...Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Sandra Tharp HSM 220 September 29, 2015 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Intrinsic motivation is the built in stimulus that we have to achieve goals without the need for external incentives. In a working environment this can mean that the employee is completing the task given to them, in order to gain satisfaction, rather than that of an external factor. This would maybe make them happier and a bit more comfortable with their jobs. These people get an award in their minds for simply finishing the task given to them, it satisfies them for a job well done. They are more than likely motivated by internal factors such as completing the job, the feeling of being responsible to their employers, and being recognized by coworkers. The final reason is one that overlaps with those who are extrinsically motivated, that is to say inspired by external factors, but for different reasons. The intrinsically motivated person will want to be noticed for the job well done, however the extrinsically motivated will believe it is a step in the right direction to a financially better future. In contrast, to the intrinsic, extrinsic motivation is based on material gain usually money or the chance for a bonus like days off, toys, electronics, or tickets to a sporting event, or for that chance for the large prize of a company car. These employees undertake the job they are given not because they like them or enjoy them, but mostly for the rewards that could...
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...http://www.idealibrary.com on Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci University of Rochester Intrinsic and extrinsic types of motivation have been widely studied, and the distinction between them has shed important light on both developmental and educational practices. In this review we revisit the classic definitions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in light of contemporary research and theory. Intrinsic motivation remains an important construct, reflecting the natural human propensity to learn and assimilate. However, extrinsic motivation is argued to vary considerably in its relative autonomy and thus can either reflect external control or true self-regulation. The relations of both classes of motives to basic human needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness are discussed. © 2000 Academic Press To be motivated means to be moved to do something. A person who feels no impetus or inspiration to act is thus characterized as unmotivated, whereas someone who is energized or activated toward an end is considered motivated. Most everyone who works or plays with others is, accordingly, concerned with motivation, facing the question of how much motivation those others, or oneself, has for a task, and practitioners of all types face the perennial task of fostering more versus less motivation in those around them. Most theories of motivation reflect these concerns by viewing motivation as a unitary phenomenon,...
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...this almost seemingly impossible task? There are two types of motivation: extrinsic and intrinsic. According to “Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Goal Contents in Self-Determination Theory: Another Look at the Quality of Academic Motivation” by Maarten Vansteenkiste, Willy Lens, and Edward Deci, to achieve our goals, we will need to use not only intrinsic motivational goals, but also the language that is associated with it. Extrinsic motivational goals focus on things such as grades, teacher and peer acknowledgment, and parental approval. Intrinsic motivational goals focus on things such as personal growth, community contribution and connection. When intrinsic goal setting is in place, there is “less focus on external indicators of worth,” (Vansteenkiste et al., pg.24) which means learning and performance are better. Using intrinsic goal framing provides deep level processing and yields better test scores. Extrinsic motivational strategies take away from the natural intrinsic motivation in students. Brophy agrees and states, “expected tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation” (Brophy, pg.133). One thing Cinda does effectively in her classroom to promote intrinsic motivation is the creation of community. The students connect to one another in many ways throughout daily learning activities. They participate in history by being placed in groups that use jigsaw learning. I too will use community to help promote intrinsic...
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...to 300-word response that identifies similarities and differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Provide five short examples for both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation as they apply to an organizational setting. Intrinsic motivation is the 'built in' stimulus that we have to achieve goals without the need for external incentives. In a work environment this can mean that the employee is completing the task given to him or her in order to gain pleasure or satisfaction, rather than an external factor. These people get a psychological reward for simply finishing the task they are attempting to achieve. They are more than likely motivated by internal factors such as completing the job, the feeling of a responsibility to their employer, personal and professional advancement, and recognition by their peers. The intrinsically motivated person will want recognition for a job well done. Extrinsic motivation is based on material gain - usually money or the chance of bonuses like holidays, electrical goods or company cars. These employees undertake the jobs they are given not because they enjoy them, but for the rewards they will receive when they complete them. These people work to achieve a goal in order to receive something materialistic in return. Both extrinsic and intrinsic motivations are both attempting to achieve the same goal but for different purposes. Some examples for intrinsic motivation would be: an employee finishing up their monthly reports and submitting them...
