Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Goal Setting, Clayton Alderfer, Motivation

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Kyle Cameron

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Exam 1: 50 mc, 4 sa questions (50% each: no numerical / percentage multiple choice questions, need to know strength / level of correlations not numbers. Why are some employees more motivated? (focus on text book theories) Human beings have certain physiological and psychological needs they aim to fulfill. Alderfer"s erg theor(cid:455: existence needs, relatedness needs, growth needs are the three categories. M(cid:272)clella(cid:374)d"s need theory: three main categories, achievement, power, affiliation, achieving potential, and community. High need for affiliation individuals need to establish and maintain warm, close, intimate relationships with others: tend to be expressive, frequent communicators, and to dislike conflict. Three core psychological needs influence motivation and well being: autonomy, competence ability to feel as master of task, successful performance, relatedness desire to maintain harmonious relationships. When these needs are met, people will feel more intrinsic motivation. For employer: better retention, enhanced performance, engagement.