Cross-cultural employee motivation. How do different backgrounds and cultures affect employee motivation?

By Alexander Thielmann

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Employee Motivation, Employee Satisfaction, grade: 2,0, Catholic University Eichst tt-Ingolstadt, language: English, abstract: This paper will elaborate different needs from people with different backgrounds and cultures and will demonstrate how these differences affect employee motivation. To do so, a short definition of the term "Cross-cultural" will be followed by an explanation of the cultural dimensions of Hofstede and Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner. Subsequently, part three and four will focus on Employee Motivation. Firstly, it will be elaborated how motivation in general arises, followed by part four in which cross-cultural employee motivation is examined as a comparison between the different hierarchies of needs from Western and Asian societies. In a conclusion the key findings and implications for practice of this paper will be summarised.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 334675278X
• ISBN13: 9783346752789
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 22 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"