MOTIVATION IN ORGANISATIONS : searching for a meaningful work-life balance.
Motivation in Organisations: Searching for a Meaningful Work-Life Balance extends the current motivation models in business education to include motives of human behaviour that have been neglected for decades. It debunks some of the myths abouthuman motivation (self-interest as the dominant factor,...
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| Superior document: | Humanistic management |
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Humanistic management
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 232 pages) :; illustrations (black and white) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Mapping the territory of human motivations
- 1 Human motivation theories: Are they really human?
- Understanding Herzberg's extrinsic and intrinsic motivations
- Revisiting Maslow's hierarchy of needs
- Building a map of motivations
- Using the map of motivations
- Some practical tips
- Some questions for reflection
- A final critical thought on why the map is not yet accurate enough
- References
- 2 The extrinsic moral motivations: Human yearning for dignity
- Human motivation theories neglecting the moral dimension
- Inviting Aristotle to join the conversation with Maslow and Herzberg
- Comparing Maslow's hierarchy with Aristotle's conceptions of good
- Recovering the neglected moral dimension in human motivation theories
- Extrinsic moral motivation founded on human dignity and source of trust
- The crucial role of moral motivation to rebuild trust
- Some practical tips
- Some questions for reflection
- A final critical thought on why the map is not yet accurate enough
- Some practical tips
- Some questions for reflection
- A final critical thought on why the map is not yet accurate enough
- References
- Part II Exploring the region of higher human motivations
- 4 The transcendent motivations: Human readiness to give
- Overcoming a self-centred vision of human motivations
- Transcendent motivations: Human willingness to give
- Transcendent motivations or human generosity in debate among academics
- Transcendent useful motivations: Human willingness to give useful good, to serve
- Transcendent pleasant motivations: Human willingness to give pleasant good, to please
- Transcendent moral motivations: Human willingness to give moral good, to do good
- Transcendent motivations' presence in ordinary and professional life
- Some practical tips
- Some questions for reflection
- A final critical thought on why the map is not yet accurate enough
- References
- 5 The spiritual motivations: Human aspiration for the highest goods
- The neglected spiritual motivations
- Spiritual motivations in pursuing the highest human goods