Human Resource: Employee Self-Development

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Human Resource : Employee Self-Development - Literature Review

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3 May 2009

Literature Review

In relation to answering the research questions of finding the relationship between self-development and completion of an individual development plan and knowing the factors that lead to the successful completion of an Individual Development Plan using the theoretical framework of Self Determination Theory (SDT ) by Ryan and Deci (2000 concerning Autonomy Orientation , controlled orientation , and Impersonal Orientation of the motivational

theory of SDT , this literature review provides a way to discuss and analyze the various theories and concepts as used by other authors in relation to employee self-development

This literature review will discuss , the history of employee self-development , intrinsic motivation as it affects self-development human behavior , the role of supervisor in self-development , performance feedback , empower work environment , continuous learning organization and the factors influencing the choice of development behavior

1 . History of employee self-development

The history of employee self-development may be deemed to have started by the time that there was employer-employee relationship created and this could be as old as when business entities got started If employees want to produce , output for his /her employer , it cannot be assumed that he or she is not making an organized effort to strive and transcend mediocrity . Such is also expected since the employer should expect no less than the best of the employee since customers happen to look for the best quality of the...