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JOB MOTIVATION
Introduction
I have been with several different employees in my career, and with all of them I have gone through two similar stages of employment being;
- Why I left my previous job to take on a position with a new employer, and
- The reason I stayed with that employer over a period of time.
For this journal I want to look at what motivated my decisions to change or not to change in relation to those two particular stages in my employment.
Leaving en employer for a new position
Thoughts of leaving an existing employment usually come about when, for some reason, I am not happy with the way things are or where they are going. Such things have included a lack of stimulating tasks, few advancement prospects, deteriorating work climate, no new or expanding challenges, little or no pay raise and generally not having any fun. When one or more of these factors have been become apparent, it has led
me to start looking for employment somewhere else. Some of these factors would be considered Maintenance factors in Hertzberg's Motivation theory, such as salary and work climate, while others are more Motivational factors such as task stimulation, advancement and challenges (Reece & Brandt 2005).
Let's look at the maintenance factors first. I have come to realise that the prospect of achieving a higher salary definitely have had influence on my decision to change employer. Although the other factors are important as well, the feeling of not being adequately compensated for the work I was doing, did awaken my interest in changing scenery. The work climate at a new employer may be difficult to evaluate unless you know somebody at the potentially new employer alrea ...