Foundations Of Employee Motivation

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Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour
Individual Behaviour
Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations
Workplace Emotions
Foundations of Employee Motivation
Applied Performance Practices
Decision Making and Creativity
Team Dynamics
Communicating in Organizations
Power and Influence in the Workplace
Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace
Leadership in Organizational Settings
Designing Organizational Structures
Organizational Culture
Organizational Change

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Motivation is closely related to the concept of employee engagement.

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Motivation is one of the four essential drivers of individual behaviour and performance.

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Research indicates that employee engagement is associated with higher organizational citizenship.

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The definition of employee engagement is still in debate.

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The concept of employee engagement is related to motivation, but not role perception.

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According to a recent major survey, employee engagement is the most important human resources issue among major Canadian organizations.

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Actively disengaged employees tend to be disruptive at work, not just disconnected

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Needs are described as goal-directed forces that people experience

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Drives are also called secondary needs because they come before motivation.

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Drives are needs, and are essential parts of human psychology.

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In the context of motivation, drives are also called primary needs, fundamental needs, or innate needs.

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Individual differences explain why needs can be "learned" to some extent.

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Everyone has the same drives; they are hardwired in us through evolution.

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Needs are defined as goal-oriented forces that people experience.

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Needs hierarchy theory explains how people develop perceptions of fairness in the distribution and exchange of resources.

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Maslow's needs hierarchy theory incorporates only five basic categories.

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Maslow's needs hierarchy theory states that people are motivated by only one need at a time.

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According to needs hierarchy theory, the need for self-actualization continues to develop even when it is fulfilled.

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Abraham Maslow was the first to recognize that human thoughts play a role in motivation.

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Maslow is credited for bringing a mechanistic perspective to the study of motivation

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