The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that John Alpers will present Doctoral research titled, Perceptions of factors from MBA students at small regional Universities that enhance, improve, and impact individual behavior as measured by environmental working scales. on 11/16/2023 at 10:00 am ET in Zoom Meeting ID: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/84103016023. Everyone is invited to attend. 

Learning and Leadership

Chair: Dr. David Rausch

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Abstract:
Organizations are continually trying to impact individual behavior so their employees will be motivated toward mutually beneficial objectives. The goal or intent of organizations is to identify which factors can have the largest impact on the motivation of employees toward these organizational goals or objectives. The intent of this research was to identify if a relationship exists between the perceptions of Master of Business (MBA) students in regional universities toward the factors of engagement, leadership and rewards systems that improve, impact, and enhance their behavior toward organizational goals as indicated by each area’s impact on the work environment scale. Research consisted of a questionnaire to graduate level students to determine at what level these factors are perceived to have an impact on this scale. The data obtained from the surveys indicated that the factors identified (engagement, leadership and rewards systems) were not statistically helpful in predicting changes on the work environment scale. These factors were not of assistance in predicting what will improve, impact, and enhance behavior toward organizational goals. This information can be helpful as knowing what may or may not impact behavior can assist organizations.