Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Job Enrichment, Job Performance, Equity Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Study of motivation: it is important as a consumer because you can be the victim of faulty workers and because you yourself will spend most of your life working and therefore should be motivated to do so. Correlations between achievement motivation and financial success: high correlation, and they will be displayed more respect and more receptive to new ideas, better job performance. Mastery: developing competence and self-satisfaction through acquiring knowledge and skills. Mastery orientation: employees with this strong were ore effective on the job than were those with a strong performance orientation, established higher quality leader-member exchanges. 3 dimensions of achievement motivation: perseverance, competition and level of difficulty of controlling the task. Needs hierarchy theory: theory of motivation that encompasses physiological, safety, belonging, esteem and self-actualization needs. Motivator-hygiene (two factor) theory: theory of motivation that explains work motivation and job satisfaction in terms of job tasks and workplace features, two sets of needs motivation needs and hygiene needs.