Title: Motivation and Motivation Theory | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: Motivation and Motivation Theory
Motivation and Motivation Theory
Motivation and Motivation Theory
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
MAJOR CONTENT THEORIES
MAJOR PROCESS THEORIES
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI)
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Content: The main point of the learned needs theory is that when one of these needs is strong in a person, it has the potential to motivate behavior that leads to its satisfaction. Thus, managers should attempt to develop an understanding of whether and to what degree their employees have one or more of these needs, and the extent to which their jobs can be structured to satisfy them. MAJOR PROCESS THEORIES
Process (or cognitive) theories of motivation focus on conscious human decision processes as an explanation of motivation. The process theories are concerned with determining how individual behavior is energized, directed, and maintained in the specifically willed and self-directed human cognitive processes. Process theories of motivation are based on early cognitive theories, which posit that behavior is the result of conscious decision-making processes. The major process theories of motivation are expectancy theory, equity theory, goal-setting theory, and reinforcement theory. Expectancy Theory. In the early 1960s, Victor Vroom applied concepts of behavioral research conducted in the 1930s by Kurt Lewin and Edward Tolman directly to work motivation. Basically, Vroom suggested that individuals choose work behaviors that they believe lead to outcomes they value. In deciding how much effort to put into a work behavior, individuals are likely to consider: