MGT 500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Job Satisfaction, Behaviorism

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Management
• Course: MGT 500
• Professor: Ronda Smith

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Motivation: the process that accounts for a person"s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward achieving a goal. Hierarchy of needs: abraham maslow"s hierarchy of five needs where each need is satisfied and the next then becomes dominant. Two-factor theory: a theory relating intrinsic factors to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction with extrinsic factors. Hygiene factors: factors, that when adequate in jobs, appease workers. Mcclelland"s theory of needs: a theory that states three important needs to explain motivation are achievement, power, and affiliation. Need for achievement (nach): the drive to excel, to achieve in relationship to a standard set, and strive to succeed and be successful. Need for power (npow): the need to make others act in a way they wouldn"t otherwise act. Need for affiliation (naff): the desire for interpersonal relationships that are close and friendly. Self-determination theory: a theory of motivation concerned with intrinsic motivation"s beneficial effects and extrinsic motivation"s harmful effects.