Organisational Learning and Employees' Intrinsic Motivation

Autor/inn/en	Remedios, Richard; Boreham, Nick
Titel	Organisational Learning and Employees' Intrinsic Motivation
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 17 (2004) 2, S.219-235 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
Schlagwörter	Employees; Learning Motivation; Interviews; Employee Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Working Class; Inplant Programs; Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Ausland; Arbeiterklasse; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Kompetenz
Abstract	This study examined the effects of organisational learning initiatives on employee motivation. Four initiatives consistent with theories of organisational learning were a priori ranked in terms of concepts that underpin intrinsic-motivation theory. Eighteen employees in a UK petrochemical company were interviewed to ascertain their experiences of these new working initiatives and the frequency of these experiences were categorised in terms of positive, neutral or negative motivational satisfaction. It was hypothesised that employees would make significantly more positive statements relative to neutral or negative ones; this hypothesis was supported. It was also hypothesised that the a priori ranking would significantly correspond with the actual ranking of positive and negative statements. This hypothesis was supported for the positive statements but not the negative statements. It was also hypothesised that employees would make significantly more statements about autonomy than competence. This hypothesis was not supported; instead, employees made (non-significantly) more statements about competence. The findings are discussed in terms of the effects of learning organisations on employee motivation. The theoretical implications for knowledge sharing and knowledge enhancement are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10