PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Job Enrichment, Motivation, Job Satisfaction
Document Summary
Need for achievement represents the desire to accomplish tasks and attain standards of excellence. Motivation for success: the thrill of victory: people can strive to succeed for two radically different reasons, 1) motive for success people are attracted to thrill of victory, 2) fear of failure (negatively oriented motivation) Fear of failure: the agony of defeat: measured in psychological tests that ask people to report anxiety in achievement situations, people with high fear of failure show an interesting pattern of achievement goals. Tend to adopt performance-approach goals & performance- avoidance goals: worry associated with fear of failure and performance avoidance goals impairs task performance. Earliest theory held that workers are motivated almost entirely by money. Research indicates that many more view personal accomplishment as most important job attribute. Research has found that job productivity and job satisfaction are weakly related. Job enrichment programs attempt to increase intrinsic motivation by making jobs more fulfilling and providing workers with opportunities for growth.
