Work force motivation, a novel application of expectancy theory in emergency medicine

Bilkovski, Robert; Delis, Steven

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.07.417

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“…Subsequent expectancy theory work in the literature focused on variables related to work motivation (Sayeed 1985 ), occupational choice (Brooks and Betz 1990 ), pre-employment test performance (Sanchez et al 2000 ), sales coaching (Pousa and Mathieu 2010 ), and entrepreneurship (Renko et al 2012 ). Specific industries examined include construction (Ghoddousi et al 2014 ) and healthcare (Bilkovski and Delis 2004 ). The testing and the applicability of the theory over the past fifty years has expended to other areas including project management (Purvis et al 2015 ), networking (Porter and Woo 2015 ), academic settings (Geiger and Cooper 1996 ; Fagbohungbe 2012 ), energy efficient home refurbishment (Baumhof et al 2017 ), blogging (Liao et al 2011 ), pro-environmental behavior (Kiatkawsin and Han 2017 ), and intentions to implement social media to support knowledge exchange (Behringer and Sassenberg 2015 ).…”

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An expectancy theory perspective of volunteerism: the roles of powerlessness, attitude toward charitable organizations, and attitude toward helping others

Zboja

Jackson

Grimes-Rose

2020

Int Rev Public Nonprofit Mark

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The attraction and retention of volunteers are vital components to the operation of a nonprofit organization (NPO). Understanding the motivations of volunteers is an important step to recruiting and retaining them. To add to our understanding of volunteer motivation, this research seeks to contribute to the nonprofit literature by applying an updated version of Vroom’s ( 1964 ) expectancy theory of motivation to volunteerism to determine whether individuals who regularly volunteer and who volunteer in groups feel less powerlessness and have more positive attitudes toward charitable organizations and toward helping others. Analysis of 210 surveyed consumers in a metropolitan area of approximately one million people in the midwestern U.S. found that individuals that volunteer on a regular, ongoing basis have significantly more positive attitudes toward charitable organizations and toward helping others in general. The results also indicated that individuals that volunteered as part of a group held more positive attitudes toward charitable organizations. Implications of these findings, limitations of the study, and directions for future research are provided.

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An expectancy theory perspective of volunteerism: the roles of powerlessness, attitude toward charitable organizations, and attitude toward helping others

Zboja

Jackson

Grimes-Rose

2020

Int Rev Public Nonprofit Mark

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Quality of work-life: scale construction and validation

Zaman

Ansari

2022

JEAS

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PurposeThere is a compelling need for developing constructs in management science rather than adapting the constructs that have been developed in other domains. Having emerged in the 1950s, quality of work-life (QWL) measures have proved to be ineffective due to the lack of conceptual clarity and theoretical support. The article analyses the QWL measures highlights their coherence and verifies them for being used in specific contexts.Design/methodology/approachThe study includes three stages to develop a QWL Measurement Scale. Fourteen questions were developed based on QWL concepts. They were validated using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) which split the dimensions into five factors. A survey was conducted on 375 medical residents. Finally, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), convergence and validity were tested along the five dimensions.FindingsResults extend the QWL concept and provide theoretical support for the same. Five dimensions were developed to measure QWL namely: pay and benefits, supervision, intra-group relations, working conditions and training.Practical implicationsThe study may offer an overview of evaluation strategies to researchers and organizations that aim to improve employee QWL while they enhance its effectiveness through reliable instruments.Originality/valueThe scale developed in this study contributes to the body of QWL literature in the healthcare arena. It may be beneficial to carry out further research in this domain.

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Work force motivation, a novel application of expectancy theory in emergency medicine

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An expectancy theory perspective of volunteerism: the roles of powerlessness, attitude toward charitable organizations, and attitude toward helping others

An expectancy theory perspective of volunteerism: the roles of powerlessness, attitude toward charitable organizations, and attitude toward helping others

Quality of work-life: scale construction and validation

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