Role Motivation Theories

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ISBN: 9780415119948 | 0415119944
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Copyright: 11/16/1994

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Through an analysis of four basic organizational types, John Miner details the most up-to-date research of how a particular organization can best motivate people to achieve a highly efficient and integrated system. Drawing on years of research, Miner examines the link between high levels of productivity and organizational structure. Of enormous interest to managers as well as those researching the psychology of work,Role Motivation Theoriesis the most up-to-date distillation of Miner's work on motivation.

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Preface and acknowledgements
The role motivation theories	p. 1
Distinguishing characteristics of organizational types	p. 1
Roles and motivations	p. 9
Hypothesized criterion relationships	p. 25
Portraits of the ideal	p. 29
Role motivation theory in the wider theoretical context	p. 33
The limited domain approach	p. 33
The value of parallel theorizing	p. 40
Role motivation theories and substitutes for leadership	p. 42
Validity of limited domain theories	p. 44
Operationalizing role motivation theory variables	p. 57
Historical development of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales	p. 57
The Oliver Organization Description Questionnaire (OODQ)	p. 69
Reliability of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales	p. 75
Examples of MSCS and OODQ scores	p. 86
Validation of the hierarchic role motivation theory	p. 91
Validity within the theory's domain	p. 91
Validity outside the theory's domain	p. 102
Related literatures	p. 108
Construct validation	p. 114
Validation of the professional role motivation theory	p. 129
Validation within the theory's domain	p. 129
Validity outside the domain and related literatures	p. 140
Construct validity	p. 141
Validation of the task role motivation theory	p. 145
Validation within the theory's domain	p. 147
Validity outside the domain and related literatures	p. 163
Construct validity	p. 165
Changing role motivation experimentally	p. 173
Managerial role motivation training	p. 173
Effects of the experimental intervention	p. 179
Effects outside the domain	p. 193
Related literatures	p. 198
Changes in managerial talent supplies over time	p. 207
Evidence of decline from the MSCS - Form H	p. 208
Related literatures	p. 218
The dynamics and etiology of decline	p. 230
International comparisons	p. 238
Thailand, Iran, Nigeria, India, and varied Pacific nations versus the United States	p. 239
Mexico versus the United States	p. 245
Research in the People's Republic of China	p. 250
Additional findings from beyond U.S. borders	p. 255
Age, race, and gender differences	p. 262
Age differences	p. 262
Race differences	p. 270
Gender differences	p. 275
Looking back and looking forward	p. 288
Criticism and controversy	p. 288
Toward a single integrated theory: filling in the gaps	p. 296
Putting role motivation theories to use	p. 302
References	p. 313
Name index	p. 338
Subject index	p. 345
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