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Enhancing Employee Motivation: The Power of Maslow's Hierarchy

This mini lesson explores the significance of work motivation in organizational psychology, covers need-motive-value theories, and delves into applying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in employee motivation. Understand and apply essential motivational concepts to boost workforce engagement and performance effectively.

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Enhancing Employee Motivation: The Power of Maslow's Hierarchy

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  1. Employee Motivation Intro to I/O- Mini Lesson Shivani & Wiston

  2. Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson students should be able to understand: • The importance of work motivation to organizational psychology • The similarities and differences among the various need-motive-value theories of motivation • Discuss and apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs by describing the needs at each level in relation to employee motivation

  3. Motivation defined (Levy, 2017) Work motivation is a force that drives people to behave in a way that it: • Energizes, which results in the expenditure of effort • Directs effort or behavior in a particular way or channels it toward a particular object or place (i.e., must have direction or purpose) & • Sustains effort over a given period of time

  4. Motivation Theories in I/O

  5. Case Study: Management Activity Case Study You have recently been hired as an Organizational Development Manager at a new tech start up. You have been tasked with organizing a system that will be aimed at increasing employee motivation. • Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, brainstorm different actions that could motivate your employees at at each level of the hierarchy

  6. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Encourage creativity, provide challenges Give rewards and recognize performance Creating team spirit, doing outside activities Wages, salaries, good working conditions Vending machines, cafeterias

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