The Future of Work Motivation Theory

By Richard M. Steers, R. Mowday, Debra L. Shapiro. 2004

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale: Its value for organizational psychology research. (2009, background): “The ability to measure factors that energize, channel, and sustain work behaviour over time (Steers et al., 2004), is essential for capturing employee motivation and for developing interventions aimed at enhancing motivation, and in turn, job satisfaction and performance.”
Avoidance of Information Technology Threats: A Theoretical Perspective (2009, methodology): “Following the expectancy paradigm (Steers et al. 2004; Vroom 1964), IT acceptance theories assume that human behavior is purposeful and goal directed and users will go through a cognitive process to choose the behavior that will lead to their most valued rewards.”
A Methodology for Assessing Organizational Core Values (2006, unknown): “Our method of core value analysis, therefore, could prove to be a valuable contribution at the moment that Steers et al. (2004, p. 384) observe, that ‘the time has come to redirect our intellectual energies into discovering new models ‐ and research toward new models ‐ of work motivation and job p”
Does intrinsic motivation fuel the prosocial fire? Motivational synergy in predicting persistence, performance, and productivity. (2008, background): “Early in the 20th century, scholars and practitioners believed that external controls, incentives, punishments, and rewards were necessary to motivate persistence, performance, and productivity (see Heath, 1999; Steers, Mowday, & Shapiro, 2004 ).”
Work Values and Their Effect on Work Behavior and Work Outcomes in Female and Male Managers (2006, background): “Recent researchers have suggested that new approaches may be needed to understand work behavior and personality (Adler, 1996) or motivation ( Steers, Mowday, & Shapiro, 2004 ).”