LONG TERM INCENTIVES?

There are both extrinsic and intrinsic motivations found in Singapore. The more predominantly form of motivation used in Singapore would be extrinsic motivation. Singapore often applies extrinsic methods to the people.

With the continuation of the usage of extrinsic motivations, Singaporeans will become more materialistic ‘calculative, disciplined and professional’, where they become ‘emotion-less’, with self-benefits placing above everything else. The society will become a more competitive place where there are no sense of humanity and compassion. In this case, the economy will face difficulty in advancing as there will be little help to aid the lower income groups in the country. In this case, it is impossible for the country to prosper as one.

One more point is that there will be no breakthrough in the society, where people only work for the sake of self benefits and do not wish to excel in the jobs they do when no benefits are given. This will lead to people being contented with the benefits they enjoy and do not breakthrough in the work they do to seek greater accomplishment. Therefore, the society will also be affected due to the complacency of the people with the present benefits they enjoy instead of looking at the long-run benefits that may occur. ‘Monetary rewards undermine people's sense of social obligation and altruism’, in the Community Involvement Programme (C.I.P) context, where many students just do for the sake of the merit points awarded. They often neglect the actual meaning of the work and refuse to go further in their jobs. This will lead to many long run social problems as many people will involve in CIP without really going deeper in helping the people in need.

In conclusion, the extrinsic motivations are only a short term incentives to problems. In order to solve the problems present in the long run, intrinsic motivations need to be activated, where the heart and the soul are placed in to doing something instead of just the body being motivated extrinsically.