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Motivation - Who has the responsibility for your motivation?

3 important questions on Motivation - Who has the responsibility for your motivation?

Key Concepts/ Ideas/ Assumptions

Important aspects of motivation

Motivation – performance link
Motivation metaphors/ assumptions of different theories

Content & Process theories of motivation

Motivation as individual phenomenon (is your motivation consistent?)
Motivation as ‘influence-able’ phenomenon (what external factors influence your motivation?)
Motivation as within management control (can someone ‘motivate’ you?)

Defining Work Motivation - Prompted Questions

Direction - what are we putting our efforts toward? Do individuals goal complement those of the organization? This might be key going forward? There is such a thing as being negatively motivated!

Intensity - how effective is all the effort you are giving?

Duration/persistence - how long do we keep going?

So is extrinsic or intrinsic motivation better?

More contemporary research suggests intrinsic motivation
The actual result can be more complex and context dependent
Intrinsic is more associated with cognitively demanding tasks
Extrinsic works best for tasks that are simple, straightforward

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Something to think about
-Maybe current working practices cause a lack of intrinsic motivation and the external managerial approach has had to develop because of this

-In the business world, individuals who are extrinsically motivated will do their jobs because they believe they will receive desirable outcomes, such as monetary rewards, job promotion, bonuses, or an increase in wages or salary

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