BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Equity Theory, Victor Vroom, Machinist
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Motivation has become more important in contemporary organizations as a result of increased productivity to be globally competitive and rapid changes organizations are undergoing. Stable systems of rules, regulations, and procedures are being replaced by requirements for flexibility and attention to customers that necessitate higher levels of initiative. Recognize human diversity and consider that same conditions don"t motivate everyone. Explain how some people are self-motivated while others require external motivation. Recognize social aspect of human beings people"s motivation affected by how others are treated. Motivated person = person works hard, keeps at their work, and directs behaviour to appropriate outcomes. Motivation: extent to which persistent effort is directed toward a goal. Effort: amount of effort person exhibits on job; involves diff. kinds of activities on diff. jobs. Persistence: persistence that individuals exhibit in applying effort to work tasks. Direction: quality of someone"s work; probability that persistent effort is translated into accepted organizational outcomes motivation means working smart and hard.
