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Dodd, Julia. "Theories of Behavior Change and Motivational Interviewing." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7346.
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Dodd, Julia. "Theories of Behavior Change and Motivational Interviewing." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7349.
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Thomas, Laura Bethan. "The 'when' and 'why' of motivational dynamics : a synthesis of contemporary theories." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/1a0132e8-bfb4-4c54-9829-9ba9c91f7937.
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The thesis draws from two contemporary theories of human motivation: self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000) and reversal theory (Apter, 1982) to enhance our understanding of the dynamics of motivation and its e ects on well-being. The thesis tests basic psychological needs theory (a sub theory of SDT) in which well-being and psychological growth are predicated by satisfaction of needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Optimum well-being is associated with a balanced satisfaction of these three needs (Sheldon & Niemiec, 2006), whilst thwarting of any need is associated with functional costs (Deci & Ryan, 2000). These relationships are examined in conjunction with the ideas of reversal theory. This posits that an individual's motivation moves dynamically through four mutually exclusive pairs of meta-motivational states, each characterised by a certain way of interpreting some aspect of one's own motivation and associated with their own range of emotions (Apter, 1989, 2001). To be considered \psychologically healthy" people should reverse between states on a regular and frequent basis, thus experiencing a broad range of felt emotions (Apter, 2001). Currently reversal theory literature presents three reversal inducing agents: frustration, satiation, and contingent events, however, literature surrounding the reversal process lacks depth and clarity, particularly in regard to frustration and satiation-induced reversals. Within the present thesis, I posit that examining the conceptual links between reversal the- ory and SDT might enhance our understanding of the dynamic nature of motivation: how people switch motivational foci, why and when this might occur, and examine ways of triggering motivational switches to enhance well-being. Speci cally, the thesis proposes that the active satiation and thwarting of basic psychological needs induces satiation and frustration based reversals. The movement between meta-motivational states is argued to help regulate balanced need satisfaction; although needs cannot all be satis ed at one time, they can be satis ed over time, the purpose of the reversal. Consisting of ve chapters: a general introduction including a theoretical integration of SDT and reversal theory, three experimental chapters, and a general discussion, the thesis had four main aims. First, to advocate a movement from working in theoretical silos to examining the meaningful concordance. The advantages of this are demonstrated through the interplay between SDT and reversal theory to better understand the dynamics of motivational focus. Second, to develop and validate an implicit measure of active meta-motivational state, enabling examination of acute changes in motivational focus. Third, to test a novel framework of the antecedents of meta-motivational state changes. Finally, to test the use of meta-motivational state reversals as a mechanism by which individuals may achieve balanced need satisfaction. Taken together the main ndings of the thesis were as follows: (1) that an implicit measure of meta-motivational state capable of assessing the full spectrum of states within 90s has utility; (2) evidence that need satisfying and thwarting environments trigger meta-motivational state reversals; (3) indications that people are motivated and able to correct acute imbalance in their need satisfaction as demonstrated through attempts to recoup deprived needs; (4) the proposition that contingent reversals, historically de ned as reversals induced by situational changes, might also be induced through cognitive changes; leading to a general conclusion that (5) examination of the meaningful concordance between SDT and reversal theory to understand dynamic motivation appears promising. The thesis has made a number of novel contributions to understanding of human behaviour. For the rst time the process of reversing between meta-motivational states has been empirically examined and a mechanism for inducing satiation and frustration reversals has been identi ed. Furthermore, an implicit measure of meta-motivational state has been developed and validated, which facilitates future research examining the reversal process (e.g., frequency, lability, and pur- pose). A framework for regulating balanced need satisfaction has been proposed and supported by initial self-report and behavioural data. From an applied perspective the ability to induce reversals and achieve a balance of need satisfaction may prevent maladaptive outcomes associated with both need thwarting and inhibited reversals.
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Banks, Claretha Hughes. "A Descriptive Analysis of the Perceived Effectiveness of Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27305.
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Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute (FDI) was developed to address issues related to the computer technology revolution; training and education of faculty; faculty professional development; and the university adjusting to change. The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the goals, expectations, and perceived outcomes that the university, FDI developers, and the initial participants had for Virginia Tech's FDI initiative as originally implemented. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used in this study to identify the perceived outcomes for the developers and initial participants. The fundamental concepts of motivation theory, evaluation, personal recall, and self-perception theory are used help to describe and explain the findings of the study. Interview results from the five developers and historical document analysis were used to develop surveys for the 49 initial participants and the developers in order to provide validity for the results. Interviews, historical documents and the survey results show that initial participants, developers and the university had very similar expectations for the outcomes during and/or immediately following the initial FDI workshop. There were wider differences in expectations of long-term outcomes as a result of the FDI initiative. The results also differ in terms of the extent to which participants and developers believed that their expectations were met short and long term.Ph. D.
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Berglund, Evelina, and Frida Sjödin. "Motivation inom ämnet Idrott och hälsa : En intervjustudie av lärares uppfattningar om motivationens betydelse för ämnet Idrott och hälsa." Thesis, Umeå University, Education, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-452.
