motivation
Definition
Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested in and committed to a job, role, or subject, and to exert persistent effort in attaining a goal. Motivation is the energizer of behavior and mother of all action. It results from the interactions among conscious and unconscious factors such as the (1) intensity of desire or need, (2) incentive or reward value of the goal, and (3) expectations of the individual and of his or her significant others.
motivation is in the HR, Teams, & Training subject.
motivation appears in the definitions of the following terms:
unemployment trap,
equity theory,
human capital,
human resource management (HRM),
empowerment,
optimal step,
behaviorism,
dynamism,
profit sharing plan,
Hawthorne effect
and
motivation appears in the other terms: intrinsic motivation, two factor theory of motivation, extrinsic motivation, achievement motivation theory
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