kannustavien

Kannustavien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective kannustava, meaning encouraging or motivating. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. Kannustavien is used when the noun it describes is in the genitive plural, and it appears in phrases that specify what kind of factors, conditions, or environments are being referred to.

Gramatically, kannustavien does not stand alone as a noun. It functions as a modifying form that accompanies a noun in genitive plural, for example in phrases like kannustavien tekijöiden vaikutus or kannustavien järjestelmien suunnittelu, which translate roughly to “the effect of encouraging factors” and “the design of motivational systems,” respectively. The base adjectival stem is kannustava, derived from the verb kannustaa, meaning to encourage.

Usage-wise, kannustavien occurs mainly in formal or academic Finnish, including fields such as psychology, education, management, and organizational studies, where discussions of motivating factors, incentives, or supportive environments are common. It tends to appear in written language and analytical writing rather than everyday speech, where more general forms like kannustavat or kannustava ilmapiiri are also used.

See also: kannustava, kannustavat, kannustavin, kannustaminen. Note that while kannustavien conveys the sense of “of encouraging,” it is the grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item, and its exact meaning depends on the noun it modifies.