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Motivational Theories
Title: Motivational Theories
Category: Literature / English
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Motivational Theories
Equity, Expectancy, and Goal setting are the three motivational theories discussed throughout this paper. Equity theory is defined as social comparisons to others in the workforce. Here we review a field experiment of 198 employees and their relation to being reassigned in different offices that are either overpaid or underpaid. This gives us an idea of how environmental factors effect job performance. Expectancy theory is also discussed in terms of job enrichment. We see that the …showed first 75 words of 3206 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3206 total…Group and Organization Management, 22(1), 117-143
Eisenberg, E. & Goodall, Jr. (1997) Organizational Communication: Balancing Creativity and Constraint (2nd ed.). New York: Martin’s Press
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Yearta, S., Maittis, S., & Briner, R. (1995). An exploratory study of goal setting in theory and practice: A motivational technique that works? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, (68) 3, 237-252
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