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dividual performance. 33 Current Issues in Motivation ? CrossCultural Consistencies ? Interesting work is widely desired, as is growth, achievement, and responsibility. ? Motivating Unique Groups of Workers ? Motivating a diverse workforce through flexibility: ?Men desire more autonomy than do women. ?Women desire learning opportunities, flexible work schedules, and good interpersonal relations. 34 Current Issues in Motivation ? Flexible Work/Job schedules ? Compressed work week ?Longer daily hours, but fewer days ? Flexible work hours (flextime) ?Specific weekly hours with varying arrival, departure, lunch and break times around certain core hours during which all employees must be present. ? Job Sharing ?Two or more people split a fulltime job. ? Telemuting ?Employees work from home using puter links. 35 Current Issues in Motivation ? Motivating Professionals ? Characteristics of professionals ?Strong and longterm mitment to their field of expertise. ?Loyalty is to their profession, not to the employer. ?Have the need to regularly update their knowledge. ?Don’t define their workweek as 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ? Motivators for professionals ?Job challenge ?Organizational support of their work 36 Current Issues in Motivation ? Motivating Contingent Workers ? Opportunity to bee a permanent employee ? Opportunity for training ? Equity in pensation and benefits ? Motivating LowSkilled, MinimumWage Employees ? Employee recognition programs ? Provision of sincere praise 37 Current Issues in Motivation ? Designing Appropriate Rewards Programs ? Openbook management ?Involving employees in workplace decision by opening up the financial statements of the employer. ? Employee recognition programs ?Giving personal attention and expressing interest, approval, and appreciation for a job well done. ? Payforperformance ?Variable pensation plans that reward employees on the basis of their performance: ? Piece rates, wage incentives, profitsharing, and lumpsum bonuses 38 Current Issues in Motivation ? Designing Appropriate Rewards Programs (cont’d) ? Stock option programs ?Using financial instruments (in lieu of moary pensation) that give employees the right to purchase shares of pany stock at a set (option) price. ?Options have value if the stock price rises above the option price。 they bee worthless if the stock price falls below the option price.