ADMS 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Satisfaction Theory Of Atonement, Theory X And Theory Y, Reinforcement

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2400
• Professor: Leonard Eli Karakowsky

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Chapter 4: motivation: what is motivation, motivation: the process that accounts for an individual"s intensity, direction and persistence of effort toward reaching a goal, three key elements: intensity, direction and persistence. Individuals have needs that, when unsatisfied, have the potential to create motivation: maslow: argues that lower-order needs must be satisfied before one progresses to higher- order needs, mcclelland: people vary in the types of needs they have. Their motivation and how well they perform in a work situation are related to whether they have a need for achievement, affiliation, or power: herzberg: motivators lead to satisfaction. Hygiene factors must be met if a person is not: expectancy theory: to be dissatisfied. Its often called expectancy: the belief that effort is related to performance. If i give a maximum effort will it be recognized in my performance appraisal: performance rewards relationship, commonly called instrumentality: the belief that performance is related to rewards.