Workplace Motivation Theories

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Course Outline

  1. Motivation and Its Core Dimensions
  2. Desire, Aspirations, and Self-Image
  3. Motivational Scenario and Engagement
  4. Content Theories of Motivation
  5. Process Theories and Goal Setting
  6. Self-Determination and Intrinsic Motivation

1. Motivation and Its Core Dimensions

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Motivation : Robbins & Judge, 2015 — the process, resulting from internal and external drives, that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a defined goal

★ Must-know

  • Motivation comprises three dimensions:
    • Intensity
    • Direction
    • Persistence

Further detail

  • In Gallup’s 2017 figures, engaged employees represented 15% worldwide, 10% in Western Europe, and 28% among managers; actively disengaged employees represented 18% worldwide, 19% in Western Europe, and 9% among managers.

  • Motivation triggers the decision to deploy the necessary energy and move from intention to action.

Memory Hook

IDP: Intensity, Direction, Persistence

2. Desire, Aspirations, and Self-Image

Key Concepts & Definitions

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1. Which combination best describes the three dimensions of motivation?

2. Why can intense effort fail to represent effective organizational motivation?

3. Which distinction correctly separates desire from aspiration?

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What is motivation according to Robbins & Judge (2015)?

Motivation is the process from internal and external drives affecting effort toward a goal.

What are the three core dimensions of motivation?

Intensity, direction, and persistence.

What does intensity in motivation refer to?

How hard a person tries.

What does direction in motivation mean?

How effort is channeled toward an organizationally relevant objective.

What does persistence in motivation describe?

How long effort is maintained despite obstacles and failures.

What triggers the decision to move from intention to action?

Motivation triggers the decision to deploy energy and act.

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