MHR 405 Lecture 5: mhr405 5
22 Feb 2016
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Motivation refers to the forces within a person that affect his or her direction, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior: particular level of effort (intensity, certain amount of time (persistence, particular goal (direction. Although is definition is still being debated, employee engagement is defined as an individual"s emotional and cognitive (rational) motivation, particularly a focused, intense, persistent, and purposive effort toward work- related goals. Drives accomplish this task by producing emotions to energize us to act on our environment. A few drives that are consistently identified in research include the drive for social interaction, understanding the environment, competence or status, and defending oneself against physiological and psychological harm. Everyone has drives and is born with them. They are prime movers of behavior because they generate emotions: needs are goal-directed forces that people experience. They are the motivational forces of emotions channeled toward particular goals to correct deficiencies or imbalances.
