Many employees who are highly engaged in their work are also exhausted and ready to leave their organisations, says a new study based on a survey of 1,085 US employees. "These findings are a big challenge to organisations and their…
The “ratcheting” up of bonus goals can make workforces less motivated, so managers need a clear system of communicating changes to incentives, says a new study co-authored by Francisco Brahm, a PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge. The study focuses on…
David De Cremer, KPMG Professor of Management Studies at Cambridge Judge, writes about motivating employees with awards. “One way to recognise the work of employees in a relational manner concerns the use of employee awards or trophies. Using trophies to…
Family motivation can make a boring job more meaningful, found a study co-authored by Dr Jochen Menges, University Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Cambridge Judge Business School. The researchers did their study in a Mexican coupon processing factory and asked…
The thought of money can help energise exhausted employees, making them less self-centred and more likely to act in the interest of others, finds new study in the Journal of Business and Psychology.
Conventional wisdom holds that the thought and…
Stuck in a boring job? Doing it for your family can make it meaningful, finds study co-authored by Dr Jochen Menges of Cambridge Judge.
Boredom is a serious and common problem at work. It can make work feel meaningless, reduce…
