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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Socio-Cultural Contexts of Workplace Motivation

BOP702 · Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards — Week 2 of 16

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Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

Socio-Cultural Contexts of Workplace Motivation

  1. Social identity theory in workgroups
  2. Cross-cultural dimensions of employee drive
  3. Organizational climate and psychological contracts
  4. Lecture 26: Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
  5. Trompenaars 7 Cultural Dimensions
  6. Psychological Diversity Theories

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Discuss major aspects of the motivation process in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss major aspects of the motivation process in an organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • Trompenaars 7 Cultural Dimensions · YouTube · EPM · 15 min · for registered students
  • Psychological Diversity Theories · YouTube · GreggU · 3 min · for registered students
  • Geert Hofstede - Recent Discoveries about Cultural Differences · YouTube · Geert Hofstede Consortium · 30 min · for registered students
  • Hofstede's 6D Model of National Culture - Simplest Explanation Ever · YouTube · Mister Simplify · 13 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Antecedents of Psychological Contract Breach: Job Demands, Job Resources, and Affect · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 6.2: Hofstede's cultural framework · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 144–151 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 2.7: Cultural differences · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 47–50 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Organisational Motivation
  • Week 2: Socio-Cultural Contexts of Workplace Motivation
  • Week 3: Content Theories of Employee Motivation
  • Week 4: Process Theories and Comparative Analysis
  • Week 5: Evolution and Models of Job Design
  • Week 6: Contemporary Job Design and Technological Impacts
  • Week 7: Mobilising Job Design for Employee Motivation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reward Paradigms
  • Week 10: Mechanisms of Reward Determination
  • Week 11: Performance-Related Pay and Strategic Reward Governance
  • Week 12: Applying Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards in p…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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