Question

Recall a particular un-motivating job you have held. Analyze the job held based on the Expectancy Theory and identify specifically what components of the job were sources of lack of motivation.

Answer 1

The last job I had was in the Sales Department for an organisation. According to the Expectancy theory which works on the basis of the behaviour which an individual would show in the organisation with respect to the expected returns one is getting, the company did provide a good package in terms of monetory terms but apart from it there were many unsatisfiers available in the organisation which made me leave my job. The unsafisfiers are as follows:

1. No Incentives: As being in the sales department, I expected there would be a no. of incentives apart from the fixed salary I would be getting from the organisation but there were none or very less. They pay less for every additional product we used to sell apart from our targets and no extra motivational was also provided there to boost our morale.

2. Rigid Organisational Structure: Apart from the motivation, the organisation also had a rigid organisational structure where the decisions were mainly taken by the head authorities without taking consideration of the employees or the subordinates that were working in the organisation.

3. Lack of Inclusion: Also, less diversity and inclusion practices were exisiting in the sales department that made me leave my job. They mostly recruited female candidates aging 20-30 years old for the sales department and thus not including and motivating the work of team spirit and diversity.