Measuring motivation in a dynamic organization—a contingency approach

✍ Scribed by Maria C. Österåker

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 129 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1086-1718
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1697(199903/04)8:2<103::aid-jsc413>3.0.co;2-t

✦ Synopsis

Measuring motivation in a dynamic organizationÐa contingency approach

. The article discusses an imbalance between static motivational theories and dynamic organizations This can affect the validity of the instrument when measuring motivation, if the instrument is only based on motivational theories.

. To study the motivational process in a speci®c organization a contingency approach could be used. Values are one example of what requires dynamic treatment of the motivation concept.

. To examine values on an individual, an organizational and a social level must be the starting-point when deciding motivational factors.

. To ®nd out the values and hereby the factors, considered motivational by the employees, one has to involve the employees in a mutual dialogue.