This book is about the multiple reasons people work. It examines the origin of the impulse to work and the may reasons people either enjoy their work or hate it. It is one of the only textbooks currently available for teaching work motivation. This new second edition will explore theories, models, and hypotheses that shed light on work motivation, which is one of the most central and most-researched topics in the organizational and social sciences. INDICE: 1. Work Motivation, Productivity and the Economy. 2. Methods of Inquiry in Work Motivation. 3. Human Nature: Needs and Values at Work. 4. Human Nature: Emotions at Work. 5. Power, Love, and Sex at Work. 6. Social Motives and Self-esteem at Work. 7. Job Design as a Contextual Source of Work Motivation. 8. Causes and Consequences of Frustration at Work. 9. Beliefs, Attitudes and Intentions. 10. Human Reactions to Work, Jobs & Organizations. 11. Equity, Fairness and Justice Motives Related to Work. 12. Expectancy-Valence Theories of Work Motivation. 13. Goal-Directed Theories. 14. Behavior Control and SocialCognitive Theory. 15. Profits, Slaves, and Strawberry Fields of the Future.
- ISBN: 978-0-8058-5604-0
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 560
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés