Motivation Theories: Understanding Workplace Drive and Satisfaction
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DEFINITION • The willingness to exert high levels of effort toward organization goals, conditioned by the effort’s ability to satisfy some individual need.
Theory X, Theory Y- Douglas McGregor Assumption by Managers
Hygiene theory – Frederick Herzberz • Intrinsic factors are related to job satisfaction, while extrinsic factors are associated with dissatisfaction
Theory of Needs – David McClelland • Need for Achievement (Drive to excel, to achieve in relation to a set of standard, to strive to succeed) • Need for Power (The need to make others behave in a way they would not have behaved otherwise) • Need for affiliation (The desire for friendly and close interpersonal relationships)
Goal Setting Theory – Edwin Locke • Specific and difficult goals lead to higher performance • Goal commitment • Adequate self-efficacy (the individual’s belief that s/he is capable of performing a task • National culture
Equity Theory – J.Stacy Adams • Individuals compares their job inputs and outcomes with those of others and then respond so as to eliminate any inequities. • Ratio Comparisons Perceptions • o/IA < o/IB ------------------------------inequity due to being under rewarded • o/IA = o/IB ------------------------------equity • o/IA > o/IB-------------------------------inequity due to being over rewarded • *o/IA represents employee, o/IB represents colleagues • Self –inside: experiences a different position inside his/her current position • Self-outside: experiences in a situation or position outside his/her current organization • Other-inside: another individual or group of individuals inside the employees’ organization • Other-outside: another individual or group of individuals outside the employee’s organization