To prepare for this discussion, read the assigned textbook chapters and the articles, The Difference between Motivation and Empowerment
https://ezinearticles.com/?The-Difference-Between-Motivation-and-Empowerment&id=3024576
and Motivation Theory Links
http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/motivation-theory
To successfully complete this discussion, your post should minimally include the following:
Begin by briefly summarizing followership styles as discussed in the textbook and provide practical examples of each.
Formulate your own hypothesis of how followership style is related to work motivation. Explain your rationale.
Using concepts and vocabulary that apply to a specific career or profession of your choice, describe a thriving workforce based on the definition from the
textbook.
Select an aspect of diversity (e.g., age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion/spirituality, socio-economic status, sexual orientation). Explain how the aspect of
diversity you selected might make it easier or more challenging for an employee to employ the strategies for managing up as discussed in the text. You will
need to do some research on diversity and communication styles to complete this requirement.
Apply the specific strategies for effectively managing up the hierarchy to a specific real or fictitious scenario you might encounter in your workplace or
career. Be sure to apply the strategies in ways that take into account motivational and empowerment strategies as well as cultural diversity.
Support ideas you share in your post with a minimum of three credible scholarly and peer-reviewed sources Links to an external site. published within the last
ten years and document your sources by including APA-formatted citations Links to an external site. and reference
