Emotional intelligence for employees' motivation

Abstract

This article adopts a system approach to analyze the Porter-Lawler model. This model synthe- sizes two important motivational models: the expectancy and the equity models. The expectancy model describes the influence of worker's expectation about the jobs and the rewards gained via the motiva- tion process. The equity model describes workers I comparison of rewards and effort ratios with others. The Porter-Lawler model suggests workers are motivated if they believe their effort will result in re- wards they deem important and that the effort-reward ratio must be equivalent to their referents. This model implies workers operate solely on economic rationale. The researcher describes emotion as a significant determinant of worker's judgement about referents, rewards, and equity. Emotional intelli- gence (EI) is proposed as an influential intervening variable in the Porter-Lawler motivation process model.