14. •Content theory attempts to explore the factors that
motivate people to seek after their desires and satisfy their needs.
Content theory includes the work of David McClelland, Abraham
Maslow and other psychologists
•The psychological and behavioral processes that
motivate a person to act in a particular way are referred to as process
theories of motivation. In essence, these theories examine how a
person's needs will affect his behavior in order to achieve a goal
related to those needs
15. • CONTEMPORARY EXPLANATION OF MOTIVATION, equity
theory is based on individuals' perceptions about how fairly
they are treated compared with their co-workers. Equity
means justice or fairness, and in the workplace it refers to
employees' perceived fairness of the way they are treated
and the rewards they earn.
• ATTRIBUTION THEORY OF MOTIVATION. Weiner's attribution
theory states that an individual's causal attributions of
achievement affect subsequent behaviors and motivation. ...
If people believe they are responsible for bad outcomes,
they are less motivated to repeat their behaviors
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24. HERZBERG'S MOTIVATION-HYGIENE THEORY
• The two-factor theory states that there are certain
factors in the workplace that
• Cause job satisfaction while a separate set of factors
Cause dissatisfaction, all of which act independently
of each other. It was developed by psychologist
Frederick Herzberg.
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28. ERG THEORY
•The ERG Theory of Motivation is a simplified but
more flexible version of Maslow's hierarchy of
Needs. It proposes three needs that must all be
satisfied in order for an individual to be
motivated: existence, relatedness, and growth.