Abstract

The presented paper gives an overview of the most important and most common theories and concepts from the economic field of organisational change and is also enriched with quantitative publication data, which underlines the relevance of the topic. In particular, the topic presented is interwoven in an interdisciplinary way with economic psychological models, which are underpinned within the models with content from leading scholars in the field. The pace of change in companies is accelerating, as is technological change in our society. Adaptations of the corporate structure, but also of management techniques and tasks, are therefore indispensable. This includes not only the right approaches to employee motivation, but also the correct use of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors. Based on the hypothesis put forward by the scientist and researcher Rollinson in his book “Organisational behaviour and analysis” that managers believe motivational resources are available at all times, socio-economic and economic psychological theories are contrasted here in order to critically examine this statement. In addition, a fictitious company was created as a model for this work in order to illustrate the effects of motivational deficits in practice. In this context, the theories presented are applied to concrete problems within the model and conclusions are drawn about their influence and applicability. This led to the conclusion that motivation is a very individual challenge for each employee, which requires adapted and personalised approaches. On the other hand, the recommendations for action for supervisors in the case of motivation deficits also cannot be answered in a blanket manner, but can only be solved with the help of professional, expert-supported processing due to the economic-psychological realities of motivation. Identifying, analysing and remedying individual employee motivation deficits is, according to the authors, a problem and a challenge of great importance, especially in the context of rapidly changing ecosystems in modern companies, as motivation also influences other factors such as individual productivity. The authors therefore conclude that good motivation through the individual and customised promotion and further training of employees is an important point for achieving important corporate goals in order to remain competitive on the one hand and to create a productive and pleasant working environment on the other.

Highlights

  • In a business context, the term motivation describes components of individual behavior that are very likely to have a direct impact on an employee ‘s performance

  • Aim and Objectives The objective of this paper is to examine the pertinent and topic-specific literature in the area of the topic, the state-of-the-art, the terminological knowledge and the contextual framework that determines the development of "Motivational Factors in Organisational Change" with a view to a possible integration into current industrial practices

  • It was found that a blanket applicability of motivational factors is not possible

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Introduction

The term motivation describes components of individual behavior that are very likely to have a direct impact on an employee ‘s performance. According to Rollison, a distinction is made between three different core components (Rollinson, 2008):. Direction of behavior, which is strongly influenced by what a person wants to do. Intensity of behavior, which is roughly equivalent to how hard the person tries to go in that direction. Persistence, which consists of the person’s willingness to maintain direction when obstacles arise

Motivation continues to have various definitions:
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