Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, and Practice

Editor’s Comments Preface: Person-Environment Fit 13 Critical Incidents in the Life of a Practitioner/Scientist Part I The 20th Century: Understanding the Past 1900-1925 Experimental Psychology Scientific Management 1925-1950 Attitude Surveys Laboratory Experiments Field Experiments Hawthorne Studies World War II Need Hierarchy Theory 1950 — 1975 Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Motivation Theory Theory X and Theory Y Theory Driven Empirical Research Job Characteristics Equity Theory Expectancy Theory Behavior Modification Goal Setting Theory 1975 — 2000 Goal Setting Theory Social Cognitive Theory Self-Regulation Job Characteristics Revisited A Comprehensive Framework: The High Performance Cycle Principles of Organizational Justice 20th Century Controversies Money Performance and Satisfaction Participative Decision Making Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation Seismic Events: Summary and Overview of the 20th Century A Practitioner’s Viewpoint Part II The 21st Century Examining the Present: 2000 — 2004 Needs Socioanalytic Theory Personality Traits: Predictors of Motivation Five Factor Model (FFM) Self-Regulatory/Self-Monitoring Personality Core Self-Evaluations Goal Orientation Self-Determination Theory Summary Values Context Societal Culture Job Characteristics Person-Environment Fit Cognition Goal Setting Theory Contextual Conditions Implementation Intentions and Auto-Motive Goals Feedback Self-Regulation Social Cognitive Theory Outcome Expectancy Self-Efficacy Moral Disengagement Pygmalion Effect Affect/Emotion Principles of Organizational Justice Part III Future Directions and Potential Misdirections Spirituality Boundaryless Psychology Social Psychology Clinical Psychology Life-Span Research Evolutionary Psychology Neuroscience Time Computer Models Teams Levels of Analysis Integration Part IV Epilogue: The Art of Practice