1. Introduction to Motivation Donovan Ambrose & Kulik Eccles & Wigfield

2. Agenda – 6/2/05  Course Reading Packet  Questions, Comments, or Concerns  Reminders  Introduction to Motivation  Break  Motivation Activity  Assignment to Groups  Group Time

3. Course Reading Packet UCP Is Open Until 6:00 PM

4. Questions, Comments, or Concerns Define Leader and Manager. Define Motivation. Name 3 Motivation Theories.

5. Introduction to Motivation  Historical Background  Common Themes  Methodological Issues  Theoretical Issues

6. Historical Background RRoots in Classical and Operant Conditioning (e.g., Pavlov; Skinner) SSocial Comparison (Festinger, 1954) CCognitive Dissonance (Festinger, 1957) SSocial Identity Theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1987) RRelationship between Attitudes, Intent, and Action (Theory of Planned Behavior; Ajzen, 1988)

7. Common Themes of Motivation Theories  Survival  Perceptions Social Attributional  Cognitions Goals Control

8. Methodological Issues NNo Agreed Upon Dependent Variable Fairness? Performance? SSampling Issues Workplace? Students? DDesign Issues Cross Sectional? Between Subjects? Longitudinal or Within Subjects?

9. Theoretical Issues  What is Theory? Explains What, When, How, and Why  Micro and Meso-Level Theories Dependent on Outcomes  Lack of Unified Macro-Level Theory of Work Motivation

10. Break 20 Minute Break

11. Motivation Activity  Write a List of What Motivates You Stream of Consciousness  Share Your List with a Neighbor Add and Subtract  Rank Order Your Final List Top 5 Motivators Only  Class Poll  What Does this Mean for Managers?

12. Assignment to Groups Meet and Greet Schedule GRP

13. Next Tuesday  Needs Theories Rauschenberger et al. (1980) Chusmir & Azevedo (1992) Cornelius & Lane (1984)  SAP 1 and GRP 1  Have a Great Weekend!