Employee job satisfaction has become the center of attention for academics and practitioners. Nevertheless, the determinants of employee job satisfaction are still far from conclusive. This study investigates the impact of employee engagement as a mediation between psychological empowerment, HR...

We model the relationship between the number of tasks assigned to an employee and a firm's ability to motivate effort through informal performance-based bonuses. We show that assigning multiple tasks gives the firm a greater range of performance levels that can be rewarded. The firm takes...

This paper investigates the existence of inefficiency in Nigeria public service and examines motivation tools and strategies as an essential tool to improve efficiency in public service. The objectives of this research work are to examine the key motivational tools and strategies used in Nigeria...

Corporate governance debates have undergone a fundamental shift, with environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues coming to the forefront of decision-making by boards, executives and shareholders. Across a spectrum of stakeholders, companies and their boards face pressure to...

The aim of this paper is to examine how verbal rewards (praise) from superior public managers influence subordinate public managers’ work motivation coming from experiencing work tasks as important, exciting, interesting, and fun, so-called autonomous motivation. We use self-determination...