Psychology 2660A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Goal Setting, Work Motivation, Call Centre

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: John Meyer

Document Summary

One of biggest topics in organization psych. In the interest in trying to synthesize it into a def, pinder and organization psych said its: A set of energetic forces that originate both within as well as beyond an indivualds being to initiate wrk related behaviour and to determine its form, direction, intensity and duration. We have a set of internal needs and this is what energizes our behaviour and we need to provide situations where those neds can be satisfied. Behaviour is a function of its consequences. We use this in training pets with treats. Major concerns about radical behavioural approach: it ignores a lot of things that go on like cognition because there is such a huge focus on things we can see and you cant see cognition. Perhaps the most dominant theory of motivation and affective application. Self determination theory new but coming in with a vengeance. Been around for a very long time.