IO PYSCH CHAPTER 9

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Motivation

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The internal force that drives a worker to action as well as the external factors that encourage that action.

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Self-Esteem

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The extent to which a person views himself as valuable and worthy.

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Consistency Theory

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Employees who feel good about themselves are motivated to perform better at work than those who do not.

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Chronic Self-Esteem

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A person’s overall feeling about himself.

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Situational Self-Esteem

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A person’s feeling about himself in a particular situation.

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Socially Influenced Self-Esteem

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How a person feels about himself based on the expectations of others.

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Experience-with-Success

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An employee is given a task so easy that he will almost certainly succeed.

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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An individual will perform as well or as poorly as he expects to perform.

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Galatea Effect

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The relationship between self-expectations and performance.

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Pygmalion Effect

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If an employee feels that the manager has confidence in him, his self-esteem will increase.