Intrinsic Motivation at Work: Building Energy & CommitmentIn today's organizations engagement is vital--more is being required of workers than ever. In this new edition of his classic book, Kenneth Thomas draws on the latest research findings to identify the key to employee engagement: intrinsic motivation. Only intrinsic rewards--rewards that come directly from the work itself--encourage the profound commitment and sense of ownership needed for a truly engaged and innovative workforce. Thomas identifies four intrinsic rewards, explains exactly how and why they build engagement and provides a diagnostic framework to evaluate which need boosting and how to boost them. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout, with an expanded section on how leaders can identify their own intrinsic rewards and new tools, tips and practices for encouraging intrinsic motivation in others. |
Contents
The Need for New Models | 1 |
The Shift from Compliance to Partnership | 3 |
Extrinsic Rewards Are No Longer Enough | 6 |
Getting Beyond RationalEconomic Assumptions | 10 |
The Nature of the New Work | 15 |
Purposeful Work | 17 |
SelfManagement in the Pursuit of Purpose | 26 |
The Intrinsic Rewards of the New Work | 39 |
The Rewards of SelfManagement | 41 |
Building a Sense of Meaningfulness | 51 |
Building a Sense of Choice | 63 |
Building a Sense of Competence | 77 |
Building a Sense of Progress | 91 |
Implications | 106 |
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Intrinsic Motivation at Work: Building Energy & Commitment Kenneth Wayne Thomas Limited preview - 2002 |
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