Work and Motivation / Edition 1

by Victor H. Vroom

Overview

Why do people choose the careers they do? What factors cause peopleto be satisfied with their work? No single work did more to makeconcepts like motive, goal incentive, and attitude part of theworkplace vocabulary.

This landmark work, originally published in 1964, integrates thework of hundreds of researchers in individual workplace behavior toexplain choice of work, job satisfaction, and job performance.Includes an extensive new introduction that highlights and updateshis model for current organization behavior educators and students,as well as professionals who must extract the highest levels ofproductivity from today's downsized workforces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787900304
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/13/1994
Series:	Management Series
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.24(w) x 9.51(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

VICTOR H. VROOM is the John G. Searle Professor of Organization and Management, Yale University, and president of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is the author of nine books and over fifty articles and has received awards for his research from the American Psychological Association, the McKinsey Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. An international expert on leadership and decision making, Vroom has served as a consultant to many government agencies and to more than 100 major corporations in the United States and abroad.

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction
1. Introduction and Historical Perspective
2. Motivation—A Point of View
3. The Motivational Bases of Work
Part Two: Choice of Work Role
4. Occupational Choice
Part Three: Satisfaction with Work Roles
5. The Determinants of Job Satisfaction
6. Job Satisfaction and Job Behavior
Part Four: Performance in Work Roles
7. The Role of Motivation in Work Performance
8. Some Motivational Determinants of Effective JobPerformance
Part Five: Conclusion
9. Concluding Observations on Method and Theory

Editorial Reviews

"Highly recommended for the theorist, the empirical investigator,and the student in occupational behavioral science. It is the besttreatise on this topic that this reviewer has seen."

"A comprehensive and critical summary of the morass of studiesabout why people work."

From the Publisher

First published in 1964 by John Wiley & Sons, this is a reprint of a significant text which broke new ground by joining a theoretical structure with empirical research in industrial and organizational psychology. Areas examined include occupational choice, work satisfaction and behavior, and the role of motivation in work performance. This edition includes an introduction by the author discussing and updating his conceptual model. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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