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Todays Motivation

Dual-Factor Theory

Motivators

  • recognition
  • social esteem
  • responsibility
  • meaningful work
  • autonomy
  • learning opportunities/personal growth

Hygiene Factors

  • from hospitals

  • adequate hygiene does not help

  • bad hygiene does harm

  • good relationship to boss is “insignificant”

  • bad relation to boss is damaging

  • adequate payment is “insignifcant”

  • bad payment is damaging

Types of Motivation

Intrinsic Motivation

  • inner feelings
    • sports → just feels nice

Extrinsic Motivation

  • doing something for the reward
    • studying slides to get a good grade
  • doing something for fearing punishment
    • parking somewhere else to not get a ticket

Complementary

  • sometimes both intrinsic and extrinsic are needed to get the job done
  • starting is mostly extrinsic motivation
  • keep doing is mostly intrinsic motivation

Counteracting

  • being forced
    • extrinsic motivation killing intrinsic motivation