Motivation and the meaning of work
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What are extrinsic motivators?
What are Intrinsic moivators?
What are behavioural theories of motivation?
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What are social theories of motivation?
What is behaviourism? (content theories)
What is classical conditioning (Pavlov)? (content theories)
What is operant conditioning (Skinner)? (content theories)
In which two groups can Herzberg's motivators and hygiene framework be divided? (content theories)
2. Hygiene factors: not increase satisfaction but not ignored, extrinsic factors, factors that satisfy the lower level needs on Maslow's hierarchy. (pay) (job simplification -> horizontal loading; job rotation and job enlargement)
What is Adam's equity theory? (process theories)
-organizational justice: the processes through which a decision is reached needs to be seen fair as well (gender pay gap)
What is Vroom's expectancy theory? (process theory)
- (E)xpectancy is the belief that a particular effort or action will lead to a particular outcome.
-(I)nstrumentality is the belief that that outcome will attract a particular reward.
-(V)alance is the value that an individual attaches to that reward.
What is the goal setting theory? (process theory)
What is the contemporary needs-based theory? (process theories)
What are Goldthorpe's three orientations to work? (social theories)
-A bureaucratic orientation: meaning and social identity are carried out into the outside world.
-A solidaristic orientationmeanin is carried out into the outside world, but it is a meaning that derives from membership of a group rather than individual status.
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