IRE260H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Work Motivation, Motivation, Job Performance
18 Oct 2018
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Motivation has become very important in contemporary organizations, as a result of the need for increased productivity for organizations to be globally competitive. Motivation is the extent to which persistent effort is directed towards a goal. Effort: strength of the person"s work-related behavior, or the amount of effort the person exhibits on the job. Persistence: the persistence that individuals exhibit in applying effort to their work tasks. Direction: effort and persistence refer mainly to the quantity of work an individual produces. Of equal importance is the quality of a person"s work. Thus, the third characteristic is the direction of the person-s work-related behavior. Goals: ultimately all motivated behavior has some goal or objective toward which it is directed. Intrinsic motivation: stems from the direct relationship between the worker and the task and is usually self-applied. Ex: feelings of achievement, accomplishment, challenge, and competence derived from performing one"s jobs.
