Psychology 2061A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Victor Vroom, Meta-Analysis, Work Motivation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2061A/B
• Professor: Hayden Woodley

Document Summary

Target behaviour of motivation: may want to know how to motivate ocbs, prosocial motivation: primary concerns of managers, can be work-task related (improving jp/productivity) but also broadly defined as prosocial motivation. Theories of motivation: no agreed upon integrative theory for motivation, 3 c"s of workplace motivation, 1) content (person, 2) context (situation, 3) change (time) Needs theory: based on the notion that people are striving to fulfill their needs, and this striving involves directed attention, effort, and persistence. 3)love, affection, and belongingness needs: affectionate relationships, giving and receiving love, sense of belonging. Mcclelland"s (1961) need theory: the need for achievement, need to be successful and to avoid failure, people with high need pick moderately hard tasks, people with low pick easy tasks because of their fear of failure. Mps= (skill variety + task identity + task significance) x autonomy x feedback.