Pay vs. Performance in Production Jobs

In a production job, payment of an employee is based on number of items produced: piece rate. Of course, it does not functions as it is but in combination with a fixed time-based payment. This time-based compensates for the problems that are not under the control of the employee and can affect his pay. The performance is created by...

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Punctuated Equilibrium in a team

Punctuated Equilibrium theory is a theory in biology that basically states that the most sexually reproducing species is for most of the time in state of stasis, with little evolutionary change, and when evolution happens is rapid having as a results the split in two distinct species, process called cladogenesis. In organizational...

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Status of member in a team

Our  necessity of social recognition meets halfway with the value given to us by other people. There will always be a tendency to behave egalitarian in an effort to make people feel good. The level of hypocrisy involved makes it useless. People feel the lie. If they are your employees they will despise you. If they are you...

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Job Characteristics Model

Job Characteristics Model (JCM) is almost 30 years old. There are 5 characteristics defined by J. Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham in 1980. A sixth one, self-expression, was added by O’Brien in 1985. Task Identity – related to the fact that a piece of work can be identified as having a beginning and an end or...

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When your job makes you happy

A job is not only about the money. It is about a compensation that is satisfactory, a challenging work environment, the opportunities for moving forward in your career, and about the people that you work with. Even if you would like your job to be something repetitive, with fixed hours and just breaking the door when the bell rings,...

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