Title: A Brief Introduction to Motivation Theory |
Headings: A Brief Introduction to Motivation Theory
A Brief Introduction to Motivation Theory
What is Motivation?
1. Content Theories about Motivation
Incentive Theory
2. Process Theories about Motivation
Expectancy Theory
Goal Theory
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Content: Most managers have a high need for power. Although these categories of needs are not exlusive, generally individuals develop a dominant bias or emphasis towards one of the three needs. Entrepreneurs usually have high degree of achivement needs. Incentive Theory
Incentive theory suggests that employee will increase her/his effort to obtain a desired reward. This is based on the general principle of reinforcement. The desired outcome is usually “money”. This theory is coherent with the early economic theories where man is supposed to be rational and forecasts are based on the principle of “economic man”. 2. Process Theories about Motivation
Expectancy Theory
Expectancy Theory argues that humans act according to their conscious expectations that a particular behavior will lead to specific desirable goals. Victor H. Vroom, developed the expectancy theory in 1964, producing a systematic explanatory theory of workplace motivation.