Johnward1

By: johnward1 (Registered ) on 25-09-2007 02:16

The Howard Government is wondering why it is on the nose, let me tell them why.  
 
It is on the nose because it focuses on monetary motivation, it assumes money is the only motivation for people. 
All of us do many things every day without money being the reason. Money is a not a motivator, it in effect, enables us to; buy food, drink, clothing and shelter. To some extent it satisfies some social and psychological needs. But any pay rise, as most will recognise, is absorbed into our spending within six weeks and so is not a motivation but a help to fund the new sofa, and then we are back to looking for more to meet our needs. 
 
True motivation often comes from inside us. We do things because we enjoy doing it; our work makes us feel good about ourselves. We improve productivity because we want to. 
If individuals perceive the pay arrangements to be controlling in the sense of reducing the extent to which we can determine our actions, the outside control inhibits our intrinsic motivation.  
External intervention increases intrinsic motivation if the person involved perceives it to be supportive, provides recognition and allows them to assume responsibility. In this case, self-este

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