Organizational Behavior: Motivation Essence of Life

Motivation Defined

Motivation: Psychological processes that cause the arousal
direction, and persistence of voluntary actions that are goal directed.

     Implications Associated with This Definition

• Behavior is purposive rather than random
  – People exhibit both positive (work done on time) and negative (arrive late for work) behavior for a reason
• Motivation arouses people to do something
  – People are unlikely to change a behavior or do something different unless they are motivated to do so
• Motivation causes people to focus on a desired end-result or goal
• Motivation fuels the persistence needed to exhibit sustained effort on a task

Types of Motives

1- Primary Motives

Physiological, Unlearned

2- General Motives

Not Physiological, Unlearned

3- Secondary Motives

Learned, Psychological

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