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Internal & External Factors That Influence Employee Behavior
Compensation and Advancement
Workplace Culture
Personal Life Issues
Harassment and Discrimination

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Internal & External Factors That Influence Employee Behavior
By: Josh Fredman
Updated September 26, 2017
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An employee's behavior depends on a mixture of internal and external factors, some of which are more prominent than others. Internal factors are those within the company's direct control, such as policies, workflows and office culture. External factors, meanwhile, are the ones that aren't directly in the company's control, like the economy and your employees' personal life circumstances. Compensation and Advancement
Perhaps the clearest internal motivator on an employee's behavior is whether she feels the company pays her what her work is worth and provides her with the opportunities for career advancement that she has earned. That's because income and career prospects are vital to a person's livelihood, and so can profoundly motivate behavior. If the company falls short on either pay or promotion, an employee may begin to suspect the company is taking advantage of her -- especially if she sees her colleagues getting better treatment. You can stop this from taking root by making it clear to an employee early on exactly how she can demonstrate her worth, and then giving her the opportunity to do so. Workplace Culture
Workplace culture is prone to cliques and office politics that divert people's energy away from the mission. Discourage selfish opportunism and destructive rivalry by making them liabilities, through discipline and disincentives.