ADMS 2400 Lecture Notes - Equity Theory, Goal Setting
28 Jun 2018
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ADMS 2400 - Session 4
Process Theories of Motivation
The process through which people engage in motivated efforts
Expectancy Theory
-The theory that employees will be motivated to exert a high level of effort if they
believe the following:
o1. Their effort will lead to favorable performance
o2. Favorable performance will be followed by a given outcome or reward
o3. The reward is desirable
-Increase the Effort-to-Performance Expectancy via:
oTrain employees
oSelect people with required competencies
oProvide role clarification
oProvide sufficient resources
oProvide coaching and feedback
-Increase the Performance-to-Outcome Expectancy via:
oMeasure performance accurately
oDescribe outcomes of good and poor performance
oExplain how rewards are linked to past performance
-Increasing Outcome Valences
oEnsure that rewards are valued
oIndividualize rewards
Goal Setting Theory
-The theory that specific and difficult goals lead to higher performance
-Goals tell an employee what needs to be done & how much effort it will take.
oSpecific (measureable) goals increase performance.
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Document Summary
The process through which people engage in motivated efforts. The theory that employees will be motivated to exert a high level of effort if they believe the following: 1. Their effort will lead to favorable performance: 2. Favorable performance will be followed by a given outcome or reward: 3. Increase the effort-to-performance expectancy via: train employees, select people with required competencies, provide role clarification, provide sufficient resources, provide coaching and feedback. Increase the performance-to-outcome expectancy via: measure performance accurately, describe outcomes of good and poor performance, explain how rewards are linked to past performance. Increasing outcome valences: ensure that rewards are valued, individualize rewards. The theory that specific and difficult goals lead to higher performance. Provides direction: specific goals direct your focus to relevant activities. Demands effort: need to devote more intense levels of effort toward difficult goals. Encourages persistence: specific, difficult goals encourage you to persist longer at a task than would be the case without such goals.
