Money – motivation vs. fair trade

It’s a business! It’s just business! – The two most used expressions that justify the action of an employer. For an employee the company is supposed to be a family, a place in which you feel good, this being the main motivation and not the money. How about we treat this as a business for both sides? It is always...

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The meaning of motivation

You are persistent in your work and make the effort in the direction of the goal set for you by your employer. In organizational behavior this equals a motivated employee. Motivation has two components: internal needs (intrinsic motivation) and external objects (extrinsic motivation). Extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards...

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Biases in perception

Bias … a word that ranges from tendency to prejudice.  Some of the most common biases studied in organizational behavior are: Primacy effect – the first impression, quick to appear but it last long. It is the main people selection tool that you use everyday. Try not to judge employees or employers based on that. You...

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Did you know?

Did you know that employees are not mindless robots, a resource that you can dispose of and quantify in a turnover rate statistics? Of course you knew! If you are an employer, you will tell it to the world … and do nothing about it. … while there is nothing wrong with capitalism, there is something definitely mistaken...

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