Motivation Research Notes

Ambrose, M. L., & Kulik, C. T. (1999). Old friends, new faces: Motivation research in the 1990s. Journal of Management, 25(3), 231-292.

·  Participation and self-set goals have been found to be effective strategies for enhancing goal commitment (Locke, 1996).

·  Goal commitment is especially critical when goals are specific and difficult (Latham & Locke, 1991; Lock, 1996).

·  Goal-setting is especially effective when feedback is provided that permits the individual to track progress relative to the goal.

Broedling, L. A. (1975). Relationship of internal-external control to work motivation and performance in an expectancy model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60(1), 65-70.

·  Internal control related to:

o  Work motivation

o  Job performance

Vallerand, R. J., & Bissonnette, R. (1992). Intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivational styles as predictors of behavior: A prospective study. Journal of Personality, 60(3), 599-620.

·  Students who maintained enrollment in compulsory college course reported more intrinsic motivation, more identified and integrated, less amotivated toward academic activities than drop outs.

Williams, G. C., McGregor, H. A., Sharp, D., Levesque, C., Kouides, R. W., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Testing a self-determination theory intervention for motivating tobacco cessation: Supporting autonomy and competence in a clinical trial. Health Psychology, 25(1), 91-101.

·  Supporting autonomy and competence resulted in greater med use and significantly greater abstinence.

Deci, E. L., Connell, J. P., & Ryan, R. M. (1989). Self-determination in a work organization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74(4), 580-590.

·  “Experiencing an input as informational fosters self-determination, whereas experiencing it as controlling diminishes self-determination” (p. 580).

·  Choice, positive feedback = informational

·  Task-contingent rewards, deadlines, threats of punishment, surveillance (Lepper & Greene, 1975) [have this article], and evaluations (Smith, 1974) = controlling

·  Take that person’s frame of reference. “They must understand and acknowledge his or her needs, feelings, and attitudes with respect to the issue or situation at hand. When this is the case, the target person will be more trusting of the context and believe that it will be responsive to his or her initiations and suggestions” (p. 581).

Gagné, M., & Deci, E. L. (2005). Self-determination theory and work motivation. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26, 331-362.

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Eisenberger, R., Rhoades, L., & Cameron, J. (1999). Does pay for performance increase or decrease perceived self-determination and intrinsic motivation? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(5), 1026-1040.

·  Pay for meeting standard increased perceived self-determination and competence, task enjoyment, and free time spent performing task.

·  Reward à mediated by: self determine and comptenence à task enjoyment

·  Self-determination mediated:

o  Perf-reward expect and perceived org support

o  Positive mood at work

o  Job performance

·  Perf-reward expect related to expressed interest in daily job activities.

Lepper, M. R., & Greene, D. (1975). Turning play into work: Effects of adult surveillance and extrinsic rewards on children’s intrinsic motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31(3), 479-486.

·  expecting extrinsic reward showed less subsequent interest in activity

·  under surveillance = less interest

Deci, E. L., Koestner, R., & Ryan, R. M. (1999). A meta-analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 125(6), 627-668.

·  contingent rewards significantly undermined intrinsic motivation

·  contingent rewards also significantly undermined self-reported interest

·  positive feedback enhanced free-choice bx

·  positive feedback enhanced self-reported interest

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. New York: Plenum.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55, 68-78.

Gagné, M., Koestner, R., & Zuckerman, M. (2000). Facilitating acceptance of organizational change: The importance of self-determination. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1843-1852.

Baard, P. P., Deci, E. L., Ryan, R. M. (2004). Intrinsic need satisfaction: A motivational basis of performance and well-being in two work settings. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 2045-2068.