3 components of motivation
Engagement
intensity and persistence of effort
Only about 30% of employees are engaged.
Intrinsic motivators
Task performance itself is rewarding: Enjoyment, accomplishment, gain knowledge, skill development,
Extrinsic motivators
Task performance provides external rewards: Pay, promotions, benefits, praise, job security, free time
importance of money
Represents Achievement, respect and freedom
3 components of expectancy theory
Corps can influence expectancy theory through
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Physiological, safety and security, belongingness
Alderfer’s ERG theory
Existence, Relatedness, Growth
McClelland’s Acquired Needs theory
Achievement, power, affiliation
Motivation formula
Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence
Motivation is zero if any component is zero
Effective Goals are:
Specific and Difficult. Effective goals maximize Intensity and persistence
Feedback in regard to goal setting
progress updates on goals
Task complexity in regard to goal setting
specific/difficult goals are 2x as strong on simple tasks than complex tasks
Goal commitment relation to task performance
direct relationship
Strategies for fostering goal commitment
Equity theory
employees remember the outcomes they get for their job inputs, relative to some comparison other (something you can compare yourself to).
Equity formula
your outcomes/your inputs = other’s outcomes/other’s inputs
Underrewarded Inequity
Your outcomes/your inputs < Other’s outcomes/other’s inputs
Overrewarded inequity
Your outcomes/your inputs > Other’s outcomes/others inputs
Types of comparison others
Responses to inequity
Personality types of equity theory
Four beliefs of psychological empowerment