1. Lisa, a LPN on your team, is an average worker, but you sense she has greater potential. Lisa has been on-staff for about three months and largely keeps to herself. She doesn’t seem particularly proud of the work she does, but she is satisfied with her salary and benefits. How might you use Maslow’s progression principle to identify ways to motivate Lisa to achieve a higher level of work?
2. Byron has worked in the intake desk at an emergency room for five years. He has never received a promotion, although he has received annual cost-of-living raises. Overall, his work attitude is “Why try? I get paid the same amount no matter how many patients I interact with.” Using Vroom’s expectancy theory (and the equation M = E x I x V), what might be affecting Byron’s performance?
3. To give your staff of eight full-time nurses greater flexibility and opportunity to spend more time at home with their young families, you decide to utilize job sharing. What are some possible job sharing arrangements you might consider trying.