Cassandra+Research+and+Findings

I think this will give a good perspective on how workers think.
 * ===== Employee Motivation - Does It Improve Performance, Productivity, Keep Them Motivated And Loyal? =====

This is a study showing that recognition does affect employee productivity
 * Greens Beans and Ice Cream: The Recipe for Recognition Success link:

"Amazing article/dissertation for Chris on Job Satisfaction"
 * [[file:DISSERTATION on job satisfaction.pdf]]:

[Here is the section of the paper that I started writing a while ago. It's not much but it's a start] Employee performance is greatly affected by the type of recognition the workers are given. Luthans and Stajkovic present two “performance-enhancing motivators”: money, and social recognition. Money is used as a means to benefit the employee in a personal manner while encouraging the worker to keep the hard work up. Employers use social recognition to convey to the other employees how well a certain worker is doing, and is prevalently conveyed verbally and has no outlying costs. Typically in American organizations, employers use monetary benefits as a means to boost employee performance. Employee performance is dependent upon employee recognition causing morale to be boosted if recognition is achieved. Each individual within a business becomes dependent on the monetary benefits. These benefits may include existing-pay raises, year-end profit sharing, bonuses, and healthcare benefits. Characteristically, monetary incentives cause the company to incur costs. Without extra incentives most employees would perform with low energy and a careless mindset. Luthans and Stajkovic address the following question in their research: “What effect does money have on performance when it is routinely administered as pay for performance versus systematically applied through the theory-based steps of the O.B Mod. Model? (Stajkovic & Luthans, 2001).”