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...WRITING 3: FINAL ASSIGNMENT DEFORESTATION: A THREAT AGAINST OUR PLANET Student: Khuc Van Mai Student number: 20135988 Class: TA1.01 – K58 School of Foreign Languages Hanoi University of Science and Technology December 2014 Contents Introduction 1. Impacts of deforestation 2.1. Deforestation contributes to global warming 2.2. Deforestation loses biodiversity 2.3. Deforestation impacts soil negatively 2. Causes of deforestation 1.1. Population growth is an indirect reason of deforestation 1.2. Deforestation is rooted by urbanization and industrialization 1.3. Agriculture leads to deforestation 3. Solutions Conclusion References | 111233345567 | Deforestation: A threat against our planet Introduction Forests play an important role in our lives. Not only do they maintain biodiversity, for example providing food and shelters for animals and plants, but they also provide important sources such as food, woods, and herb medicines for human beings. They, moreover, help control climate and prevent soil from erosion. Forests, however, are under threat by deforestation – an act of clearing trees to exploit resources like woods, minerals, medicines and to create land for agricultural activities or space for building facilities, for instance houses, roads, etc. Deforestation is a pressing problem, and it is killing our planet because of many reasons. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts...
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...Is Intrinsic or Extrinsic Motivation Better? Motivation is a conceptual theory which used to explain and understand the reasons of individuals’ behaviors, actions and desires. Another explanation to motivation is that the psychological process that arouse and direct goal-directed behavior. From past to nowadays, motivation is a significant initiator in many incident. For instance, World War 1, World War 2, exploring new continent such as America, foundation of new companies, people’s life and etc. There need to be an initiator for incident to occur. Motivation is the first thing that comes to mind for the initiator role. There have been a lot of academic journals and researches about the effects and forms of motivation. Researches show that every human being has a different form and satisfaction level of motivation. In theory of Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan which called the Self-determination theory focus to the choices that people make without any external influence and interference and the individual’s behavior whether is self-determined and self-motivated or happens with an external influence. This theory brings us to studies that happened in 1970’s which are the intrinsic and extrinsic motives. Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivations are the exactly the opposite of each other. “Intrinsic motivation occurs when we act without any obvious external rewards. We simply enjoy an activity or see it as an opportunity to explore, learn actualize our potentials.” (Coon, 2010)...
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...Let’s take a closer look at how motivation ties in with these intrinsic and extrinsic theories for motivation. It is clear that motivation is one of the most prominent driving forces by which humans pursue and ultimately achieve their goals. Motivation, quite simply, is rooted in the human instinct to minimize pain and maximize pleasure. The characteristics of such a basic theory would usually be about as clear cut as they come. However, motivation relies heavily on one’s personal psychology as well as specific situations. As noted before in the survey, it also has two very distinct and different sides to it, those being intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is defined as a type of motivation that is internally driving, such as through interest or enjoyment in a task itself, and does not rely on any external pressure. It can be founded on both positive and negative emotions. Again, according to the survey, the two top answers for intrinsic motivation were self satisfaction and fear of failure. Although they seem to be complete opposites, they are both internal motivators that push students to achieve their goals, simply for themselves. Intrinsic motivation is almost always the more efficient and beneficial form of motivation, as opposed to extrinsic. This is especially true in the classroom. Students who are intrinsically motivated are more likely to fully engage in a given task. They tend to be more positive and optimistic in the face of challenges...
