Work and Motivation

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

Why do people choose the careers they do? What factors cause peopleto be satisfied with their work? No single work did more to makeconcepts like motive, goal incentive, and attitude part of theworkplace vocabulary. This landmark work, originally published in 1964, integrates thework of hundreds of researchers in individual workplace behavior toexplain choice of work, job satisfaction, and job performance.Includes an extensive new introduction that highlights and updateshis model for current organization behavior educators and students,as well as professionals who must extract the highest levels ofproductivity from today's downsized workforces.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-10-27
Mått:159 x 242 x 27 mm
Vikt:535 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:432
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780787900304

Utforska kategorier

Ledarskapsböcker inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

VICTOR H. VROOM is the John G. Searle Professor of Organization and Management, Yale University, and president of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is the author of nine books and over fifty articles and has received awards for his research from the American Psychological Association, the McKinsey Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. An international expert on leadership and decision making, Vroom has served as a consultant to many government agencies and to more than 100 major corporations in the United States and abroad.

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"Highly recommAnded for the theorist, the empirical investigator,and the student in occupational behavioral science. It is the besttreatise on this topic that this reviewer has seen." "A comprehensive and critical summary of the morass of studiesabout why people work."

Innehållsförteckning

Part One: Introduction1. Introduction and Historical Perspective2. Motivation--A Point of View3. The Motivational Bases of WorkPart Two: Choice of Work Role4. Occupational ChoicePart Three: Satisfaction with Work Roles5. The Determinants of Job Satisfaction6. Job Satisfaction and Job BehaviorPart Four: Performance in Work Roles7. The Role of Motivation in Work Performance8. Some Motivational Determinants of Effective JobPerformancePart Five: Conclusion9. Concluding Observations on Method and Theory