PSY 255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Reinforcement Learning, Behaviorism, Job Performance
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Motivation: refers to the processes that energize, direct and sustain behavior, energize= expands effort, direct= effort towards something, sustain = effort persists b. Job satisfaction: temperament/aggression, drives and needs, why do we act, we have drives or needs that we strive to satisfy, ex. Motivation is one of the determinants of performance. Intentional, perfectly rational i: active information-gathering, knowledge-seeking, person as intentional, assumes individuals are intentional in their behavior. Vie theory: expectancy (belief, do employees have sufficient self-efficacy, e. g. socialization, selection, training, instrumentality (belief) Is the performance-reward link clear? a: e. g. performance appraisal, merit-based pay, bonuses, valence, are rewards attractive, e. g. compensation, benefits, vacation. Variations in motivation: motivation concerns conditions responsible for variations in behavior, direction, intensity, persistence. No evidence that needs arranged in a strict hierarchy of importance. Longitudinal data contradicts the motion that once a need is satisfied it is no longer important- there is some evidence that satisfied needs remain important.
