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1
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The processes that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining an organizational goal

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Motivation

2
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The amount of effort put forth to meet the goal

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Intensity

3
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Efforts are channeled toward organizational goals

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Direction

4
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How long the effort is maintained

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Persistence

5
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Early Theories of Motivation

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  • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
  • McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
  • Herzberg’s Two-Factor (Motivation-Hygiene) Theory
  • McClellan’s Theory of Needs (Three Needs Theory)
6
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Inherent dislike for work and will attempt to avoid it

Must be coerced, controlled, or threatened with punishment

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Theory X

7
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View work as being as natural as rest or play

Will exercise self-direction and self-control if committed to objectives

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Theory Y

8
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Hygiene Factors (Two-Factor Theory)

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  • Quality of supervision
  • Pay
  • Company policies
  • Physical working conditions
  • Relationships
  • Job security
9
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Motivation Factors (Two-Factor Theory)

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  • Promotional opportunities
  • Opportunities for personal growth
  • Recognition
  • Responsibility
  • Achievement
10
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The drive to excel

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Need for Achievement (nAch)

11
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The need to make others behave in a way they would not have behaved otherwise

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Need for Power (nPow)

12
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The desire for friendly and close interpersonal relationships

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Need for Affiliation (nAff)

13
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High achievers prefer jobs with… (McClelland’s High Achievers)

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  • Personal responsibility
  • Feedback
  • Intermediate degree of risk (50/50)
14
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Contemporary Theories of Motivation

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  • Self-Determination Theory
  • Goal-Setting Theory
  • Management by Objectives
15
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People prefer to have control over their actions so when they feel they are forced to do something they previously enjoyed, motivation will decrease

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Self-Determination Theory

16
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Proposes that the introduction of extrinsic rewards for work (pay) that was previously intrinsically rewarding tends to decrease overall motivation

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Cognitive Evaluation Theory

17
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Considers how strongly people’s reasons for pursuing goals are consistent with their interests and core values

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Self-Concordance

18
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Goals increase performance when goals are…

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  • Specific
  • Difficult, but accepted by employees
  • Accompanied by feedback: self-generated feedback is best
19
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Contingencies in goal-setting theory…

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  • Goal Commitment
  • Task Characteristics
  • National Culture
20
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Public goals better

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Goal Commitment

21
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Simple & familiar better

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Task Characteristics

22
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Western culture suits best

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National Culture

23
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Converts overall organizational objectives into specific objectives for work units and individuals

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Management By Objectives (MBO)

24
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Common ingredients of Management By Objectives (MBO)…

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  • Goal specificity
  • Explicit time period
  • Performance feedback
  • Participation in decision making
25
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Other Contemporary Theories of Motivation

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  • Self-Efficacy Theory
  • Equity Theory
  • Expectancy Theory
26
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An individual’s belief that he or she is capable of performing a task
Also known as social cognitive theory or social learning theory

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Self-Efficacy Theory

27
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Self-efficacy increased by

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  • Enactive Mastery
  • Vicarious Modeling
  • Verbal Persuasion
  • Arousal
28
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Gaining relevant experience to the task or job

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Enactive Mastery

29
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Becoming more confident because you see someone else doing the task

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Vicarious Modeling

30
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Someone convinces you that you have the skills necessary to be successful

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Verbal Persuasion

31
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Get energized

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Arousal

32
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Employees weigh what they put into a job situation (input) against what they get from it (outcome)
They compare their input-outcome ratio with the input-outcome ratio of relevant others

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Equity Theory

33
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Equity Theory (Six Choices)

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  • Change inputs
  • Change outcomes
  • Distort perceptions of self
  • Distort perceptions of others
  • Choose a different referent
  • Leave the field
34
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Three key relationships of Expectancy Theory

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  • Effort-Performance
  • Performance-Reward
  • Rewards-Personal Goals
35
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Perceived probability that exerting effort leads to successful performance

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Effort-Performance

36
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The belief that successful performance leads to desired outcome

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Performance-Reward

37
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The attractiveness of organizational outcome (reward) to the individual

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Rewards-Personal Goals

38
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The investment of an employee’s physical, cognitive, and emotional energies into job performance

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Job Engagement

39
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Organizations where employees are highly engaged have…

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  • Higher levels of productivity
  • Fewer safety incidents
  • Lower turnover
40
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Strive for advancement and accomplishment, and they approach conditions that move them closer toward desired goals.

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Promotion Focus

41
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Strive to fulfill duties and obligations and avoid conditions that pull them away from desired goals

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Prevention Focus

42
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It is a form of self fulfilling prophecy in which believing something can make it true

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Pygmalion Effect or Galatea Effect

43
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Overall perception of what is fair in the workplace

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Organizational justice

44
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It is concerned with the fairness of the outcomes such as pay and recognition that employees receive

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Distributive justice

45
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Perceived fairness of process used to determine outcomes

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Procedural justice

46
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Degree to which employees are provided explanations for decisions and kept informed

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Informational justice

47
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Perceived degree to which one is treated with dignity and respect

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Interpersonal justice