Managing motivation at the workplace through negotiation

Recent research shows that our performance and satisfaction at work depends more on motivational factors than the number of hours or the intensity of the work. In this paper we propose a framework aimed at managing motivation to improve workplace indicators. The key idea is to allow team managers an...

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Main Author: Carneiro, Davide Rua (author)
Other Authors: Novais, Paulo (author), Zeleznikow, John (author), Andrade, Francisco Carneiro Pacheco (author), Neves, José (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/34234
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/34234
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Summary:Recent research shows that our performance and satisfaction at work depends more on motivational factors than the number of hours or the intensity of the work. In this paper we propose a framework aimed at managing motivation to improve workplace indicators. The key idea is to allow team managers and workers to negotiate over the conditions of the tasks so as to find the best motivation for the worker within the constraints of what the organization may offer.