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posted by janrinok on Thursday October 22 2015, @03:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the leadership dept.

Small signals of appreciation have a decisive influence on the output and quality of the work of employees. A field experiment of KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) economist Petra Nieken and two colleagues revealed that a combination of performance-oriented piece wage and motivating words increases the performance by 20% and reduces the error rate by 40%.

"Our results are relevant to entrepreneurial practice," Nieken emphasizes. She holds the Chair for Human Resources Management of KIT's Institute of Management. How can staff members be motivated? Theory lists two instruments: Financial incentives, such as bonuses or piece wages, and the capability of executives to motivate their staff members. The question whether and how these two instruments complement, strengthen or weaken each other, however, is not clearly answered by theory. That is why this question was in the focus of the study performed at Bonn University.


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by nitehawk214 on Thursday October 22 2015, @08:35PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Thursday October 22 2015, @08:35PM (#253366)

    But the devil is in the details.

    10 years or so ago, I was defined by my work. Programming was who I was, not just what I did. Most of my circle of friends were my coworkers. (and/or classmates) I was in the industry long enough that wages were not an issue; therefore seeking a job that has amenities and was fun was paramount.

    But now I might be a programmer but my true interested are in things like brewing and astronomy. People make money on those things, but I know I would rather keep them as hobbies. My work is a way to fund these hobbies. So now, I care little about free lunches and foozball, and more about getting the hell out the door at 5pm while making a decent wage. Also my circle of friends is largely the same people as from the previous decade, but none of us work together anymore. It used to be a priority to work with friends, now its a priority to work with people I can simply tolerate.

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