Article Review

Employee Motivation Article

Review Tiffany Huffman

Sullivan University

June 24, 2019

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I read an article titled THE FUTURE OF WORK MOTIVATION THEORY written in 2004

by Richard Steers, Richard Mowday, and Debra Shapiro. The article discusses the motivational

theories of employees. Motivated employees are associated with the success of an organization.

Over many years there have been several theories developed covering the perspectives of

motivation. These theories placed much of the focus on what motivated an employee, rather than

on why and/or how motivation is developed.

One of the biggest challenges for leaders would be attempting to figure out how to motivate

their employees. The aspect of motivation plays a major role in the arena of management in

today’s business world. An important aspect for leaders to remember is, not all employees are

motivated by the same factors. What will motivate one employee will not motivate another

employee the same way, if at all. Therefore, many motivational theories were conceived in an

attempt to explain the challenges involved with employee motivation.

Some of the motivational theories developed are Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory,

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Hawthorne Effect, Expectancy Theory, Three-Dimensional

Theory of Attribution, McClelland’s Acquired Needs Theory, and Alderfer’s ERG Theory. By

obtaining a grasp on motivational theories, leaders may create ideas for motivating their

employees. Thus, enhancing the organization for greater future endeavors in the business world.

(Steers, Mowday, & Shapiro 2004).

I chose this article because the focus of my final project for this capstone this final project in

the class demonstrates the sum of learning in my program of study. I will complete a project that

demonstrates and applies skills learned in my educational journey and that is meaningful me.

Employee motivation and lack thereof is a very important topic to me because I have actually

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quit jobs in the past before and not really understand why. Now looking back on in it is clear that

I was not motivated and the employers did nothing to motivate their employees. In addition, it is

important now because I understand that money is not always a motivating factor. I think these

are good aspects to know as a leader. Money will may be a temporary motivational factor but

there is much more to it. I now know that a quality of a good leader is to be able to learn what

motivates each employee of your organization and understand that sometimes it the little things

such as recognition that goes a long way. In addition, employee motivation plays a huge role in

an organization success because it can lead to less production and poor work habits that cost the

organization money.

I found this article to be factual and not opinion based meaning that it was evidence

supported. This article was easy to read, in chronological orders, and free from spelling and

grammar errors. The formatting of this article was very formal including a title, an abstract,

good paragraph form, sub headings, page numbers, footnotes, and credible references. The

article supports the information in the book as it pertains to the history and current growth in

conflict management. All together, it was a great learning tool for me and can be used as

reference in final project. I would recommend this article for future use to other students.

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Reference:

Steers, R., Mowday, R. & Shapiro, D. (2004). The Future of Work Motivation Theory

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