An Approach to Employee Motivation

Abstract

Some individuals are strongly motivated by personal pride in their achievements. A school teacher, for example, may feel a special glow of satisfaction when, through his or her coaching, a star pupil wins an important scholarship. This pleasure may, in fact, be great enough to erase any resentment which may have been aroused through inadequate pay or employment conditions. It may, indeed, give rise to new energy in the day‐to‐day chore of teaching less gifted students, in the hope that other successes may be achieved.

Citation

Wilde, E. (1985), "An Approach to Employee Motivation", Work Study, Vol. 34 No. 5, pp. 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060134