IRE260H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Motivation, Work Motivation, Belongingness
29 Oct 2016
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Reading: chapter 5: 160-185, chapter 6: 202-228. One of the most traditional topics in ob. Important in contemporary organizations: need for increased productivity, global competitiveness, rapid changes, need for flexibility, attention to customers. Extent to which persistent effort is directed towards a goal: effort, persistence, direction, goals. A theory of motivation that conside(cid:396)s (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) people"s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) is auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)ous o(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)olled. Intrinsic/extrinsic motivation are used to explain what motivates people and whether motivation is autonomous/controlled. Motivation theories that specify the kinds of needs people have and the conditions under which they will be motivated to satisfy these needs in a way that contributes to performance. Maslo(cid:449)"s hie(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:272)h(cid:455) of needs: a five-level hierarchical need theory of motivation that specifies that the lowest-level unsatisfied need has the greatest motivating potential. As lower-level needs are satisfied, the desire to have higher-level needs satisfied will increase. The least concrete needs (growth needs) become more compelling and more desired as they are fulfilled: differs from maslow:
