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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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by darkfeline on Friday October 23 2015, @12:46AM
>I'm getting a bit too old to go look for another job.
The market has decided that you are not needed. Aren't you happy?
Long live the current economic system!
Seriously speaking though, yes, the market has decided that a large proportion of the population is not needed. The current economic system has decided that the people who are not needed can go and starve. The people with money have decided that they don't care. The government has decided to listen to what the people with money say. Such is modern unprogress.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 23 2015, @03:41AM
The people who are really to blame are the morons who keep voting in representatives who not only don't represent them but actively work to harm them, economically and otherwise. I'll never understand why anyone who isn't a multi-millionaire would vote Republican.