PSY 197 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Psy, Procedural Knowledge, Goal Setting
31 May 2017
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Motivation is a soft skill because it is not stable overtime. Declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge and skills are hard skills (stable) Work motivation refers to the psychological processes that determine (or energize) the direction, intensity, and persistence of action within the continuing stream of experiences that characterize the person in relation to his or her work (kanfer, 1990) Performance = (motivation x ability) situational constraints. Motivation is the moderator between these factors and: Motional varies both within and across individuals. Motivation is determined by the interplay between person and environment. Motivation explains why and how an individual allocate one"s resources toward specific actions. Behaviors are directed by something positive or desirable. People have higher job performance, happier in general. Behaviors are directed by something negative or undesirable. People have lower level of job performance. People are dispositional to be avoidance or approach.
