Total Rewards Flashcards
Goal of Total Rewards Program
to attract, retain and motivate employees, while shaping employee behaviour (membership behaviour, task behaviour, organization citizenship behaviour)
Membership Behaviour
people want to join your organization and currently employees want to stay
Task Behaviour
employees do the tasks assigned to them
Organization Citizenship Behaviour
employees motivated to support the success of the org
Intrinsic Rewards
relate to job content; include things such as task identity, task significance, skill variety, job autonomy and job feedback
Task Identity
doing the whole job
Task Significance
social value of the task
Skill Variety
utilizing multiple/variety of skills
Job Autonomy
freedome to act idependently
Job Feedback
self monitoring the job
Extrinsic Rewards
relate to job context; include thing such as monetary rewards, direct pay, and indirect pay
Types of Monetary Rewards/Direct Pay
base pay, performance pay
Types of Performance Pay
merit pay, short term incentives, long term incentives
Types of Indirect Pay
health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, leaves with pay, working conditions, EAP
Theories of Employee Motivation
Content Theories of Motivation include Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory, Hackman and Oldham’s Job Characteristics Theory
Process Theories of Motivation include Reinforcement Theory, Expectancy Theory, and Equity Theory
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
First look at Basic needs, those being physiological (food, water) and security needs (shelter, safety). Then proceed to Psychological needs, those being belonging needs (love, acceptance) and eco needs (self esteem, accomplishment). Finally step is self actualization with creative fulfillment, satisfaction in reaching ones potential.
Herzberg Two Factor Theory
Two factors are Hygiene Factors and Motivators.
Hygiene Factors can lead to job dissatisfaction. They include pay, status, working conditions, benefits, policies etc.
Motivators increase job satisfaction. These include meaningful and challenging work, recognition, increased responsibility and growth opportunities.
Hackman and Oldham Job Characteristics Theory
Job characteristics that must be in place in order to achieve employee satisfaction include skill variety, task identity, task significance, task autonomy and job feedback. These characteristics lead to job enrichment.
Job Rotation
employees crossing over to tasks normally carried out by a co-worker in order to break up work and create a multi-skilled workforce
Job Enrichment
adding/introducing engaging elements to the role
Reinforcement Theory
Individuals’ behaviour is a function of its consequences; focusing on what happens to an individual they they take action; can use positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment and extinction
Positive Reinforcement
giving a positive response when a person shows positive and/or required behaviour
Negative Reinforcement
rewarding employee by removing negative/undesirable consequences
Punishment
removing positive consequences to lower probability of repeating undesirable behaviour; applying undesirable consequences for showing undesirable behaviour