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...Acta Psychologica 141 (2012) 243–249 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Acta Psychologica journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/ locate/actpsy Effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on attention and memory Lucy J. Robinson, Lucy H. Stevens, Christopher J.D. Threapleton, Jurgita Vainiute, R. Hamish McAllister-Williams, Peter Gallagher ⁎ Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 21 February 2012 Received in revised form 22 May 2012 Accepted 31 May 2012 Available online 26 June 2012 PsycINFO classification: 2300 Human Experimental Psychology 2360 Motivation and Emotion 2346 Attention a b s t r a c t It is well recognised that motivational factors can influence neuropsychological performance. The aim of this study was to explore individual differences in intrinsic motivation and reward-seeking and the effect of these on attentional and mnemonic processes, in the presence or absence of financial incentives. Forty participants (18–35 years) completed two testing sessions where the Attentional Network Test (ANT) and the Newcastle Spatial Memory Test (NSMT) were administered. After a baseline assessment, participants were re-tested after randomisation to a non-motivated (control) group or to a motivated group, where payment was contingent upon performance. Performance in the motivated group was significantly improved compared to the control group on the NSMT (condition by...
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...Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic: Which Motivation is Better David Hood COLL100 American Military University Angela Matthews Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic: Which Motivation is Better Different strokes for different folks. No two people are alike. What works for one person does not always work as well for another. This is also true with regard to how people are motivated. While intrinsic motivation can make some people happy simply through the act of doing the task and enjoying it (Grabmeier, 2005), extrinsic motivation lures people in to do great things in order to obtain a reward or a specific outcome. Both motivational techniques can have positive and negative effects on each other. Intrinsic motivation can be diminished when an extrinsic motivator is taken away or perceived to be unworthy, which will further undermine or weaken the desire to perform (Schop, 2009). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation work best when combined together to influence behavior in ways that move toward satisfying needs while also providing an incentive. In order to avoid a life of mediocrity, people need to keep their motivators in check so that they can persevere long enough to meet their needs. Think of the some of the best things in life – anything from computer games, football, coaching a child’s sports team, playing the drums … any activity that brings great joy or pleasure. Procrastination when doing one of these activities is usually not an issue. In fact, it is...
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...Motivation, pay satisfaction, and job satisfaction of front-line employees Carolyn Stringer University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Motivation of front-line employees 161 Jeni Didham Westpac, Sydney, Australia, and Paul Theivananthampillai University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to explore the complex relationships between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, pay satisfaction and job satisfaction at the retailer that uses a pay-for-performance plan for front-line employees. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on a single organization case study across seven stores, and uses a survey, archival documents, open-ended questions and researcher interaction with employees and managers. Findings – The results provide some support for the complementary nature of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation was positively associated with pay and job satisfactions, whereas extrinsic motivation was negatively associated with job satisfaction, and not associated with pay satisfaction. The qualitative insights indicate that pay fairness is important, and those who perceived pay was not fair generally made comparisons with others or felt that pay did not reflect their effort. It is also found that the majority of employees perceived that goals were clear. Research limitations/implications – The dominance of extrinsic motivation without including behavioural, social, and psychological factors in agency theory research...
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...Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation Regis University Joseph Billman May 27, 2016 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation Three phrases come to mind when I think of motivation, “Monday blues”, “hump day”, and “Thank God it’s Friday”. These phrases have a lack of motivation associated with them. All three phrases basically refer to looking forward to the end of the work week. We spend most of our lifetime working at our career, job, or our personal business. Positive motivation is important in both our professional and personal time during the day; it brings in happiness and health into our lives. Because we spend most of our time at work, I’m going to talk about the benefits of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation at our jobs. In the appendix of this paper is an article called, “The Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivators on Employee Engagement in Information Organizations” by Rajesh Singh. This paper will go over a summary of the article and how the article relates to motivation. Additional references will be made from the text book, “Management” by Schermerhorn, J., & Bachrach, D., for a comparison and contrast to the article. Lastly, all the information presented in this paper will show how a manager could become a more effective leader in the 21st century. Let’s begin with a summary of the article Research study This is a research article that was conducted from St. John’s University in New York, within the division of Library and Information Science (LIS). Ninety-eight...
