Intrinsic And Extrinsic Motivation In Business

The concept of motivation lies in between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In business management, the concept can be explained in terms of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Through intrinsic motivation, one is pushed by an interest in the job itself while in extrinsic motivation the push comes from external factors rather than within. Looking at the two together, it can be assumed that extrinsic motivation undermines the former and rewards or punishments have a huger impact than the desire to achieve. Nonetheless, the two can be synthesized and the result would be a process where a task fits with an individual’s values and beliefs and therefore fulfilling their needs. The reason why motivation is hard to understand is because of its complexity. Motivation involves more than getting to do something because you want to. It involves integrating concepts such as a good environment, proper timing and a sense of belonging which is at times difficult to achieve thus making it hard to understand.

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The mere presence of goals will not necessarily motivate the employees (Bauer 2011). These goals set by the management need to be SMART. Setting company goals has the effect of giving the employees a sense of direction and energizes them at the same time. Basically, a set goal pushes individuals to keep trying until the goal is accomplished. This will in turn have the effect of creative thinking with employees seeking to come up with new, creative ideas that will help them achieve the set goals. Impression management can also be used to achieve organization goals and motivate employees. Research has shown that junior employees belief impression management is a useful tool that they can use to gain promotion. This clearly shows that impression management keeps employees highly