Motivation in Organization

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Motivation in Organization
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Landry, A. T., Gagne, M., Forest, J., Guerrero, S., Seguin, M., & Papachristopoulos, K.
(2017). The Relation Between Financial Incentives, Motivation, and
Performance. Journal of Personnel Psychology.
This article talks about the fact that the financial incentives can play an important role
in bolstering the performance of the employees in an organization. The authors are
researchers in the arena of the industrial and the organizational psychology that have helped
them in contributing to the research. This article states that the financial incentives can
motivate the employees that can help in increasing the efficiency of the performance of the
employees. This article discusses about the importance of the financial incentives that can
provide encouragement to the employees of an organization. This article talks about the self-
determination theory and its relevance in the organisational setting. An individual feels
determined in the event of feeling motivated that can give rise to better work performance.
The compensation plan in an organization can prove to be crucial in increasing the quality of
the performance of the employees. The value of the article lies in the fact that it has stated
how meeting the psychological needs of the employees can help in motivating employees of a
company. The proper managing of the financial incentives can help the management in
providing encouragement to employees. The strength of the article lies in the fact that it talks
about how the employees given share in relation to profits of the organization can pave the
path for the growth of the organization.
Kuvaas, B., Buch, R., Weibel, A., Dysvik, A., & Nerstad, C. G. (2017). Do intrinsic and
extrinsic motivation relate differently to employee outcomes?. Journal of Economic
Psychology, 61, 244-258.
This article talks about the importance of the intrinsic along with the extrinsic
motivation in an organization. Bard Kuvaas is the professor of the Organizational Psychology

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at that of the BI Norwegian School of the Management within Oslo. Robert Buch belongs to
the School of Humanities & Languages where he acts as the senior lecturer. This article talks
about the fact that intrinsic motivation can pave the path for the positive employee outcome.
This article states that organizations should be careful in the application of the coercive
controls in the company. This article talks about the theory of Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
that states that the self-actualization of an individual can help in providing motivation to a
person. This article talks about how intrinsic along with the extrinsic motivation can help in
mediating relationship in between the incentives and the performance. This article states that
extrinsic motivation is unrelated to the positive outcome within an organization. This article
talks about the fact that the extrinsic motivation diminishes the performance of the employees
in an organization. It encourages the unethical behaviour of the employees that proves to be
harmful for an organization. It fosters the element of short-term-thinking that has a negative
impact on an organization. The organizations should have the competitive pay level that can
provide motivation to employees. This article brings out how the intrinsic and the extrinsic
motivation relates differently to that of the employee outcome. The value of the article lies in
the fact that it has stated how money increases the quantity of work of the employees but
does not improve the quality of work of the employees working in an organization.
Kanfer, R., Frese, M., & Johnson, R. E. (2017). Motivation related to work: A century of
progress. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(3), 338.
This article talks about the fact that work motivation can help in ensuring the success
of an organization. Ruth Kanfer is from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Michael
Frese is from the NUS Business School. It plays an important role in increasing well-being of
the individuals that can create the way for the development of the society. The motivation
orientation of the employees can help in the development of the employees in an
organization. This article talks about the ERG theory that states that the employees growth