Work motivation : history, theory, research, and practice / Gary P. Latham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Foundations for organizational sciencePublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2007.Description: xxxiii, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0761920188
  • 9780761920182
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.3 LAT 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5549.5.M63 L385 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : thirteen critical incidents in the life of a scientist/practitioner -- Pt. I. The 20th century : understanding the past -- Ch. 1. 1900-1925 : biology, behavior, and money -- Ch. 2. 1925-1950 : Dust Bowl empiricism -- Ch. 3. 1950-1975 : the emergence of theory -- Ch. 4. 1975-2000 : the employee is immersed in thought -- Ch. 5. 20th-century controversies -- Pt. II. The 21st century : examining the present 2000-2005 -- Ch. 6. Needs : the starting point of motivation -- Ch. 7. Personality traits : distal predictors of motivation -- Ch. 8. Values : trans-situational goals -- Ch. 9. Cognition : goals, feedback, and self-regulation -- Ch. 10. Social cognitive theory -- Ch. 11. Affect/emotion : the employee has feelings too -- Pt. III. Future directions and potential misdirections -- Ch. 12. Boundaryless psychology -- Pt. IV. Epilogue -- Ch. 13. The art of practice.
Review: "Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, and Practice provides unique behavioral science frameworks for motivating employees in organizational settings. Drawing upon his experiences as a staff psychologist in and consultant to organizations, author Gary P. Latham has written this book in a "mentor voice" that is highly personal and rich in examples, including enduring influences of mentors on researchers in the field."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-320) and index.

Introduction : thirteen critical incidents in the life of a scientist/practitioner -- Pt. I. The 20th century : understanding the past -- Ch. 1. 1900-1925 : biology, behavior, and money -- Ch. 2. 1925-1950 : Dust Bowl empiricism -- Ch. 3. 1950-1975 : the emergence of theory -- Ch. 4. 1975-2000 : the employee is immersed in thought -- Ch. 5. 20th-century controversies -- Pt. II. The 21st century : examining the present 2000-2005 -- Ch. 6. Needs : the starting point of motivation -- Ch. 7. Personality traits : distal predictors of motivation -- Ch. 8. Values : trans-situational goals -- Ch. 9. Cognition : goals, feedback, and self-regulation -- Ch. 10. Social cognitive theory -- Ch. 11. Affect/emotion : the employee has feelings too -- Pt. III. Future directions and potential misdirections -- Ch. 12. Boundaryless psychology -- Pt. IV. Epilogue -- Ch. 13. The art of practice.

"Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, and Practice provides unique behavioral science frameworks for motivating employees in organizational settings. Drawing upon his experiences as a staff psychologist in and consultant to organizations, author Gary P. Latham has written this book in a "mentor voice" that is highly personal and rich in examples, including enduring influences of mentors on researchers in the field."--BOOK JACKET.

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