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Use of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory in Motivating Employees

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 Motivation is one of the most important factors in increasing productivity, boosting performance, gaining a sustainable competitive advantage, and achieving organizational goals at the lowest possible cost. It is a close factor relating to terms such as formal authority, charisma, rewards, and punishment: and indeed, a key factor in management that is frequently overlooked. As a matter of fact, motivation becomes an essential tool for increasing productivity with limited financial resources. Many theories have been proposed, and much research has been conducted on motivation for analysis purposes (Jonas, 2016). Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Maslow's Need Theory is said to be one of the foundational principles of psychology, and it has been applied to a variety of fields such as organizational behavior, organizational & behavioral economics, and management studies and beyond. It has been applied in the fields of organizational behavior, organizational economics, and mana...

Challenges in Recruitment & Selection

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 One of the most significant truisms in human resource management is that the personnel process is a system. As a result, it is critical to approach human resource management as part of a much larger cultural and political setting that impact (or even dictate) personnel decisions (Lavigna and Hays, 2004). ·          Approaches for Identifying Challenges The Applicant Attribution-Reaction Theory (AART) is a framework that was used when it comes to identifying challenges in the recruitment & selection process ( Ployhart & Harold, 2004) . Ployhart and Harold's AART approach integrated attribution theory with applicant responses. The core concept of AART was that the employee selection process was governed by an attributional process in the form of the applicant's reply. This was primarily concerned with applicants' reactions to the four primary aspects of selection judgments, as Figure 1. Furthermore, since questions were presented to ...

Methods of Selection

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Methods of Selection Employees are the most significant asset for any organization since they have a direct impact on the organization's performance. As a result, the development of an organization is dependent on effective human resource management. Selection and recruiting are essential components of human resource management strategies used by organizations to develop and improve personnel capabilities in order to achieve both individual and organizational goals (Abbas, Shah and Othman, 2021) . The process of selecting candidates with the necessary qualifications to fill positions within the organization is known as selection. Selection entails much more than simply selecting the finest applicant. It is an attempt to establish a fine balance between what the candidate is capable of and desires to perform and what the company expects. The selection of the appropriate workers is critical for three reasons: performance, cost, and legal obligations. Selection prerequisites and Requi...

Methods of Recruitment

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  Identifying recruiting sources is a crucial phase in the recruitment process. Internal or external recruitment sources can be used in this regard, but most employ both, enhancing the odds of attracting individuals who are prepared and competitive. For an organization to grow and exist, both sources of recruiting must be used rationally (Kotey and Slade, 2005) . There are numerous ways of recruitment, but for the purpose of simplicity, it has been divided into two major categories (Gupta and Kumar, 2014) . ·          Internal Recruitment ·          External Recruitment Recruitment is the process of selecting, from among available applicants, those who are most likely to succeed in completely performing a task. Moreover, it is the process of obtaining all relevant information about candidates and using that information to determine which applications to hire. The selection process begins after a...