Enhancing staff motivation in “tough” periods: implications for business leaders

摘要: Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to present a viewpoint based on an empirical study conducted by author, which explored motivational techniques used 30 chief executive officers in context advancing economy like Greece that faces severe financial crisis and evaluated impact such tools staff performance. Design/methodology/approach quantitative survey Greek large organizations involving leaders firms 113 workers. In all, 143 responses were collected concerning main participant their employee behavior. Findings Overall, findings showed short-term, both models (i.e. “inspirational” versus “fear”) may lead effective organizational However, difference appears be related long-term each model firm particular, indicated “fear motivation” m...