MHR 405 Chapter 4: Chapter 4
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What is motivation: motivation: is defined as the process of arousing and sustaining goal-directed behaviour, comes from latin root word movere to move, requires 2 set of forces. I nt rinsisic motivation: person"s internal drive to do something because of interest, challenge, or personal satisfaction. extrinsic motivation: motivation that comes from external forces such as pay, tangible rewards, or promotion: overlap with concept of employee engagement: state of emotional and intellectual involvement that employees have in their organization. usually motivated and engaged, but not always: can be engaged with company goal, but not motivated to do well at job, distinguishes job satisfaction: a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from. The appraisal of one"s job or job experiences. What is the relationship between motivation and performance: only 23% canadians said engaged at work, cyber loafing: employees surfing on internet when they should be working. 2 types of motivation theories: need theories of motivation i.