HRM 3490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Job Satisfaction, Work Motivation, Equity Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3490
• Professor: Dennis Hodgkinson

Document Summary

Type of reward problems not the outcome you necessarily wanted. You can have a reward that leaves to behaviour, but the behaviour you get is. If you don"t have a goal, you don"t need a strategy. Rewards fail to produce desired behaviour, if it"s not worth it to you. Performance pay wouldn"t motivate receptionist do to a good job, to attract a receptionist , merit pay, i"ll give you more base pay if you reach the standards. Compensation is provided in three form: base pay (paid by day, hour, week), performance pay (commission), and benefits. Rewards must satisfy employees needs of the job. Membership behaviour, when a person joins a company and wants to stay. May be a reason they want to stay for the company. Task behaviour, person has to be motivated to do it, perform specific tasks. Three key attitudes that have been assigned to them.