What motivates Employees to be more Innovative?

What motivates Employees to be more Innovative?

In the current crisis, it's important to keep your innovation effort at a high level. Martha E. Mangelsdorf writes in MITSloan Management Review Vol 40 No 3 p. 24 about an analysis by Professors Henry Sauermann and Wesley M. Cohen on what makes employees tick to be innovative. Out of 8 different types of work benefits (salary, fringe benefits, job security, intellectual challenge, independence, opportunities for advancement, responsibility and contribution to society) intellectual challenge was strongest associated with being innovative. Job security the weakest.
Why? The authors suggest that having a preference for challenge may lead scientists to select more demanding and innovative projects. Or the type of motivation may influence certain cognitive processes in the brain such as creative thinking. You can download the survey results for $5 here.

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		0 Paul Steele, West Australia
	Motivation and EI The above Hygiene Theory is becoming a bit dated. If employers really want to motivate staff they ha... Sign up

		0 Sergiy Kadulin, Ukraine
	Spiritual Inner Development as Motivational Factor I think that the strongest motivational factor for innovation is spiritual individual growth, by whi... Sign up

		0 Madan Gopal Agarwal Business Consultant, India
	Motivation in Industrial Context Every individual is unique in terms of needs and wants irrespective of category of factor it falls u... Sign up

		0 Nishi, Manuritus
	Motivation Theories are Guideline The above factors are a good guideline to make sure that the company is in line with the standard, s... Sign up

		0 Trevor Malele, Jhb-South Africa
	Motivation and EI While the autors' findings suggest that intellectual challege is a strong motivator, iI think it can... Sign up

		0 mesh N. Jhawar, India
	Employees can be more innovative if 1. You give them freedom to fail. 2. Employees are trusted. 3. Resources are provided as and when ... Sign up

		1 Rocio Dextre, Peru
	Leadership and Communication Sometimes employees can have disagreements about what direction they may take even when they have re... Sign up

		0 Patrick Senadzo, Ghana
	Motivate for Innovation That is true but to motivate employees to be innovative is also required a leader who is emotionally... Sign up

		0 Rodrigo Corte-Real Oliveira, Portugal
	Spiral Dynamics Dr. Clare Graves created the Spiral Dynamics which divided individuals into 7 Levels of Consciousnes... Sign up

		0 Vivek Joshi, India
	Innovation is dampened by Systems and Processes I spend a lot of time advising companies on building systems and processes. However, one of the side... Sign up

		0 Samuel Ebeke, Nigeria
	Participatory management system These days workers tend to want to have a sense of belonging in the organization. They want not just... Sign up

		0 Fred Asiedu Cudjoe, Ghana
	Employee Innovation I have been practicising the philosophy of "if you don't try you try to fail" in my office and it's ... Sign up

		0 Vamsee Godavarthy Human resources, India
	Innovation is Culture... I believe all human beings can be innovative. Create the healthy environment and urge to harness th... Sign up