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Motivation - in psychology, the intention of achieving a goal, leading to goal-directed behavior. Some human activity seems to be best explained by postulating an inner directing drive. While a drive is often considered to be an innate biological mechanism that determines the organism's activity (see instinct), a motive is defined as an innate mechanism modified by learning. In this view human


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    Motivation: Theory and Research » Read Now

    by Harold F. O'Neil Jr., Michael Drillings. 332 pgs.

    ...MOTIVATION: THEORY AND RESEARCH MOTIVATION: THEORY AND RESEARCH Edited by HAROLD F. ONEIL JR. University...07642 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data...
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    Motivation, Emotions, and Leadership: The Silent Side of Management » Read Now

    by Richard C. Maddock, Richard L. Fulton. 202 pgs.

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    Leadership is motivation and motivation is leadership, say the authors of this important and unique study. The two elements are inseparable, but until now no one has actually conceptualized motivation in a useful way to demonstrate and analyze the connection between it and leadership. The key for...
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    Motivation, Beliefs, and Organizational Transformation » Read Now

    by Thad B. Green, Raymond T. Butkus. 207 pgs.

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    Basing his work on the pioneering researches of Victor Vroom, Dr. Green, with his coauthor Butkus, introduces a new management tool to facilitate change: the belief system of motivation and performance. They show that managing change requires building support from a highly motivated workforce, that...
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    Motivation in the Real World: The Art of Getting Extra Effort from Everyone-Including Yourself » Read Now

    by Saul W. Gellerman. 324 pgs.

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    ...MOTIVATION IN THE REAL WORLD -ii- MOTIVATION IN THE REAL WORLD THE ART OF GETTING EXTRA EFFORT...Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gellerman, Saul W. Motivation in...
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    Motivation, Planning, and Action: A Relational Theory of Behavior Dynamics (1984) » Read Now

    by Joseph Nuttin, Raymond P. Lorion, Jean E. Dumas. 251 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...MOTIVATION, PLANNING, AND ACTION A Relational Theory of Behavior Dynamics -ii- MOTIVATION, PLANNING, AND ACTION A Relational Theory of Behavior...Originally published under...
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    Work Motivation » Read Now

    by Uwe Kleinbeck, Hans-Henning Quast, Henk Thierry, Hartmut Hacker. 300 pgs.

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    Motivation for Achievement: Possibilities for Teaching and Learning » Read Now

    by M. Kay Alderman. 336 pgs.

    Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help preservice and in-service teachers acquire the knowledge and skills they need to achieve these...
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    Helping Kids Achieve Their Best: Understanding and Using Motivation in the Classroom » Read Now

    by Dennis M McInerney. 123 pgs.

    A guide for teachers to motivating students in both primary and secondary schools.
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    Toward a Model of the Value Aspects of Motivation in Education: Developing Appreciation for Particular Learning Domains and Activities, in Educational Psychologist » Read Now

    by Jere Brophy. 11 pgs.

    ...Toward a Model of the Value Aspects of Motivation in Education: Developing Appreciation...well-developed lines of theory and research on motivation in education focus on...
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    Motivation and Agency » Read Now

    by Alfred R. Mele. 264 pgs.

    What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele's answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of human agency. This book stands boldly at the...
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    Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition: Integrative Perspectives on Intellectual Functioning and Development » Read Now

    by David Yun Dai, Robert J. Sternberg. 455 pgs.

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    The central argument of this book is that cognition is not the whole story in understanding intellectual functioning and development. To account for inter-individual, intra-individual, and developmental variability in actual intellectual performance, it is necessary to treat cognition, emotion, and...
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    The Concept of Motivation » Read Now

    by R. S. Peters. 166 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...THE CONCEPT OF MOTIVATION STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY...Alasdair MacIntyre The Concept of Motivation R. S. Peters The Idea of a Social Science P. Wench THE CONCEPT...
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    Abilities, Motivation, and Methodology » Read Now

    by Phillip L. Ackerman, Robert Cudeck, Ruth Kanfer. 522 pgs.

    ...Abilities, Motivation, and Methodology The Minnesota...Individual Differences Abilities, Motivation, and Methodology The Minnesota...Minneapolis, Minn. Abilities...
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    Motivation as Related to Personality » Read Now

    by Dorothy Rethlingshafer. 392 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...MOTIVATION as related to personality McGRAW-HILL SERIES IN PSYCHOLOGY...Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality BROWN The Motivation of Behavior BROWN The Psychodynamics...
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    The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Motivation » Read Now

    by Douglas L. Medin. 352 pgs.

    The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. Each chapter provides a thoughtful integration of a body of work.
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    Studies in Motivation » Read Now

    by David C. McClelland. 552 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...Studies in MOTIVATION THE CENTURY PSYCHOLOGY SERIES RICHARD...Edgar L. Lowell STUDIES IN MOTIVATION , edited by David C. McClelland...Sister Kevin OHara Studies in...

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