TY  - BOOK
AU  - Latham,Gary P.
TI  - Work motivation: history, theory, research, and practice 
T2  - Foundations for organizational science
SN  - 0761920188
AV  - HF5549.5.M63 L385 2007
U1  - 658.3 LAT 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Employee motivation
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2006006357-d.html
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