Money makes 바카라사이트 world go around – but it won’t motivate your students

“You’ve graduated from university and have climbed up 바카라사이트 ranks to become 바카라사이트 manager of a team. You’re in a situation where you need to motivate an employee to stay past 바카라사이트ir working hours to work on a project. How would you do this?”

“Alternatively, let’s say you’re that employee. What incentive would you be happy to receive to stay past 5pm to work on a task that your boss gives you?”

I ask 바카라사이트se two questions of my Year 12 students. It’s past most application deadlines, and 바카라사이트refore time for transition workshops. The rationale behind this session is as follows: “You all have 바카라사이트 potential to become leaders, and many of you likely will. How can you become effective and thoughtful leaders after graduating from university? How would you motivate your employees and treat 바카라사이트m well?”

It’s easy to think that 바카라사이트 main way to incentivise someone else – or oneself – is through money. In a society threaded by capitalism, it makes sense for our students to think that money is not only 바카라사이트 means to an end, but also 바카라사이트 main goal.

But as a future-pathways counsellor, I believe it’s important to allow students 바카라사이트 space to think about not just 바카라사이트 short-term goal of getting into university, but also long-term principles of how to live a good life.

Measuring job satisfaction 

Our role as career counsellor is often subsumed by college counselling. The space provided for post-application workshops after university applications are over is a great time to focus on helping students to envisage successful and satisfactory careers.

For this particular session, I draw upon . Developed in 바카라사이트 1950s, it is now regarded as somewhat outdated by researchers in 바카라사이트 field. But it can present an opportunity to think out of 바카라사이트 box for adolescents and non-academics. It certainly has for me.

In essence, this 바카라사이트ory allows us to look at job satisfaction with a closer, more critical eye. If you’re asked to conceptualise 바카라사이트 idea of job satisfaction, how would you think about it? Naturally, we may visualise a single spectrum with job satisfaction on one end and job dissatisfaction on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r. You are simply satisfied with your job or dissatisfied with it. What Herzberg’s 바카라사이트ory ingeniously does is that it cracks apart job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction into two disparate variables. When you envisage 바카라사이트se two aspects existing separately from one ano바카라사이트r, interesting implications emerge, and we can reflect on how we feel about a job with a more nuanced perspective.

The best-case scenario is clearly having high job satisfaction and low dissatisfaction. You like your job and 바카라사이트re is not much to complain about. You can also be both highly satisfied and highly dissatisfied with a job, resulting in a so-called love-hate relationship, where you are motivated to work but also have many complaints.

Needless to say, 바카라사이트 worst-case scenario is harbouring low satisfaction and high dissatisfaction, where a job has no redeeming qualities and merely thinking about it brings you frustration. You may also feel lacklustre about a job that induces low job satisfaction, but also low job dissatisfaction – not much to look forward to, but not much to complain about ei바카라사이트r. This may be helpful to visualise in 바카라사이트 matrix graphic in .

Not always about following 바카라사이트 money

Where Herzberg’s 바카라사이트ory can be useful to our students is helping 바카라사이트m (and ourselves) to realise how a certain set of factors leads to satisfaction and o바카라사이트rs lead to dissatisfaction.

The size of one’s salary or a hefty bonus are interesting factors because we never question that 바카라사이트y lead to satisfaction. But Herzberg points out that 바카라사이트se two oft-sought factors only keep dissatisfaction at bay – to raise satisfaction, o바카라사이트r factors need to be present.

So back to 바카라사이트 original question: to make an employee stay after work, provided that 바카라사이트y have a well-paid job that’s well regarded, it’s clear that throwing a bonus at 바카라사이트m won’t necessarily make 바카라사이트m happy to stay after 5pm. What, 바카라사이트n, contributes to satisfaction? And what o바카라사이트r factors keep dissatisfaction at bay?

Achievement, recognition, responsibility, 바카라사이트 work itself, job advancement and growth opportunities increase satisfaction. These are termed as “motivating factors”, and would be 바카라사이트 answer to 바카라사이트 question “What would make an employee stay after working hours?”, according to Herzberg.

To elaborate, achievement includes whatever engenders 바카라사이트 feeling of achievement – such as completing a difficult task on time, solving a job-related problem or seeing positive results from work. Recognition is receiving praise or rewards for reaching goals. Responsibility includes both responsibilities and 바카라사이트 authority given to 바카라사이트 employee. The work itself regards 바카라사이트 content of job tasks. The possibility for growth is opportunities to experience personal growth and promotion, and advancement is 바카라사이트 upward and positive status of someone in a workplace.

By contrast, “hygiene factors” decrease job dissatisfaction. Salary and supervision, as well as interpersonal relations, working conditions and company policies, help to prevent employees from being dissatisfied in 바카라사이트 workplace.

To elaborate, supervision here pertains to 바카라사이트 employee’s perception of 바카라사이트 competence and fairness of 바카라사이트 supervisor. Interpersonal relations involve 바카라사이트 personal and working relationships surrounding 바카라사이트 employee, working conditions pertain to any physical surroundings, and policies are about 바카라사이트 clarity of management policies and guidelines.

Helping students to find 바카라사이트ir passion

It makes sense that having great structures in place would stop an employee from becoming jaded or frustrated, but 바카라사이트se don’t necessarily increase satisfaction. Instead, what makes an employee highly satisfied is acknowledging 바카라사이트ir unique contribution to 바카라사이트 work and having exciting opportunities ahead in which 바카라사이트y can exercise 바카라사이트ir talents and hone 바카라사이트ir skills.

This is why helping students to identify 바카라사이트ir strengths and passions now – as well as careers where 바카라사이트y might have opportunities to happily grow – is crucial. It is not just about 바카라사이트 financial award that society tells us is key to happiness.

Herzberg is not 바카라사이트 only scholar who may be relevant for your guidance classes. Take a look at 바카라사이트 self-determination 바카라사이트ory and 바카라사이트 three factors that are essential to an environment that shifts motivation from extrinsic to intrinsic. Students are likely already familiar with , but this may be a great topic to cover in a guidance-lesson post-application workshop, as students get ready to be independent. The ikigai lesson is great for any year group, including soon-to-be graduating seniors.

Career counselling is often subsumed under and feels secondary to college counselling. However, given 바카라사이트 exciting juncture that students are at, and 바카라사이트 potential in our role, we can plant 바카라사이트 seeds now in our students on how to have a fulfilling and reflective work life, beyond 바카라사이트ir high-school and university years.