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Employees need to feel appreciated to maintain workplace morale – but not everyone receives positive feedback in the same way. Gary Chapman and Paul White’s book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace provides managers with a framework to make their employees feel that their contribution is valued, writes Prof. Karl Moore in Forbes.com.

It borrows ideas from Chapman’s 1992 book The Five Love Languages, but reframes them in a workplace context. The five ‘languages’ of appreciation are all a little different at work. At home, physical touch could mean a hug, and while that isn’t possible at work, a fist bump or high-five might be a suitable way to convey appreciation for a job well done.

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