MGCR 222 Lecture Notes - Distributive Justice, Procedural Justice, Cognitive Evaluation Theory

• School: McGill University
• Department: Management Core
• Course: MGCR 222
• Professor: Jim Fraser

Document Summary

Motivation: process that accounts for an individual"s intensity, direction and persistence of effort toward teaching the goal. The internal and external forces that lead to an individual to work toward a goal. Theory x: negative -> employees dislike work -> must be controlled to achieve goals. Theory y: positive -> employees like work -> self control and committed to objectives. Intrinsic motivators -> internal desire to do something -> interest, challenge, personal satisfaction. Extrinsic motivators -> external factors -> pay, bonuses, tangible rewards. All needs theories of motivation propose a similar idea, that when individuals have needs that are unsatisfied it will result in motivation. Process theories focus on how someone can motivate another person. These include expectancy theory and goal setting theory. Individuals look for fairness in the reward system and they should be related to inputs from employees. Debate: do motivation theories benefit employees or just improve productivity.