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There is a figure, noted in Greek Mythology, whose name is Pygmalion reowned for his earnest desire for ideal image of woman. According to Greek Mythology, Pygmalion sculpted a statue of woman and fell in love with what he had made himself. Due to his earnest love, a statue eventually became a real woman, and Pygmaion finally succeeded to marry her. Surprsingly, there exists an effect theory related to the story of Pygmalion, so-called a Pygmalion Effect. Pygmalion Effect states that one's prospective expectation can affect a positive result as the way he or she has desired. In response of people to rising attention to efficiency of the effect, many buisinesses have started to adopt Pygmalion Effect in their workplaces. Yet, people are still skeptical if the effect is really positive or it might reduce the productivity in the workplace. However, I insist that companies should enforce the policy adopting Pygmalion effect for three reasons : work efficiency, positive outcomes with career development.
First, what the manager expects from his subordinates and how he treats them decide their outcomes and career development. Depending on the manager's amicable attitude toward his or her subordinates, the responsibility of work force for the task and the concentrativeness on thier work can be reinforced, thereby remarkably increasing work efficiency. According to the work of Rosenthal and Jacobsen (1968), it shows boss expectations influence subordinates performance. Positive expectations influence performance positively, and negative expectations influence performance negatively. Rosenthal and Jacobson originally described the phenomenon as the Pygmalion Effect. “When we expect certain behaviors of others, we are likely to act in ways that make the expected behavior more likely to occur.” (Rosenthal and Babad, 1985) In terms of managing, faculty who gripe about work forces establish a climate of failure, but faculty who value their abilities create a climate of success. This study shows how Pygmalion Effect can exert influence on the work efficiency in workplace.
Second, at the point of one's lifetime, this kind of motivation effect also has another leverage on the progress in career development. Pygmalion effect empowers the employees and helps them recognize their potential in response to their supervisor's expectations and the knowledge they have the capability to succeed. This kind of cognitive process is linked to development
of their own career, so that it eventually contribute to deciding their developing tasks in right time and place. According to the research of Connie Vance(2009), Pygmalion effect can have an positive effect on one's own perceptual abilities in own possibility and potential power, thereby planning their own career development. Considering that subordinates who have identified their own career decision can work efficiently in the workplaces, this result can get recognition of its own significance.
In conclusion, it has been identified that Pygmalion effect can contribute to increasing profits of the companies. Therefore I claim that Pygmalion effect policy should be adopted in the workplaces due to its advantages.
