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Employee Motivation and Recognition
Author(s) -
Seidel Harris F.
Publication year - 1974
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.1551-8833.1974.tb02059.x
Subject(s) - psychology , employee motivation , gratification , social recognition , intrinsic motivation , social psychology , applied psychology
Everyone likes to be recognized, especially when this recognition is due to job performance. Recognition reinforces motivation in an individual and results in improved job performance and self‐gratification on the part of the employee. The importance of such motivation and employee recognition is discussed in this article.