Title: Motivation: Direction and Intensity – Organizational Behavior
Headings: Motivation: Direction and Intensity
Motivation: Direction and Intensity
Glossary
performance environment

Content: Validity and utility of alternative predictors of job performance. Psychological Bulletin 96: 72–98. Accurate role perceptions refer to how well an individual understands their organizational role. This includes the goals (outcomes) the person is expected to achieve and the process by which the goals will be achieved. An employee who has accurate role perceptions knows both their expected outcomes and how to go about making those outcomes a reality. Incomplete or inaccurate role perceptions limit employees’ capacity to meet expectations, regardless of their abilities and motivation. The performance environment refers to those factors that impact employees’ performance but are essentially out of their control. Many environmental factors influence performance. Some factors facilitate performance, while others constrain it.