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I am not currently employed; but in the past, I have worked in healthcarespecifically long-term care. There are several things that motivated me in the workplace. Monetary incentives such as bonuses would have been a great motivation factor for me. That was not typical though. Management did you use hourly bonuses for picking up shifts when we were not regularly scheduled. This was the reason I picked up extra shifts most of the time. Occasionally, management would use food incentives to motivate employees. Pizza parties usually occurred as a celebration after the facility completed a state inspection successfully. In my experience, the HR benefits were fairly standard for healthcare. I worked as needed (PRN) most of the time so I was not eligible for benefits with my past few employers. I did receive healthcare insurance, retirement benefits, PTO, and life insurance when working full-time. If I did not have my husbands healthcare insurance to rely upon, maintaining employment to keep medical benefits would have been very motivational for me as I live with a chronic illness that can be very expensive without insurance. One facility that I worked at had an employee recognition program. This required patients or patients family members to recognize the exemplary work that an employee exhibited. Oftentimes, that employee would then receive the designation of employee of the month. That meant that your picture would go up on the wall of the break room, you would be able to park in a designated parking space that was closer to the building for that month, and you would receive a vending machine coupon.

These are all extrinsic motivational factors as they are all based on something that an employee would gain or receive from good performance. The companies that I have worked for all were very fair in their treatment of their employees. They all utilized distributive justice since everyone with the same job title received the same reward when applicable. They all used procedural justice since the procedures to make decisions were standardized. In my experience, my previous employers utilized interactional justice very well as I felt like I was being treated fairly. This might not have been everyones experience though. I do not have experience with Goal Setting theory in my professional life yet, but I hope to utilize it in the future when I return to the workforce. I believe this to be a great intrinsic motivational process as I would be able to set specific goals for myself. I use this in my personal life and look forward to using it in my professional life in the future.