MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES

MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES

Many studies have been performed previously to investigate different theories of motivation and, more specifically, how to motivate technical professionals.Through a questionnaire survey carried out on 376 development engineers, identified as "knowledge workers" by managers in their firms,...

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Autores principales: Petronio,Alberto, Colacino,Pierluigio
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2008
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Job satisfaction
Engineering
Motivation
Reward
Skilled workers
R & D
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-272420080001000032009-06-09MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGESPetronio,AlbertoColacino,Pierluigio Job satisfaction Engineering Motivation Reward Skilled workers R & D Many studies have been performed previously to investigate different theories of motivation and, more specifically, how to motivate technical professionals.Through a questionnaire survey carried out on 376 development engineers, identified as "knowledge workers" by managers in their firms,this study identifies what methods are used in industry to motivate these individuals, what works and what does not.While many aspects of standard incentives and reward systems used to motivate technical professionals in general are also motivating for technical visionaries, these results indicate that they are motivated by additional factors not generally discussed in the literature.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.3 n.3 20082008-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242008000100003en10.4067/S0718-27242008000100003
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topic Job satisfaction
Engineering
Motivation
Reward
Skilled workers
R & D
spellingShingle Job satisfaction
Engineering
Motivation
Reward
Skilled workers
R & D
Petronio,Alberto
Colacino,Pierluigio
MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES
description Many studies have been performed previously to investigate different theories of motivation and, more specifically, how to motivate technical professionals.Through a questionnaire survey carried out on 376 development engineers, identified as "knowledge workers" by managers in their firms,this study identifies what methods are used in industry to motivate these individuals, what works and what does not.While many aspects of standard incentives and reward systems used to motivate technical professionals in general are also motivating for technical visionaries, these results indicate that they are motivated by additional factors not generally discussed in the literature.
author Petronio,Alberto
Colacino,Pierluigio
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Colacino,Pierluigio
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title MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES
title_short MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES
title_full MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES
title_fullStr MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES
title_full_unstemmed MOTIVATION STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: EVIDENCES AND CHALLENGES
title_sort motivation strategies for knowledge workers: evidences and challenges
publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
publishDate 2008
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