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...Abstract Motivation has long been one of management’s most difficult and important duties. Success in this subject is becoming more challenging in organizational trends because business environment changes quickly and becomes more competitive. Researches on employee motivation especially highlight two types of factors: intrinsic and extrinsic. The purpose of this study it is to find out the effectiveness of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on employee motivation, which one is more effective and compare them according to demographic characteristics of employees. Using descriptive survey design, the sample of the study was 41 employees of an electricity delivery company located in the province of Ağrı, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. As a result of the study it is found out that both intrinsic and extrinsic factors affect employees while they achieve their tasks. Another result is that intrinsic factors are more motivating than extrinsic factors. Introduction In order to be successful or even more successful, today’s both private and public work organizations need to maximize the use of their employees’ skills. Human resource is the most critical resource for any organization in today’s highly competitive business environment. The primary task of any manager is to have an organization that functions effectively. To do so, subordinates must work efficiently and produce results that are beneficial to the organization. It is obvious that motivation is one of the main factors that...
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...Extrinsic and Intrinsic Rewards In this paper I will answer the following questions: 1. Compare and contrast extrinsic and intrinsic rewards within the workplace. 2. How have you observed extrinsic and intrinsic rewards working well? 3. How can managers and leaders improve extrinsic reward and pay for performance plan? Introduction Motivation in an organization is a key element to increase overall operational efficacy. Proper motivation keeps employees working at high productivity levels, increases morale and increases retention of valuable employees. All of those dimensions are critical to a successful operational structure. In addition, these are also central elements in ensuring that when organizational change is necessary, the conditions to make switches will be as conducive as possible to desired outcomes1 . How to motivate diversified workforces and engage staff is the subject of ongoing studies and examinations of management tactics. Motivation is facilitated by the managers and leaders of an organization and can be divided into intrinsic and extrinsic categories. Both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards when used properly motivate employees to reach optimal success in the work place. Compare and contrast extrinsic and intrinsic rewards within the workplace. Extrinsic rewards are usually financial. They are generally awarded to employees from managers in the form of pay raises, bonuses, benefits and title. These rewards...
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...Motivation Introduction This essay is about defining Motivation and how it affects employees. Also an explanation of the main the types are to be given. A research on popular Theorist was done to support the definition and types. The researcher recognized what impact motivation has on the workplace and seek to discuss the importance. Theory Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an individual to act towards a desired goal and elicits controls and sustains certain goal directed behaviors. It can be considered a driving force, a psychological one that compels or reinforces an action towards a desired goal. In other words, a person may have certain needs or wants, and this causes them to do certain things (behavior), which satisfy those needs (satisfaction). Motivation theories can be classified broadly into two different perspectives: Content and Process theories. Content Theories deal with “what” motivates people and it is concerned with individual needs and goals. Process Theories deal with the “process” of motivation and is concerned with “how” motivation occurs.(Ozgurzan, 2013). For this paper the researcher would focus Content Theories. Developing out from the Cognitive Evaluation Theory (CET- Deci 1975) it was stated motivation can be divided into two types: extrinsic (external) motivation and intrinsic (internal) motivation . Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations are two opposing ways to motivate people. Extrinsic motivation deals with motivations...
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...through the perspectives of motivation. Literature review is provided to gain an insight into the area of motivation, and some of the models in which motivational factors are articulated. From the review, intrinsic motivation is a key to the prolonged development of competitive advantage. Nevertheless, extrinsic motivation acts as a foundational support for the development of such intrinsic motivators. The report investigates the nature of the SPC-Ardmona enterprise agreement in 2012 in relation to its motivational capacity upon employees. Findings suggest that the agreement relies heavily upon extrinsic motivators through financial rewards to motivate employees. Nevertheless, intrinsic motivation is ignored, and thus prevent the ability for the employees to gain motivation. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Herzberg’s motivator-hygiene theories are applied in this instance to evaluate the advantages and flaws of such application of extrinsic motivation within the agreement. Furthermore, the report suggests that development of intrinsic empowerment of employees is a key factor in allowing greater productivity and competitive advantage to be developed. Finally, the report concludes that the enterprise agreement is not the ultimate cause of SPC-Ardmona’s performance failure. However, the cause can be attributed to the failure of unions and management in understanding the needs of the employees, and the requirement for intrinsic motivation within the organization. ...
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