Then, describe the conditions under which this approach may backfire instead of motivating employees. Acting on employee concerns. For example, adjusting a work schedule for employees who have to drop off and pick up children from day care. The Enlightened Manager's Guidebook by Abraham H. Maslow. Excerpts from a book by Maslow published in Inc. Magazine, October 1, 1998.
All human beings prefer meaningful work to meaningless work.
Summary of Elton Mayo's motivational experiments at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago and a commentary on the findings. Empowerment Perspectives for Empowerment by John Hawkins, Leadership Edge, May 1997. The article starts with a description of three failed approaches to empowerment. They include empowering employees without ensuring that those employees appreciate and understand the value of what they have received and to give in to demands by employees for greater control who have not proven themselves trustworthy and accountable. Copyright 1999-2001 Harcourt College Publishers , A Harcourt Higher Learning Company .