{"id":61,"date":"2019-03-14T21:55:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T21:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=61"},"modified":"2024-04-24T23:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:02:45","slug":"introduction-to-theories-of-motivation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/chapter\/introduction-to-theories-of-motivation\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Theories of Motivation","rendered":"Introduction to Theories of Motivation"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Describe various theories of motivation<\/h2>\r\nWe talked a little bit about what motivation is and what it looks like within an organization. To do that, we used Victor Vroom\u2019s expectancy framework, a model that attempts to dissect and explain employee performance by distilling it down to its most basic level.\r\n\r\nThe expectancy framework is just one of many models that have been developed over the years. Since the industrial age, scientists have been examining what motivates people to perform in employment situations. None of them have it all wrong, but none of them have it all right. They\u2019ll continue to try, we\u2019re sure, because a lot is at stake for organizations, and situations change every day.\r\n\r\nIn this unit, we\u2019re going to take a look back at how we got to where we are now, and how we can apply that today, domestically and abroad.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:\u00a0Describe various theories of motivation<\/h2>\n<p>We talked a little bit about what motivation is and what it looks like within an organization. To do that, we used Victor Vroom\u2019s expectancy framework, a model that attempts to dissect and explain employee performance by distilling it down to its most basic level.<\/p>\n<p>The expectancy framework is just one of many models that have been developed over the years. Since the industrial age, scientists have been examining what motivates people to perform in employment situations. None of them have it all wrong, but none of them have it all right. 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