Research Catalog

Title

Role motivation theories / John B. Miner.

Author

Miner, John B.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

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Details

Description

xvi, 353 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"To understand how organizations function in modern society Role Motivation Theories examines four types of organization and what makes them work. The theories deal with the relationships between these organizational types and the role requirements for their key performers that follow from them, as well as the motivational patterns that fit these roles." "The theories specify a set of informal role requirements that are derived from the form of organization involved and the relation of the key performers to that organization. A matching set of motive patterns is then specified, one for each role requirement. If the role-motivation match is good, the likelihood increases that the role requirements will be carried out and that effective performance will occur. So, when a particular organizational system is staffed appropriately, it will run smoothly and produce output, and will use human motivation as its primary energy source." "In Role Motivation Theories, John B. Miner describes these theories in detail, the evidence supporting their validity, and any difficulties in their interpretation associated with differences in age, race, and gender. He also deals with the use of training to change role-motivational patterns and discusses changes in managerial motivation in recent times." "Of enormous interest to managers as well as to those researching in the psychology of work, Role Motivation Theories is the most up-to-date distillation of Professor Miner's work on motivation."--Jacket.

Series Statement

People and organizations

Uniform Title

People and organizations (London, England)

Subject

• Employee motivation
• Organizational effectiveness
• Achievement motivation
• Motivation (Psychology)
• Motivation
• Achievement motivation
• Employee motivation
• Organizational effectiveness
• Motivationstheorie
• Organisation
• Rolle
• Rollenverhalten
• Arbeidsmotivatie
• Personeelsmanagement
• Organisatiestructuur
• Rollen (sociale wetenschappen)
• Motivatie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-337) and indexes.

Contents

1. role motivation theories -- Distinguishing characteristics of organizational types -- Roles and motivations -- Hypothesized criterion relationships -- Portraits of the ideal -- 2. Role motivation theory in the wider theoretical context -- limited domain approach -- value of parallel theorizing -- Role motivation theories and substitutes for leadership -- Validity of limited domain theories -- 3. Operationalizing role motivation theory variables -- Historical development of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales -- Oliver Organization Description Questionnaire (OODQ) -- Reliability of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales -- Examples of MSCS and OODQ scores -- 4. Validation of the hierarchic role motivation theory -- Validity within the theory's domain -- Validity outside the theory's domain -- Related literatures -- Construct validation -- 5. Validation of the professional role motivation theory -- Validation within the theory's domain -- Validity outside the domain and related literatures -- Construct validity -- 6. Validation of the task role motivation theory -- Validation within the theory's domain -- Validity outside the domain and related literatures -- Construct validity -- 7. Changing role motivation experimentally -- Managerial role motivation training -- Effects of the experimental intervention -- Effects outside the domain -- Related literatures -- 8. Changes in managerial talent supplies over time -- Evidence of decline from the MSCS -- Form H -- Related literatures -- dynamics and etiology of decline -- 9. International comparisons -- Thailand, Iran, Nigeria, India, and varied Pacific nations versus the United States -- Mexico versus the United States -- Research in the People's Republic of China -- Additional findings from beyond U.S. borders -- 10. Age, race, and gender differences -- Age differences -- Race differences -- Gender differences -- 11. Looking back and looking forward -- Criticism and controversy -- Toward a single integrated theory: fi.

ISBN

• 0415084865
• 9780415084864

LCCN

92028816

OCLC

• ocm26397694
• 26397694
• SCSB-1978419

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library