Porter and Lawer Model

Porter and Lawer Model is a model created by Lyman W. Porter and Edward E. Lawer, from the Vroom Expectations Theory, that seeks to explain the human motivations. The main conclusions to take from the model are the following:

. The effort that a certain individual is willing to do (being, his motivation intensity) depends on the value that this gives to the reward and the probability that this believes to exist in the achieving of the reward;

. The value given by the individual to the rewards depends on the extrinsic rewards (such as work conditions) and intrinsic (such as the self-fulfillment feeling), whose result from the satisfaction of a need when the task is performed and the goal achieved;

. The performance level of the individual on a fulfillment of a task (that determines intrinsic and extrinsic rewards) is determined by his perception of what is required and his capacity to perform the task;

. Fairness individual perception of rewards influences the satisfaction intensity that results from those rewards.

Despite its complexity, this model has had a great acceptance from the managers: according to this model, managers should take special care with the retribution schemes and integrate the system effort-performance-reward-satisfaction on a global management system namely through a careful planning, management by goals, clear definition of tasks and responsibilities and an adequate organizational structure.

 

 

Translated from Portuguese by Susana Saraiva, Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese translation specialist. Contact: spams@sapo.pt.