BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Motivation, Work Motivation, Job Satisfaction
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Important because have a need for increased productivity to succeed need high levels of initiative which depend on motivation. Process that accounts for an individual"s intensity, direction and persistence toward attaining a goal: need effort, persistence, direction (where effort is channeled - beneficial to org) Self-determination theory: considers whether people"s motivation is autonomous (self-motivated by intrinsic factors controlled internally) or controlled (want to obtain a desired consequence/reward controlled externally) Performance: extent to which an org member contributes to achieving goals of org: not only dependent on motivation, thus motivation alone cannot improve it. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs: theory that specifies that the lowest-level unsatisfied provides most motivation, satisfied need no longer effective motivator all depends on position. Physiological needs needs that must be satisfied for the person to survive org factors that satisfies these needs are minimum pay and working conditions: ex. Food, health once taken care of, next about safety needs.
