Shannon Riley

Date Approved

2005

Degree Type

Open Access Senior Honors Thesis

Department or School

Management

Abstract

Throughout time, many have attempted to develop detailed theories and studies of motivation, satisfaction, and self-awareness. Each of those theories at some point has been applied and tested as to its effects on people’s lives, jobs, and personal goals in life and in the work place. Due to my strong interest in the management fields specifically, I have decided to look into the different styles of motivation that managers and leaders of organizations within the financial industry typically use. After all, it has been said that one of the manager’s most basic tasks is to communicate with and motivate their workers (Ruthanakoot, 2003). It would be very difficult to try to pinpoint one theory or even one technique that seems to work better or is more effective for a certain organization. The way individuals respond to different motivational styles and techniques will often clash or contradict one another. Instead, what is important to realize, and what I will explore and analyze further, is why managers have chosen the styles they use within the workplace, whether it seems to be effective or not, and how different employees seem to respond. Through one-on-one interviews with a variety of managerial levels and positions, I hope to make some judgement about the effectiveness of the motivational styles, the productivity, and the general job satisfaction of the employees under these specific managerial levels. To put it simply, I would like to see if these managers/leaders of the organizations may be applying some of the principles of Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory without actually knowing the theory.

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