Sources of Motivation and Our Behavior Angela Atwater PSY 355 February 10‚ 2013 Dr. Neysa Hatcher Motivation is what moves us to start exercising regularly‚ eating healthier or pursing further education. Whatever our goals may be‚ in order to accomplish them and endure the obstacles along the way‚ our motives and incentives must remain in focus. Each of us has someone or something that drives us toward an action or shapes our behaviors and it varies from earning a specific income
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Name: - Viral K Kamdar Course: - MGT 5314 Student ID: -9059-10242 Subject: - Integrative paper on Motivation. Motivation: - Motivation is defined as a set of factors that activate‚ direct‚ and maintain behavior‚ usually toward a certain goal‚ Motivation is the energy that makes us do things: this is a result of our individual Needs being satisfied so that we have inspiration to complete the mission but these needs vary from Person to person as everybody has their individual
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I. Introduction to Motivation Motivation is the inner state that causes an individual to behave in a way that ensures the accomplishment of some goal. In other word‚ motivation explains why people act as they do. The better a manager understands organization members’ behavior‚ the more able that manager will be to influence subordinates’ behavior to make it more consistent with the accomplishment of organizational objectives. Because productivity is a result of the behavior of organizational members
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the concepts of Motivation. Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an organism to act towards a desired goal and elicits‚ controls‚ and sustains certain goal directed behaviors. It can be considered a driving force; a psychological drive that compels or reinforces an action toward a desired goal. For example‚ hunger is a motivation that elicits a desire to eat. Motivation has been shown to have roots in physiological‚ behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and social areas. Motivation may be rooted in
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Definition of motivation Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job‚ role or subject‚ or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the (1) intensity of desire or need‚ (2) incentive or reward value of the goal‚ and (3) expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the reasons one has for behaving a certain
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Motivation A motive is a reason for doing something. Motivation is concerned with the strength and direction of behavior and the factors that influence people to behave in certain ways. The term ‘motivation’ can refer variously to the goals individuals have‚ the ways in which individuals chose their goals and the ways in which others try to change their behavior. Motivating other people is about getting them to move in the direction you want them to go in order to achieve a result. Motivating
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Motivation may be defined as psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s behavior in an organization. Motivation is central to management because it explains why people behave the way they do. A persons’ behavior tells how motivated they are to do their job at a higher performance level. There is intrinsically and extrinsic sources for motivation (Gareth‚ 2009) There are also two motivational theories which explains how an employee can be motivated. Intrinsic behavior is
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1 Theories of Motivation Motivation is regarded as one of the most important areas of study in the field of organizational behavior (Cadwallader‚ S. K. 2003). In a general way‚ the term motivation theory is concerned with the processes that describe how and why human behavior is directed and activated. How to improve and enhance the industry or company is based on how to motivate employees‚ which is an effective method to increase competitive businesses’ advantage and extend their value (Rahman
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Motivation is the driving force that causes the flux from desire to will in life. For example: a flower with no water still desires for water to sustain life; however‚ due to its incapability to move and get water‚ the flower cannot will for water‚ hence‚ suffering from a break in the driving force of motivation; it is not to say‚ however‚ that‚ necessarily‚ the flower lacks the driving force; therefore‚ all life can said to have‚ at its very minimal‚ the igniting spark of motivation. It can be considered
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Summary 12.1 Motivating for Performance Motivation is defined as the psychological processes that arouse and direct goal–directed behavior. In a simple model of motivation‚ people have certain needs that motivate them to perform specific behaviors for which they receive rewards that feed back and satisfy the original need. Rewards are of two types: (1) An extrinsic reward is the payoff‚ such as money‚ a person receives from others for performing a particular task. (2) An intrinsic reward is
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