1 EXPECTANCY THEORY OF MOTIVATION AT USE IN THE WORKPLACE Leadership Concepts and Applications LET1 Student#: March 30‚ 2012 2 What is Motivation? Motivation is a word popularly used to explain why people behave as they do. Some psychologists and scientists view motivation as the factor that determines behavior‚ as expressed in the phrase “all behavior is motivated” (World Book‚ 1992). Some scientists view motivation as the factor that energizes behavior. According to this
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Motivation and Goal Setting Visualize Success Motivation You are your own best motivator. Your motivation must come from within yourself. Others may try to encourage you‚ but you are the only one who can attain what you desire. You must convince yourself - you can! Success comes in cans! Throughout your college years you will have to make many choices; view these choices as opportunities. Don’t allow yourself to be burden with problems; they are really only challenges. Train yourself from the
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CheckPoint: Goal Setting The matching hypothesis is the pursuit of goals that express or fulfill an individual’s needs‚ values‚ motives or self-conception to increase well-being than pursuit of goals that do not fit or match with the person. (Baumgardner & Crothers‚ p. 138‚ 2009). In other words‚ goals that fit a person’s needs‚ values‚ and sense of self are likely to increase well-being while goals that are mismatched with an individual will lead to no change or perhaps even diminish well-being
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1. Describe one academic goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals? One goal I have created is to continue to attain the highest points possible each week in college. SMART criteria contribute to my academic goal by helping me identify what I need to focus on to complete this goal. By concentrating on how to set my goal to the guidelines of SMART (Specific‚ Measureable‚ Attainable‚ Realist‚ and Timely) I am able to
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Goal-Setting Worksheet Identify and describe one short-term and one long-term academic goal and one personal goal. Analyze the goals using SMART criteria. Goals Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time frame Short-term goal: To finish my homework assignments on time. Me‚ finishing my homework on time and properly‚without wasting time. I will give myself two hours. Yes‚because It’s possible I can finish in two hours. The goal is important because later
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Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT) postulates that “humans have competing needs for personal space and for affiliation” (Dainton & Zelley‚ 2011)‚ and as such it states that while we as humans need the close personal comfort and emotionally rewarding stimulus that social interactions with others provides‚ we also have an inherent need and desire for privacy and personal space. Additionally‚ EVT provides predictions and guidelines to describe how we react when our expectations are either met‚ or as
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organization’s goals are needed to be defined. Secondly‚ an overall strategy will needed to be established in order to achieve the goals defined. After having an overall strategy ‚ plans for organization work activities could be developed afterwards . Goal setting is the first step for planning and it is essential.Traditional goal setting is one of the approach for establishing goals.Broad goals are set at the top of the organization for example the share holders or the owners of the firm ‚ the goals will
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Cydney Hammon March 26‚ 2012 Period 2 SMART Goal Setting Process Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall health and can help you prevent and control many diseases and conditions. That is why I am using the SMART goal setting process to lose tem pounds by the end of the year. I picked this specific fitness goal because I think it is crucial to feel good about yourself and keep a healthy weight. This goal is not going to be achieved on its own; it’s going to have some
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Personal Goal Setting SMART Planning to Live Your Success Future . Many people in this world work really hard but they don’t seem to feel happy. You can see around that most of rich people often don’t think they have more than enough. Their mind can be the major reason of the problem‚ because sometime when people don’t feel like they’re satisfied enough‚ they will find a way how to make them happy. But some of them you normally found we’re not went to the right way. They always confuse what are
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adrift in the world. They work hard‚ but they don ’t seem to get anywhere worthwhile. Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future‚ and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality. The first step in setting personal goals is to consider what you want to achieve in your lifetime (or at least‚ by a significant and distant age in the future). Setting lifetime goals gives you the overall perspective that shapes all other aspects of your decision-making
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