Intrinsic Motivation at Work, 2nd Edition: What Really Drives Employee Engagement

Kenneth Thomas

ISBN 10: 1620642727 ISBN 13: 9781620642726

Publisher: AudioGO, 2012

Synopsis

What motivates people to do their best work in any endeavor they undertake? Management theory and practice has traditionally focused on elements that Kenneth Thomas calls extrinsic motivators: pay, benefits, status, bonuses, commissions, pension plans, expense budgets, and the like. While these are powerful motivators, particularly in command-control job situations in which workers have little or no say in how the job is managed, they are no longer enough by themselves. In todays organizations, in which managers expect workers and teams to self-manage their work, intrinsic rewards are essential. This breakthrough book provides the first comprehensive treatment of intrinsic motivation in the workplacethe psychological rewards workers get directly from the work itselfoffering clear advice on how companies can harness its tremendous power to develop a more committed, self-managing workforce. Written in an engaging, accessible style and grounded in solid academic research, this book provides a diagnostic framework for addressing problems of intrinsic motivation and essential ways to build it.

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About the Author

Kenneth W. Thomas, Ph.D., has an international reputation as a researcher, author, and developer of training materials. He is the developer, with Ralph Kilmann, of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), the leading measure of conflict-handling styles. It has sold over six million copies and been translated into many languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: AudioGO
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1620642727
• ISBN 13: 9781620642726
• Binding: Audio CD
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1