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Work Motivation : History, Theory, Research, and Practice

ISBN: 9780761920175 | 076192017X
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 7/19/2006

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, and Practice provides unique behavioral science frameworks for motivating employees in organizational settings. Drawing upon his experiences as a staff psychologist and consultant to organizations, author Gary??Latham has written this book in a ???mentor voice??? that is highly personal and rich in examples, including enduring influences of mentors on researchers in the field.?????? Key Features Includes anecdotes about and from the major thought leaders in the field of motivation: Personal insights f... MORE
Introduction to the Seriesix
David Whetten
Editor's Commentsxi
Benjamin Schneider
Preface and Acknowledgments: Person-Environ... MORExiii
Introduction: Thirteen Critical Incidents in the Life of a Scientist/Practitionerxxiii
Part I: The 20th Century: Understanding the Past1(124)
Chapter 1: 1900-1925: Biology, Behavior, and Money
3(10)
Introduction
3(3)
Biology
6(3)
Behavior
9(2)
Money
11(1)
Concluding Comments
12(1)
Chapter 2: 1925-1950: Dust Bowl Empiricism
13(14)
Introduction
13(2)
Attitude Surveys
15(1)
Laboratory Experiments
16(1)
Field Experiments
17(1)
Hawthorne Studies
18(3)
World War II
21(3)
Concluding Comments
24(3)
Chapter 3: 1950-1975: The Emergence of Theory
27(32)
Introduction
27(1)
Job Satisfaction and Job Performance
28(1)
Motivation Theory
29(1)
Need Hierarchy Theory
30(2)
Theory X and Theory Y
32(1)
Theory-Driven Empirical Research
33(3)
Job Characteristics
36(6)
Equity Theory
42(2)
Expectancy Theory
44(4)
Behavior Modification
48(4)
Goal-Setting Theory
52(4)
Concluding Comments
56(3)
Chapter 4: 1975-2000: The Employee Is Immersed in Thought
59(40)
Introduction
59(1)
Goal-Setting Theory
60(10)
Goal Limitations
63(7)
Social Cognitive Theory
70(6)
Self-Regulation
76(3)
Job Characteristics Revisited
79(1)
A Comprehensive Framework: The High-Performance Cycle
80(15)
Demands Influence Performance
80(5)
Mediators
85(1)
Moderators
86(6)
Performance Leads to Rewards That Affect Satisfaction
92(1)
Satisfaction Leads to Organizational Commitment
93(2)
Principles of Organizational Justice
95(3)
Concluding Comments
98(1)
Chapter 5: 20th-Century Controversies
99(26)
Money
99(3)
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation
102(3)
Performance and Satisfaction
105(3)
Participative Decision Making
108(8)
Seismic Events: Summary and Overview of the 20th Century
116(11)
From a Scientist's Viewpoint
116(5)
From a Practitioner's Viewpoint
121(4)
Part II: The 21st Century: Examining the Present: 2000-2005125(116)
Chapter 6: Needs: The Starting Point of Motivation
127(6)
Introduction
127(1)
Need Hierarchy Theory
128(2)
Socioanalytic Theory
130(1)
Concluding Comments
131(2)
Chapter 7: Personality Traits: Distal Predictors of Motivation
133(16)
Introduction
133(2)
Five Factor Model (FFM)
135(2)
Self-Regulatory/Self-Monitoring Personality
137(2)
Core Self-Evaluations
139(2)
Goal Orientation
141(1)
Self-Determination Theory
142(3)
Concluding Comments
145(4)
Chapter 8: Values: Trans-Situational Goals
149(26)
Introduction
149(1)
Context
150(22)
Societal Culture
151(6)
Job Characteristics
157(4)
Person-Environment Fit
161(11)
Concluding Comments
172(3)
Chapter 9: Cognition: Goals, Feedback, and Self-Regulation
175(32)
Introduction
175(1)
Goal-Setting Theory
176(14)
Conscious Goals
177(3)
Contextual Conditions
180(10)
Implementation Intentions and Subconscious Goals
190(8)
Feedback
198(5)
Self-Regulation
203(4)
Chapter 10: Social Cognitive Theory
207(14)
Self-Efficacy
207(3)
Outcome Expectancies
210(2)
Moral Disengagement
212(2)
Pygmalion Effect
214(3)
Action Theory
217(2)
Concluding Comments
219(2)
Chapter 11: Affect/Emotion: The Employee Has Feelings Too
221(20)
Introduction
221(1)
Emotions and Moods
222(7)
Principles of Organizational Justice
229(4)
The Psychological Contract
233(4)
Concluding Comments
237(4)
Part III: Future Directions and Potential Misdirections241(22)
Chapter 12: Boundaryless Psychology
243(20)
Introduction
243(1)
Social Psychology
244(1)
Clinical Psychology
244(4)
Life-Span Research
248(1)
Evolutionary Psychology
249(2)
Neuroscience
251(2)
Time
253(2)
Computer Models
255(1)
Teams
256(1)
Levels of Analysis
257(1)
Integration
258(5)
Part IV: Epilogue263(18)
Chapter 13: The Art of Practice
265(16)
References281(40)
Index321(16)
About the Author337
Gary Latham is Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Effectiveness in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto , with cross appointments in the Department of Psychology and Industrial Relations, and in the School of Nursing.

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