{"id":75,"date":"2019-03-14T18:27:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/chapter\/why-it-matters-motivation-in-the-workplace\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T15:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:13:05","slug":"why-it-matters-motivation-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/chapter\/why-it-matters-motivation-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"raw":"6.1 Why It Matters: Motivation in the Workplace","rendered":"6.1 Why It Matters: Motivation in the Workplace"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why learn about motivation in the workplace?<\/h2>\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-192\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4052\/2019\/03\/18194924\/frustrated-2681484_1920-e1552938584971-787x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A frustrated woman stands with her arms crossed.\" width=\"300\" height=\"391\">\nThe 2017 \u201cState of the American Workplace Survey,\u201d conducted by Gallup, showed us some enlightening information. That is: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/workplace\/238085\/state-american-workplace-report-2017.aspx\">State of the American Workplace.<\/a>\u201d\n<ul>\n \t<li>33% of employees in the workforce were engaged<\/li>\n \t<li>51% of employees were disengaged<\/li>\n \t<li>16% of employees were actively disengaged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou read that right! A full 67% of our American workforce is disengaged in their work. They aren\u2019t feeling it! And because of that, productivity and profitability are probably lower than they could be for organizations.\n\nEmployee motivation is central for organizations that want to maximize productivity and profit. Luckily, research provides us with a number of insights into how to improve employee motivation.\n\nThe manager who has a clear understanding of motivation, including its components and basic theories, can begin to pull the right levers within an organization to create rewards for employees that stimulate engagement.\n\nThink about your workplace, and how much more successful your company\u2014and you\u2014would be if that other 67% were engaged and motivated.\n\n<hr>\n\n<div id=\"citation-list-55\">\n<div class=\"licensing\">\n<div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div>\n<ul class=\"citation-list\">\n \t<li>Why It Matters: Motivation in the Workplace. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Freedom Learning Group. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license noopener noreferrer\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Specific attribution<\/div>\n<ul class=\"citation-list\">\n \t<li>Untitled. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Robin Higgins. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/frustrated-annoyed-person-woman-2681484\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/frustrated-annoyed-person-woman-2681484\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license noopener noreferrer\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Pixabay License<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h2>Why learn about motivation in the workplace?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-192\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4052\/2019\/03\/18194924\/frustrated-2681484_1920-e1552938584971-787x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A frustrated woman stands with her arms crossed.\" width=\"300\" height=\"391\" \/><br \/>\nThe 2017 \u201cState of the American Workplace Survey,\u201d conducted by Gallup, showed us some enlightening information. That is: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/workplace\/238085\/state-american-workplace-report-2017.aspx\">State of the American Workplace.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>33% of employees in the workforce were engaged<\/li>\n<li>51% of employees were disengaged<\/li>\n<li>16% of employees were actively disengaged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You read that right! A full 67% of our American workforce is disengaged in their work. They aren\u2019t feeling it! And because of that, productivity and profitability are probably lower than they could be for organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Employee motivation is central for organizations that want to maximize productivity and profit. Luckily, research provides us with a number of insights into how to improve employee motivation.<\/p>\n<p>The manager who has a clear understanding of motivation, including its components and basic theories, can begin to pull the right levers within an organization to create rewards for employees that stimulate engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Think about your workplace, and how much more successful your company\u2014and you\u2014would be if that other 67% were engaged and motivated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"citation-list-55\">\n<div class=\"licensing\">\n<div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div>\n<ul class=\"citation-list\">\n<li>Why It Matters: Motivation in the Workplace. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Freedom Learning Group. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license noopener noreferrer\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Specific attribution<\/div>\n<ul class=\"citation-list\">\n<li>Untitled. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Robin Higgins. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/frustrated-annoyed-person-woman-2681484\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/frustrated-annoyed-person-woman-2681484\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license noopener noreferrer\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Pixabay License<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by"},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[53],"class_list":["post-75","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless","license-cc-by"],"part":74,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/75\/revisions\/76"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/74"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/75\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt805\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}