Interpersonal skills refer to your ability to communicate with, understand, and motivate both individuals and groups. This exercise gives you a chance to see whether the factors that motivate you come primarily from you and your work itself or from factors that are external to you and the nature of your work. 

Exercise Task 

Following is a list of 12 factors that contribute to job satisfaction and motivation. To find out how important each factor is to you, select a number from 1 to 5 according to the following scale:

1. ______ An interesting job that I enjoy doing 

2. ______ A boss who treats everyone the same regardless of the circumstances 

3. ______ Getting praise and other recognition and appreciation for my work 

4. ______ A job that’s routine without much change from day to day 

5. ______ Opportunity for advancement 

6. ______ A nice title regardless of pay

7. ______ Job responsibility that gives me the freedom to do things my way

8. ______ Good working conditions (e.g., safe environment, convenient cafeteria, etc.) 

9. ______ Opportunity to learn new things 

10. ______ Emphasis on following rules, regulations, procedures, and policies 

11. ______ A job that I can do well and succeed at 

12. ______ Job security; a job with one company  

Scoring: Next, the 12 factors are divided into two lists. For each factor, record the number (from 1 to 5) that you put in the blank before it. Then add up each column (each column score should be from 6 to 30 points)

 Which factors tend to be more important to you—internal (motivating) or external (maintenance)? The closer your column score to a total of 30, the more important that factor is to you. 

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5 Very Important 3 Somewhat Important 2 1 Not Important