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Want to know more about  motivation at work ? Motivation is that wonderful energy, drive, and excitement that employees expend when they are inspired to contribute. Motivation is tapped with goals, clear expectations, recognition, feedback, and encouraging management. Motivation flourishes in a positive employee and customer focused work  culture . Use these ideas to foster motivation in your workplace. 7 Ways to Foster Employee Motivation - Today Your work environment has a serious impact on motivation. All aspects of your organization culture influence and define the motivation at work in your company. No matter what climate and work culture your organization provide to support motivation, you can, within the perimeters of your areas of responsibility, and even beyond, if you choose to extend your reach, create an environment that fosters and calls forth motivation. Here are 7 key ways to promote motivation in your workplace.   What People Want From Work:...

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. Maslow (1943, 1954) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others. Our most basic need is for physical survival, and this will be the first thing that motivates our behavior. Once that level is fulfilled the next level up is what motivates us, and so on. This five-stage model can be divided into deficiency needs and growth needs. The first four levels are often referred to as deficiency needs ( D-needs ), and the top level is known as growth or being needs ( B-needs ). Deficiency needs arise due to deprivation and are said to motivate people when they are unmet. Also, the motivation to fulfill such needs will become stronger the longer the duration they are denied. For example, the longer a person goes without food, the more hungry they will beco...

The development of the industrial/organizational psychology in Turkey may be traced to 1950's, which saw the publication of books and articles in the field. For example, Sherif (see above) directed dissertations in which Terman-Merril Army Beta tests were standardized (Acar & Sahin, 1990). Intelligence tests were used for selection of candidates to be sent to the U. S. for higher education (Vassaf, 1987). Also, during this period, lectures in industrial psychology were beginning to be offered at Turkish universities. The beginning of 1960's was the time when some foreign-Turkish joint projects were initiated. An example of these joint projects is the Psychotechniques Laboratory established by French and Turkish State transportation companies, one in Istanbul for the study of city bus drivers and the other in Ankara for the selection of railroad operators and personnel responsible for signalization systems. In the laboratory at Ankara, the staff consisted of a group o...

Recently, Turkish Psychological Association established an Ethics Committee to assert the ethical principles of professional psychology, including I/O psychology. The committee, consisting of professors from different universities and professional psychologists, started its work by examining the American Psychological Association's code of ethics and started to adapt the code for use in Turkey. The goal is to develop a national code of ethics for psychologists in line with professional standards acceptable in the rest of the world. This committee is already in action in warning psychologists of inappropriate practices which may cause drawbacks to the development of applied psychology in the country. It is already clear that with regards to I/O psychology, other standards will also need to be established. Hopefully, these will eventually include the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures, and ...

Mood and emotion are words that are used interchangeably. Both emotion and  mood  are related to each other that makes the distinction a bit hard. One of the main differences between mood and emotion can be seen in the expression. Mood is something a person may not express whereas emotions may be expressed. Another difference is that moods may last longer than the emotions. Emotions are aroused in people by some specific objects or situations. On the other hand, moods are not created in someone because of any specific object or any particular situation. For example, if a person gets angry, he expresses that emotion  towards   someone. If a person is in a sad mood, he cannot express it to others. The concept that emotion is object- based has  been  proven even during Aristotle’s times. The object- directed distinction has always been a criterion to differentiate between moods and emotions. Mood may for a long period whereas emotions only last fo...