Recognition is 'universal motivator'

Date: 09/02/2009

Reward and recognition is being duly highlighted in the entertainment industry, according to one expert, who adds that it highlights the role of recognition schemes in the workplace.

AC Grayling, the professor of philosophy at Birkbeck University of London, made his comments to the Times, stating that praise, particularly if it is merited, is an extremely meaningful experience for its recipients.

He continued: "No matter how well paid someone is, if his efforts are never acknowledged the cash will not quite compensate."

Professor Grayling added that people who were part of a recognition programme are also more willing to put up with other inconveniences, particularly a lower salary.

However, the recognition should not begin until someone has done above and beyond their stated calling, with the specialist adding: "We should remember that it is praiseworthy to praise only if praise is truly due."

Birkbeck classes itself as a world-class research and teaching institution and is the only specialist provider of evening higher education in the capital.

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