What is employee motivation?
Forces within a person that affect the direction, intensity and persistence of effort
What is employee engagement?
Emotional and cognitive motivation, focussed intensely and persistently on work goals
What are employee drives?
Hardwired brain activities that correct deficiencies and energize behaviour through emotion emotions
What are employee needs?
Goal directed forces shaped by self-concept, social norms and past experience
What are the four drives in the fourdrive theory?
Acquire
Bond
Comprehend
Defend
What is the drive to acquire?
Desire to seek obtain and retain objects, status and experiences
What is the drive to Bond?
Desire to form social relationship, relationships, and mutual commitments
What is the drive to comprehend?
Drive to understand ourselves and the environment
What is the drive to defend?
Desire to protect ourselves, physically, and socially
What is Maslow‘s hierarchy of needs theory?
Needs are arranged in a hierarchy.
The lowest unmet needs motivates behavior.
What is intrinsic verse extrinsic motivation?
Intrinsic: personal satisfaction for doing an activity on your own
Extrinsic: motivation by external rewards are outcomes
What is learned needs theory?
Needs are shaped by self-concept social arms, and experience
What are the three learned needs?
Need for achievement (desire to accomplish goals)
Need for affiliation (seek approval from others)
Need for power (seek power for social or personal purposes)
What is the expectancy theory?
Motivation on three beliefs
1. Expectancy. “If I try hard, will I perform well?” ( E ~> P)
2 instrumentality “ if I perform well, will I actually get rewarded?”
( P ~> O)
- Valance. “ do I even care about the reward?” (V)
What is the equity theory?
People compare their input/output ratio to others to assess fairness
How do employees respond to inequity?
Reduce effort, demand more rewards, change, perception or leave
What are three types of organizational justice?
Distributive
Procedural
Interactional justice
What does SMARTER goal standing stand for?
specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time framed
Exciting
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