What should we do about motivation theory? Six recommendations for the twenty-first century

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Locke, EA; Latham, GP
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Toronto
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 388-403
• 关键词: DECISION-MAKING; SELF-MANAGEMENT; TASK MOTIVATION; follow-up; performance; goals; experience; efficacy; style; RISK

摘要

We present six recommendations for building theories of work motivation that are more valid, more complete, broader in scope, and more useful to practitioners than existing theories. (1) Integrate extant theories by using existing meta-analyses to build a megatheory of work motivation. (2) Create a boundaryless science of work motivation. (3) Study the various types of relationships that could hold between general (trait) and situationally specific motivation. (4) Study subconscious as well as conscious motivation. (5) Use introspection explicitly in theory building. (6) Acknowledge the role of volition in human action when formulating theories.