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Work Motivation
History, Theory, Research, and Practice

Second Edition


December 2011 | 456 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, and Practice provides unique behavioural science frameworks for motivating employees in organizational settings. Drawing upon his experiences as a staff psychologist and consultant to organizations, author Gary Latham has written this book in a "mentor voice" that is highly personal and rich in examples, including enduring influences of mentors on researchers in the field.

Key Features

- includes anecdotes about and from the major thought leaders in the field of motivation: Personal insights from and about leading personalities in the field of motivation such as Bandura, Frese, Hough, Judge, Kanfer, Lawler, Locke, Pinder, Rousseau, and Vroom make the material come alive. Behind-the-scenes accounts of research and the researchers who conducted studies in North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe are addressed.

- offers a chronological review of the research on and theories of motivation in the workplace: Written in a meaningful and memorable style, a comprehensive treatment of work motivation is given from the end of the 19th century to the present.

- provides a taxonomy for the study and practice of motivation: The book explains how and why to take into account a person's needs, values, work setting, goals, moods, and emotions. Controversies of theoretical and practical significance such as the importance of money, the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance, and the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are captured and resolved.

 
Preface and Acknowledgments: Person-Environment Fit
 
Introduction: Thirteen Critical Incidents in the Life of a Scientist-Practitioner
 
PART I: THE 20TH CENTURY: UNDERSTANDING THE PAST
 
Chapter 1: 1900–1925: Biology, Behavior, and Money
 
Chapter 2: 1925–1950: Dust Bowl Empiricism
 
Chapter 3: 1950–1975: The Emergence of Theory
 
Chapter 4: 1975–2000: The Employee Is Immersed in Thought
 
Chapter 5: 20th-Century Controversies
 
PART II: THE 21ST CENTURY: EXAMINING THE PRESENT: 2000–2010
 
Chapter 6: Needs: The Starting Point of Motivation
 
Chapter 7: Personality Traits: Distal Predictors of Motivation
 
Chapter 8: Values: Trans-Situational Goals
 
Chapter 9: Cognition: Goals, Feedback, and Self-Regulation
 
Chapter 10: Social Cognitive Theory
 
Chapter 11: Affect/Emotion: The Employee Has Feelings Too
 
PART III: FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND POTENTIAL MISDIRECTIONS
 
Chapter 12: Boundaryless Psychology
 
PART IV: EPILOGUE
 
Chapter 13: The Art of Practice

Very good book indeed. I really enjoyed reading it and told the new MSc intake that they would enjoy this if they wanted to buy something more in depth on work motivation for themselves. I loved the historical aspect to it.

Dr Christine Sprigg
Management School, Sheffield University
September 27, 2012

A comprehensive text book, which provides students with in-depth analysis and background information on current research and practice.

Ms Michelle Mclaughlin
Department of Business & Finance, Croydon College
August 17, 2012

This was part of a development concept for an HR course that did not materialize.

Dr Lawrence Audler
Business Administration , Our Lady of Holy Cross College
June 2, 2012

It is a good overview of the topic, but does not translate well into course material. Perhaps this would serve as a good background text for a graduate course.

Dr Robert Klonoski
Business Administration Dept, Mary Baldwin College
January 24, 2012
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Gary Latham

Gary Latham is the Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Effectiveness in the Rotman School School of Management at the University of Toronto.  He is a Past President of the Canadian Psychological Association, a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Canadian Psychological Association, and the Royal Society of Canada.  He is the only person to receive both the awards for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession and as a Science from the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology.  He is also the recipient of the Scholarly... More About Author

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