Effective motivation: Beyond the stick and carrot - or - How to optimise motivation and emotional climate at work

Objectives :

1. To optimise motivation by balancing intrinsic and intrinsic incentives
2. To optimise emotional climate in the work-place
3. To identify emotional aspects of job satisfaction,
4. To practise elaboration of concrete strategies for effective motivation - beyond the stick and carrot.

Content :

• The role of affect in triggering, and guiding human behaviour
• The three-dimensional model of affective states,
• Emotional aspects of decision taking (M. Morris, A. Damasio, C.S.
• Emotions as mediators of adaptive behaviour (K. Scherer’s model)
• Motivation: balancing intrinsic and extrinsic incentives (B. Frey’s model)
• Affective determinants of job satisfaction
• The benefits of psychic income
• Behavioural strategies for the prevention of negative emotions and
• Work satisfaction, well-being and health -
(D. Kahneman’s and M. Marmot).

Method and measurements: In the workshop the participants:

• Learn to use a three-dimensional model of “Emotional Space”.
• Measure (by a well-known questionnaire) their level of decision latitude and the magnitude of psychological demands inherent to their work. The results are presented graphically and allow comparison with established standards.
• The frequency and intensity of a set of emotions (7 positive and 7 negative) is measured via a questionnaire and the results are presented in an attractive graphic format.
• A scale measuring the capacity to cope with stressful tasks is applied.