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Getting the Employee Into “Action Now”‐Motivating Employees
Author(s) -
Corey John B. W.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1973.tb01787.x
Subject(s) - public relations , action (physics) , business , face (sociological concept) , quality (philosophy) , employee engagement , marketing , service (business) , employee motivation , employee morale , private sector , collective bargaining , public sector , economics , political science , labour economics , work (physics) , sociology , law , mechanical engineering , social science , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , engineering
Employee morale is not only a quality that can be sensed, it can be measured. The manager who permits himself to lose sight of the need for evaluating employee‐management relations can find himself unexpectedly confronting troubled times. The first article explains that concern about the attitudes of employees is a relatively recent development, but experience has shown how essential it is to ensure the success of an organization. Any discussion about motivating people must recognize that they are different in many ways and must be treated individually to achieve best results. The second article explains that management has to face the fact that it must deal with the employee through collective bargaining. Public‐employee unions share similarities with their cousins in the private sector, but there are differences that are worth noting. The third article explains that civil service and union regulations can stifle employee performance since, in general, everyone within the same stratum benefits equally with regard to pay boosts. However, with those employees for which it is possible, it makes sense to give greater rewards to topflight performers at the expense of the lesser valued. The fourth article explains that finding out what the employee thinks about his relationship with management possibly is best accomplished by simply asking the employee.