"Motivation is the force that drives a person to do something. It includes varying emotions such as: initiative, drive, intensity, persistence that inhibits, neutralizes, or promotes goal-directed behaviors" (Sweetland, 2008). In today's companies, most employees' goal is quitting time and payday. Once they master skills needed in particular position and they feel comfortable doing it, their job and position offers little or no challenge for them. They need lots of motivation to succeed in their career. This paper will discuss the use of motivational theory of facial feedback in airline industry. It will:1.describe the motivational theory of facial feedback and how this theory would and would not be applicable in workplace situations.
2.describe new theoretical model of motivation in today's changing work environment.
Motivational Theory of Facial Feedback and its Application in Workplace SituationsThe theory of facial feedback refers to the concept of looking at the facial expressions and judging people's feelings and emotions based on how they seem.
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EiweThe hypothesis says that there is a link between human emotions and facial expressions and theory's argument is that facial expressions are an index of people's emotions. At the airport or in airline industry this theory motivates agents only if they master skills needed to use it properly.
Agents are trained not only to do their basic duties, but also to watch body language and facial expressions of passengers for signs of bad intentions. There are also many other behavior watchers like lounge agents, curbside baggage attendants, or people who fly but are only pretend to be passengers, etc. Very often they are able to identify bad behavior before someone comes to the airport or check -in counter. A passenger, who arouses suspicion in any way, gets subtle but more serious scrutiny. All airline agents are also required to notify their...