How To Motivate Part-Time Employees

Employee motivation.. It’s something all employers must focus on in order to get the most out their employees. For retail owners, whose employees are often part-time, the charge of motivating employees can be even more challenging. Part-time jobs attract a full range of workers —- from students to retirees to people who may just want to earn extra cash and may not see the position as a career. How do you get the most out of this diverse group of employees who work a limited number of hours each week?

Rewarding Employees from Afar

With the changing nature of work today, managers have to adapt to new circumstances for recognizing employee performance. Employees are increasingly more empowered to make decisions and the workplace itself is being redefined to include telecommuting, flexible working hours and job sharing. Many organizations are also moving to decentralized operations in which an employee’s manager may physically be located at a different facility or even a different state.

Bob Nelson on Recognition: Why Managers Dont Recognize Their Employees

Although the concept of positive reinforcement and the related principle that you get what you reward are well-founded in the psychology literature, the effective use of positive reinforcement by practicing managers is uneven and often totally lacking in day-to-day business operations. My Ph.D. study explored the conditions that enable or inhibit the use by managers of non-monetary recognition (NMR).

The Study

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