against which individuals compare themselves to assess equity.•Distributive justice - perceived fairness of the amount and allocation of rewards among individuals.
Can be four different situations:
Self-Inside•The person’s experience in a different job in the same organisation
Self-Outside•The person’s experience in a different job in a different organisation
Other-Inside•Another individual or group within the organisation
Other-Outside•Another individual or group outside of the organisation
Equity theory’s “Relevant Others”
Reactions to inequity
Employee behaviours to create equity:
• Change inputs (slack off)• Change outcomes (increase output)• Distort/change perceptions of self• Distort/change perceptions of others• Choose a different referent person (focus
on another person to reference)• Leave the field (quit the job)
Reactions to equity
Propositions relating to inequitable pay:
Paid by time: •Over-rewarded employees produce more •Under-rewarded employees produce less with low quality
Paid by quality: •Over-rewarded employees give higher quality•Under-rewarded employees make more of low quality
Expectancy theory
• Expectancy theory - the theory that an individual tends to act in a certain way based on the expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of that outcome to the individual.
Expectancy Theory
• The strength of a tendency to act in a certain way depends on the strength of an expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of the outcome to the individual.
• ie, people will do more if they believe there is a good reward
Expectancy theory details
Expectancy Relationships
•Expectancy (effort-performance linkage)– The perceived probability that an individual’s effort will
result in a certain level of performance.
•Instrumentality– The perception that a particular level of performance
will result in attaining a desired outcome (reward).
•Valence– The attractiveness/importance of the performance
reward (outcome) to the individual.
Expectancy model
Global ImplicationsMotivation theories are often culture-bound:
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory•Order of needs is not universal
McClelland’s Three Needs Theory•nAch presupposes a willingness to accept risk and performance concerns – not universal traits
Equity Theory•a desire for equity is not universal•“Each according to his need” – socialist/former communists•desire for interesting work seems to be universal.
There is some evidence that the intrinsic factors of Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory may be universal
Designing motivating jobs
Designing motivating jobs (1)
• Job design - the way tasks are combined to form complete jobs.
• Job scope - the number of different tasks required in a job and the frequency with which those tasks are repeated.
• Job enlargement - the horizontal expansion of a job that occurs as a result of increasing job scope.
Designing motivating jobs (2)
• Job enrichment - the vertical expansion of a job that occurs as a result of additional planning and evaluation of responsibilities.
• Job depth - the degree of control employees have over their work.
• Job characteristics model (JCM) - a framework for analyzing and designing jobs that identifies five primary core job dimensions, their interrelationships, and their impact on outcomes.
Five core job dimensions• Skill Variety: degree to which the job incorporates a
number of different skills and talents
• Task Identity: degree to which the job requires the completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work
• Task Significance: how the job impacts the lives of others
• Autonomy: identifies how much freedom and independence the worker has over the job
• Feedback: how much the job generates direct and clear information about the worker’s performance
Job characteristics model
Contemporary job design approaches (1)
• Relational perspective - focuses on how people’s tasks and jobs are increasingly based on social relationships.
• Proactive perspective - in which employees take the initiative to change how their work is performed.
• High-involvement work practices - work practices designed to elicit greater input or involvement from workers.
Guidelines for job re-design
Current issues in motivation
Integrating modern theories of motivation
Global issues in motivation (1)
• Motivational programs are most applicable in cultures where individualism and achievement are cultural characteristics (eg USA).
• Uncertainty avoidance of some cultures inverts Maslow’s needs hierarchy– Eg, security needs – Japan, Greece Mexico– Eg, social needs – Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Netherlands
Global issues in motivation (2)
• The need for achievement (nAch) is lacking in other cultures (eg, Chile, Portugal)
• Collectivist cultures view rewards as “entitlements” to be distributed based on individual needs, not individual performance (eg, socialist countries)
Motivating a diverse workforce
• Motivating a diverse workforce through flexibility:– Men desire more autonomy than do women.– Women desire learning opportunities, flexible
work schedules, and good interpersonal relations
– Gen Y and older workers have different needs
Motivating a diverse workforce (2)
Compressed workweek•Longer daily hours, but fewer days
Flexible work hours (flextime)•Specific weekly hours with varying arrival, departure, lunch and break times around certain core hours during which all employees must be present
Job Sharing•Two or more people split a full-time job
Telecommuting•Employees work from home using computer links
Motivating unique groups of workers (1)
Motivating Professionals•Characteristics of professionals
– Strong and long-term commitment to their field of expertise
– Loyalty is to their profession, not to the employer
– Have the need to regularly update their knowledge
– Don’t define their workweek as 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Motivating unique groups of workers (2)
Motivating Contingent Workers•Opportunity to become a permanent employee•Opportunity for training•Equity in compensation and benefits
Motivating Low-Skilled, Minimum-Wage Employees•Employee recognition programs•Provision of sincere praise
Designing appropriate rewards
• Open-book management - a motivational approach in which an organisation’s financial statements (the “books”) are shared with all employees.
• Employee recognition programs - programs based on personal attention and expression of interest, approval, and appreciation for a job well done.
• Pay-for-performance programs - variable compensation plans that pay employees on the basis of some performance measure.
Summary
Today:•Early motivation theories•Modern motivation theories•Designing motivating jobs•Contemporary issues in motivation
Tomorrow:•Leading - communication
Reading
•Please read Chapter 15 before tomorrow’s lecture.