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Motivation through the Design of Work: Test of a Theory.
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In this paper, a model is proposed that specifies the conditions under which individuals will become internally motivated to perform effectively on their jobs, focusing on the interaction among three classes of variables: (a) the psychological states of employees that must be present for internally motivated work behavior to develop; (b) the characteristics of jobs that can create these psychological states; and (c) the attributes of individuals that determine how positively a person will respond to a complex and challenging job.About:
This article is published in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance.The article was published on 1976-08-01. It has received 7444 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Job characteristic theory & Job analysis.read more
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Organizational experiences and career success of MIS professionals and managers: an examination of race differences
Magid Igbaria,Wayne M. Wormley +1 more
TL;DR: The role that race plays in influencing the work experiences and career outcomes of MIS personnel has been neglected in the MIS human resource management literature to date, despite the significant demographic changes in the work force projected by the year 2000 and beyond as mentioned in this paper.
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The impact of demographic factors on Hong Kong hotel employees’ choice of job‐related motivators
TL;DR: The authors brings together the factors that contribute to brand loyalty in marketing literature and provides strategies to hospitality managers for increasing brand loyal customers, which is a more profitable approach than other marketing activities, such as price cuts or promotional programs.
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Work design influences: A synthesis of multilevel factors that affect the design of jobs
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the importance of high-quality work design as a key determinant of employee well-being, positive work attitudes, and job/organizational performance.
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Advances in vocational theory and research: A 20-year retrospective
TL;DR: A review of major advances in theory and research on vocational behavior over the past two decades can be found in this paper, where the state of the art of counseling and organizational behavior are reviewed.
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Are information systems people different: An inverstigation of motivational differences
Thomas W. Ferratt,Larry E. Short +1 more
TL;DR: For example, this article found that information systems people are as motivationally normal while doing their job as other workers in their occupational group, and statistically tested for IS and non-IS differences within clerical/operations, technical/professional and managerial occupational groups.
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