Employees’ Morale in general refers to the atmosphere created by the attitudes of the members of an organization.
Morale
Employees’ Morale in general
refers to the atmosphere created by the attitudes of the members of an
organization. According to the Oxford Dictionary, Morale is understood to be
the mental and emotional attitude of a person or group with regard to aspects
like confidence, optimism, enthusiasm and willingness. It depicts the degree of
contentment with one’s lot or situation. Morale can be drastically improved
through morale-boosters like an event, occurrence, or saying which has the
potential to change the attitudes of employees. The subject of morale has been gaining the attention of industrial and
organizational psychologists and management researchers for more than half a
century, since the 1950s.
Morale and productivity are said
to be positively correlated, especially combined with group cohesiveness,
though the increase in productivity is not always proportionate to the extent
of morale improvement. Morale could be built in many ways. A free, frank and
fair approach to managing by employers pave way for good morale and
organizational health. Employees watch closely to see whether profits are being
pumped back into the organization as facilities, whether old equipments are
being replaced with new ones, whether new jobs are getting added. All of these
things are tangible and highly visible signs of a progressive company and hence
they build and improve morale.
Signs of poor morale include
sluggishness or tardiness, high levels of employee turnover, constantly
complaining about trivial issues, arriving late and leaving early, or taking
off without any satisfactory explanation, dragging out tea-breaks and mealtimes
to get the maximum amount of time away from work, blaming colleagues,
non-observance of instructions, being reluctant or un-cooperative when extra
effort is needed, not measuring up to standards and neglecting to follow
instructions.
Results of low morale among
employees would include harping back to the past and mulling over failures,
developing self-defeating attitudes, ignoring organizational communications,
grudgingly accepting the situation, complaining constantly without being
prepared to do anything about it, abdicating personal responsibility for
performance-inadequacies of the organization and indicating that there could be
no expectation of high standards within the organization.
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