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Business psychology, without shortcuts.
What do we really know about employee motivation, engagement and behaviour? And what does that knowledge mean for the decisions we make in organisations? We write about psychological research, measurement and challenges from practice - with critical thinking, not ready-made recipes.
- Radojka Šolak10 min read
Engagement data is not neutral: when 57% of answers becomes the wrong conclusion about 100% of employees
If your response rate is 57%, did you measure employee engagement - or the engagement of the people still willing to talk to the organisation? The question is not how many answered, but who did not.
- Bojana Naumovski6 min read
Quiet quitting: a new trend, or an old problem with a new name?
Someone arrives on time, finishes what they were given, hits their deadlines and causes no trouble. They also do not stay late, do not volunteer, and do not go further. Is that a problem - or is it simply reasonable?
- Bojana Naumovski6 min read
HR buzzwords: what did you actually measure last year?
Motivation, satisfaction and engagement get used interchangeably in reports and board presentations. In everyday speech that is harmless. In strategic decision-making it produces the wrong diagnosis, and then the wrong intervention.
- Bojana Naumovski2 min read
Intrinsic motivation at work: myth, or something you can actually build?
How often have you heard that people “only work for the money”, or that motivation is something that has to be topped up from outside? There is something deeper going on - and yes, you can feel it at work, under certain conditions.
- Bojana Naumovski7 min read
Why pay matters, but does not create intrinsic motivation
Most managers assume the easiest way to raise motivation is to raise pay. Yet plenty of well-paid employees still feel tired, dissatisfied, or ready to leave. The relationship between money and motivation is not linear - and the research explains why.
- Bojana Naumovski3 min read
When chemistry happens at work: where does closeness become a problem?
Relatedness is one of the most important psychological needs people bring to work. But as with most things, too much closeness creates its own problem - especially where there is a difference in power.
- Bojana Naumovski2 min read
Leadership: a source of strength, not pressure
In day-to-day work the immediate manager has a substantial influence on how people feel. What the organisation expects is not the decisive thing - how those demands are conveyed is.
- Siniša Komlenić1 min read
Dušana at Disrupt: when money stops motivating, what is left?
Some events push you to think more boldly and to move the edge of what you believed was possible. Disrupt is one of them - and this year our Dušana Šarčević was among the speakers.
From understanding to decisions.
Reading is the start. Motiva Metrics helps you connect what is known about employee motivation and experience with what is happening in your own organisation.