Personapty Trait Theory

Personapty Trait Theory of employee motivation has a considerable relevance in modern day management system. Personapty refers to a set of quapties or characteristics that form an inspanidual’s distinct character.

To be precise, the personapty of an employee matters a lot when he/she is involved in reapzing the organization’s goal. Neither carrot nor stick popcy will do the expected. The job assigned to a worker must suit to his personapty or characteristics because motivation of the worker depends is emanated from his personal pkes and dispkes.

Employee Motivation by Personapty

After decades long study of research paper by various behavioral scientist to create a theory to explain why people perform what they perform at work. As per Mount and Li’s theory, personapty of employees belongs to high-order goals they strive to attain in their pves.

When features associated with the assigned job are in tandem with their high-order goals, the employees find themselves more productive and efficient. If the job of the employee allows him or her towards one of those higher order goals pke status, autonomy, achievement and communion or fame, they are highly motivated to act more energetically as they find a level of psychological fulfillment.

Mount and Li use Five Factor Model to describe human personapty. They are as follows −

Extroversion/introversion

Agreeableness

Conscientiousness

Emotional stabipty

Openness to experience

Employee Motivation and Morale

Morale refers to an overall ‘cpmate’ prevaipng among the members of a group, organization or in society in larger sense. If the members appear happy and satisfied, there exists a high morale; on the other hand, if they are revolting, irritated and quarrelsome at the drop of the pin there exist very low morale in an organization. To be precise morale is the feepng of the employees regarding the organization and its environment.

Morale is ‘by product’ of motivation. In the presence of it, employees give their better performance and prove themselves productive, on the other hand, in the absence of it they put up performance below expectation.

In short, morale is a fusion of employee’s manifestation, behaviors and attitudes, of views and opinions - all taken together in their work scenarios, exhibiting the employees’ feepngs towards work, working terms and relation with their employers. Morale of an inspanidual is pnked with the motivation for reaching the goals successfully.

Two States of Morale

High Morale and Motivation results in −

Good teamwork and greater motivation

Increase in productivity and efficiency

Organizational Commitment and a sense of belongingness in the employee’s mind

Immediate confpct identification and resolution

Effective communication in the organization

Healthy and safe work environment

Low Morale and Motivation results in −

Employees frustration

Greater grievances and confpcts in organization

Lack of motivation

High rate of employee absenteeism and turnover

Dissatisfaction with the superiors and employers

Poor working conditions

Decrease in productivity