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Hayes, James L. – American School and University, 1979
The supervisor of today must ensure that all rewards are performance-based and that nonfinancial, social rewards are included. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Administration, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Satisfaction, Motivation
Greene, Betty J. – 1986
Negative motivators like threats, intimidation, criticism, denigration, the withholding of information, and the exercise of power produce temporary results but engender resentment and close the door of communication. Good leaders use positive motivators to meet people's needs, enhance efficiency, and improve working relationships. Some of these…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Leadership
Grayson, Randy – Camping Magazine, 1998
Explores ways to maximize camp-staff potential and effort through wages; working conditions; promoting passion and enthusiasm; perks and benefits; special staff events; tokens of praise, support, and appreciation; staff mission statements; profit sharing; empowerment; use of a morale officer; and staff ownership of the camp's "vision." (SAS)
Descriptors: Camping, Empowerment, Fringe Benefits, Incentives
Download full textCronin, Michael – 1989
This paper examines a vareity of individual, group, and organizational communication skills for dealing with job burnout. Primary emphasis is placed on techniques for: (1) gaining perspective; (2) resolving substantive and affective conflict; (3) developing social support systems; and (4) increasing constructive feedback and employee control.…
Descriptors: Burnout, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Coping
Peer reviewedMcKenzie, James F.; And Others – Journal of Health Education, 1992
The article explores motivation as it relates to worksite health promotion participation, addressing incentive use as a motivational means of getting and keeping employees involved in health promotion programs. It suggests various incentives to help program planners, categorizing them as social or material reinforcers. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Health Promotion
Parks, A. Lee – American School and University, 1985
Guidelines obtained from interviews with over 30 companies or business consultants are suitable for school administrators. Successful managers are increasingly interested in quality of work life, motivation, staff development, and public relations. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Business, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Schwager, Tina; Schuerger, Michele – 2002
This book is designed to help teen girls discover what a job is really like from women doing what they love. Part 1 features stories of 22 women. From who they are and how they got there to why they love what they do, the real-life stories are intended to provide girls, age 11 and up, with inside information, inspiration, and goal-tracking tips to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autobiographies, Career Choice, Career Education
Brown, Dale S. – 2000
This document is a guide to career planning and finding a job for high school and college students and graduates with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and dyslexia. The guide, which is written from the perspective of an individual with firsthand experience with a learning disability, explains how individuals can find the best…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
