Need satisfaction (Connect)

In order to better understand what motivates employees, the basic model of work motivation and performance can be expanded to include the concept of needs. It is then the manager’s task to identify employees’ needs.

1. Needs are physical and psychological requirements that are necessary to ensure survival and well-being. It has been identified that effort is exerted after an -------------- need creates discomfort and a desire to take action.

2.

Example                                                                                             Need Category

Getting along with coworkers and bosses                              

Getting a promotion for a job well done                                  

Securing another position after being let go from a previous job          

Alderfer’s ERG Theory

Alderfer renamed the need for getting along with coworkers and bosses into the category of      ---------- ------------ needs.

3.

Example                                                                                                        Need

Elliott, your manager, wants everyone to like him, so                  

he brings lunch for everyone in the office on Fridays.                    

4.Recent studies indicate that there are two basic needs categories: lower-order needs and higher-order needs. Employees who are motivated by the recognition they will get when they are awarded a company ski trip have -------------- needs. You can therefore assume that these employees have had their -------------- needs satisfied.

1. The grade that Mai Li and her team receive from their professor is an ------------- reward.
2. Each teammate will have achieved an ---------- reward upon completion of their assigned task.
3. Which of the following behaviors is the professor rewarding with the project grade? The amount of time the team spends on the project

How well the team works together on the project The amount of effort the team puts into the project