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Chapter 3 Leadership
Chapter 3 Leadership
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03/15/2012

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Motivation
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Result of complex set of psychological influences and external forces or conditions that cause a person to behave a certain way while maintaining a certain level of effort and degree of persistence
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Flow
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State of intense concentration and complete engagement in a task, along with full use of one's talents to accomplish the task
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Conditions with flow
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Intense focus, sense that one's actions and task are in synch, sense of control over one's actions, lack of awareness that time is passing, focus on activity itself not hoped-for outcome
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Impacts on motivation
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Human thoughts, emotions, and behavior, leaders impact motivation, work environment
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If clear about what motivates us we will...
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choose the right career and jobs, find aspects of almost any job to engage our passion
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When you lead people you cast a shadow that either...
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encourage or inhibit people's motivation to engage in their work and join together to accomplish goals
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Hope
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State of mind that includes optimism, image of the future that is challenging but realistic, and belief that we can do something to move toward the vision
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Resonant environment
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Work environment characterized by excitement, energy, optimism, efficacy, and hope
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Intrinsic motivation
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Internal sense of satisfaction derived from the work itself and/or the desire to engage in activities even in absence of external rewards to feel sense of satisfaction, to use or improve one's abilities, or to learn
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Self determination theory
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Theory of motivation that is concerned with people's need for empowerment (feel competent and have reasonable degree of autonomy)and their need for relatedness (care for and be related to others)
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Extrinsic motivation
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Motivation that is result of forces or attractions outside of the self, such as material rewards, social status, or avoidance of unpleasant consequences
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Locus of control
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Our perception of the degree to which we have control over what happens in our lives
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Big five dimensions of Personality
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1.Openness to experience (vs. conformity, close minded)
2. Conscientiousness (vs. undirectedness)
3. Extraversion (vs. introversion)
4. Agreeableness (vs. neuroticism)
5. Emotional stability
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Openness to experience
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Imaginativeness, openness to new ideas, curiosity
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Conscientiousness
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Self-discipline, planning, achievement
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Extraversion
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Desire to seek out others and to have positive, energetic, social attitude and emotions
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Agreeableness
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Compassion, cooperativeness, willingness to compromise
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Emotional stability
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Psychological consistency of mood and emotions
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Hierarchy of needs theory
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Basic and higher order needs motivate behavior in ascending order
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ERG theory
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Needs for existence, relatedness, growth can all motivate at once
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Two-Factor theory
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Higher-order factors motivate and inadequate hygiene factors can lead to dissatisfaction
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Three need theory
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Needs for achievement, affiliation, and power drive thoughts, feelings, and behavior
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Equity theory
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Inputs, outputs, and perceived fairness can be used as a formula to determine level of motivation
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Expectancy theory
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Effort affects performance, and performance is moderated by perceived value of outcomes
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Goal-setting theory
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Specific, measurable, achievable, results based, time specific goals motivate
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Self determination theory
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Needs for empowerment and relatedness contribute to motivation
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Operant Conditioning theory
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People motivated by reinforcement
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Social Learning theory
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Motivation to learn and change behaviors linked to self-efficacy and vicarious learning
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Motivators
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Factors that positively impact motivation, such as needs for recognition, responsibility, achievement, and opportunities of growth and development
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Hygiene factors
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Both physical and psychological aspects of a job that lead to dissatisfaction, including salary, working conditions, supervision, relationships with coworkers, and level of job security
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Satisfied hygiene + Satisfied motivator
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Ideal situation which employees highly motivated and have few complaints about their working conditions
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Satisfied hygiene + Dissatisfied motivator
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Employees have few complaints about working conditions, but not highly motivated by work (just for money)
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Dissatisfied hygiene + Satisfied motivator
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Employees motivated but have a lot of complaints about working conditions. Job is exciting and challenging but salary and work conditions sub par
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Dissatisfied hygiene + Dissatisfied motivators
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Employees unmotivated and have a lot of complaints about working conditions
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Three needs theory: Needs for achievement
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Desire to engage in challenging activities, meet and exceed personal goals, seek excellence
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Three needs theory: Need for affiliation
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Desire for warm, fulfilling, and close personal relationships
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Three needs theory: Need for power
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Desire to have influence, control, and responsibility, either directly or through social status
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Micromanagers
Definition
People who try to do everything themselves and criticize everyone else's efforts
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Personal power
Definition
Need for power that drives people to seek control through assertive or aggressive behaviors, personal gain
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Socialized power
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Need for power that is based on desire to support welfare of others, group, society, common good
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Prosocial behavior
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Behavior that seeks to protect welfare of society or common good
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Cognitive dissonance
Definition
State of psychological stress arising from attempt to process conflicting ideas, attitudes, or beliefs
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Effort
Definition
Person's input, which will be affected by person's perception about whether the effort will lead to acceptable level of performance
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Performance
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Extent to which task or work is completed successfully
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Instrumentality
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Person's belief about degree to which performance will result in realizing certain outcomes
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Valence
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Value placed on outcomes
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Formula: Motivation =
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Valence X Expectancy X Instrumentality
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SMART Goals
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S.pecific
M.easurable
A.chievable
R.esults-based
T.ime specific goals
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Reinforcement
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Consequences associated with behavior
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Positive reinforcement
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Addition of positive consequence following a desired behavior
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Negative reinforcement
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Removal of negative consequence following desired behavior
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Extinction
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Withholding of consequence following a certain behavior
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Punishment
Definition
Addition of negative consequence following an undesired behavior
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"What did I do wrong?"
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Do things unacceptable because they didn't know rules or know organization's work processes, culture, ethics
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"Why me"
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Blame and punish the wrong person
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"I must be an awful person"
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"I can't believe my manager did that in front of everyone"
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Punishment in front of people
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Vicarious learning
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People will replicate behavior they observe
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Self Reinforcement
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Engage in work to motivate themselves
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Self Efficacy
Definition
Degree to which person believe he or she is capable of successfully performing a behavior, accomplishing a task, or achieving a goal
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HR role in motivation
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Ensure that workforce is energized, committed, and motivated. Create and administer compensation plans and consider characteristics of jobs
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Individual compensation
Definition
Plan in which compensation is determined by considering an individual's performance
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Group compensation
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Plan that base individual's compensation on performance of group(s) and organization
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Merit based compensation
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Plan in which compensation determined by level of performance of an individual or group
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Compensation package
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Plan in which wages, bonuses, and "fringe" benefits (health insurance, retirement plan, vacation) are all monetized
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Compensation schedule
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Plan defining how payment structures and terms of payment (regular pay, commissions, bonuses) dispersed to employees
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Job characteristic model
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Framework that states that people need certain qualities in job to be intrinsically motivated and satisfied with work
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Job enrichment
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Building intrinsic motivators such as opportunities for learning, more control over how tasks are accomplished, and leadership opportunities, into structure of job
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Job enlargement
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Combining several jobs into one larger job
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Job rotation
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Moving employees from one job or site to another to increase satisfaction and productivity
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Empathy
Definition
Accurately interpreting the emotions, needs, and desires of others
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