Diversity Training Programs and Employee Motivation
a. Your company provides diversity training programs
to ensure that employees realize the importance of working with a diverse
workforce are aware of the equal employment opportunity legislation and are
capable of addressing the challenges of working in a multicultural workforce.
o Participation
in these programs is mandatory and employees are required to take the training
as many times as needed until they pass.
o The
training program lasts one day and is usually conducted in a nice hotel outside
the workplace.
o Employees
are paid for the time they spend in the training program. You realize that
employees are not really motivated to perform well in this program.
o During
the training they put in the minimum level of effort and most participants fail
the exam given at the conclusion of the training program and then have to
retake the training.
b. Using
expectancy and reinforcement theories explain why they may not be motivated to
perform well in the training program.
o Then
suggest improvements ain the program so that employees are motivated to
understand the material, pass the exam
and apply the material in the workplace.
c. Support your responses with at least three
scholarly sources.
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