PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Work Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Job Performance
20 Apr 2017
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Frameworks for conceptualizing motivation and motivation theories: person as machine theories (need-motive-value) Individuals are motivated to perform particular behaviors by personality traits, stable dispositions, needs, and values (internal motivation: person as scientist theories (cognitive choice) Individuals are active, rational decision-makers when choosing behaviors and effort: person as intentional theories (self-regulation) Individuals allocate effort toward attaining a particular goal (goal-oriented motivation) Classic theories of motivation: maslow"s need theory - assumption that people have basic biological and instinctive needs and behave in ways that satisfy those needs. Need - force that organizes perceptions, beliefs, cognition, and actions towards behavior that reduce that force. Individuals are motivated to fulfill the lowest unmet need in the hierarchy: herzberg"s two-factor theory - motivation is a function of 2 distinctive and independent set of determinants of hygiene and motivators. Hygienes - factors that eliminate job dissatisfaction when met, but don"t increase willingness to expend effort when met (things you almost expect from a job)