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We wanted to study if and how students become motivated and stimulated towards a permanent interest for regular physical activity, from a pedagogical perspective. Our goal was to examine how physical education teachers create motivation for the students and how you, as a physical education teacher, can motivate those students who are physically inactive due to obesity or other various kinds of problems. In the theoretical background, we have made a summary of sports and development of the physical education subject over the years. We also describe society´s perspective on public health. The motivation concept is definded and we explain different motivational theories. The study shows how teachers can help motivate their students and we discuss earlier research concerning motivation. The examination consisted of semi-structured interviews interpreted on the basis of research questions. When it comes to creating motivation for physical activity among students, the result shows that physical education teachers are of utmost importance. The students´ motivation can be influenced in a positive way if teachers encourage and praise all children and vary the education, adapting it to needs of the students.
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Fontecilla, Apablaza Walezka. "A characterization of motivational theories present in MINEDUC's textbook: strategies for motivating and managing the chilean classroom." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2018. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/170317.
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Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Lingüística mención Lengua InglesaThe study reported in this thesis had the objective of analysing the theoretical basis of the textbook Strategies for motivating and managing the Chilean classroom by examining the main motivational theories and approaches present in it. It can be characterised as an exploratory and descriptive study and takes a qualitative form based and supported by observations of teaching activities. Strategies for motivating and managing the Chilean classroom was written in 2011 by Martha Epperson and Michelle Rossman, two English language experts from Georgetown University. The objective of Epperson’s book is to propose strategies and activities to put into practice in Chilean language classroom in order to manage and motivate the students to learn the English language. Each section of the book contains suggestions and activities to apply in an English language classroom in Chile. The authors claim that all the activities and strategies in the textbook were proved in the Chilean language classrooms context up to forty-five students. The textbook was analysed using a taxonomy elaborated considering the four historical periods of the research of motivation and the most important contemporary theories of motivation according to Dörnyei (2001, 2011). The results of the study showed a predominance of the social approaches in the activities analysed even though it was found that the theoretical basis for motivation were not indicated explicitly in the textbook.
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Rosenthal, Erica Lynn. "Overcoming Cognitive and Motivational Barriers to Media Literacy: A Dual-Process Approach." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/32.
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In today's fast-paced, hyper-mediated society, the ability to balance accuracy and efficiency is essential. Media literacy educational programs have arisen to meet this need and proliferated in recent years. Although the practice of media literacy is thriving, its underlying mechanisms are poorly understood and evidence of effectiveness is mixed (e.g., Bergsma & Carney, 2008). A social psychological perspective has the potential to illuminate previously overlooked variables and inform research and practice in this growing field. In particular, whereas media literacy efforts typically emphasize thorough processing of media messages, dual-process theories of persuasion (e.g., Eagly & Chaiken, 1993; Petty & Cacioppo, 1986) suggest this is not always realistic. When motivation or ability is compromised, individuals default to a low-effort processing mode, relying on peripheral cues or heuristics rather than carefully evaluating message arguments. In this mode, media messages can persuade unconsciously.
Using a dual-process approach, the present research investigated how specific barriers to motivation (perceptions of personal invulnerability) and processing ability (emotion-based advertising, environmental distractions) influence the processes of media literacy. Participants (N = 882) were randomly assigned to 16 conditions in a 2 [vulnerability: demonstrated, control] x 2 [distractions: present, absent] x 2(2) [ad type: informational, emotional; two replicates of each type] between-subjects nested design. The vulnerability manipulation increased distrust in the target ads and reduced their persuasiveness, not through the hypothesized mechanism of heightened perceptions of vulnerability, but mediated by increased counterarguing. Relative to informational ads, emotional ads were judged more persuasive, attractive, similar to personal experience, and elicited greater identification. However, they were also rated less trustworthy than informational ads, suggesting emotional advertising largely bypasses logical decision-making processes. Distraction reduced counterarguing only among those who found the ad relatively unpersuasive.
The results of this research highlight the central role of trust in media literacy processes. Although individuals recognize and distrust emotional forms of advertising, they are nonetheless persuaded by such appeals. Given the sophistication of contemporary advertising techniques and the ubiquity of distractions, the present research suggests new approaches to media literacy are needed, specifically tailored to decision-making under these more realistic media-use conditions.
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Madarová, Kateřina. "Motivační program vybrané vzdělávací instituce." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-125013.
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The diploma thesis aims to explore work motivation and satisfaction of employees in chosen company, based on the assumption that these are at the lower level. On the ground of gained information subsequently proposes a suitable motivational program for language school employees. Considering low number of respondents there are several research methods used in the thesis, including personal and written questioning of employees, interviews with former employees, Bales interaction analysis, and comparison with another institution of similar nature. Based on the research has been confirmed the hypothesis about dissatisfaction of employees on the workplace. Taking into account the structure of statements is whole research and its conclusions grounded in Herzberg theory of work motivation and proposed program includes both hygienic and motivational elements.
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Němečková, Monika. "Motivační systém vybraného hotelu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-74665.
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The subject of this dissertation is "Employee motivation structure of a chosen hotel". It is an employee work satisfaction study done at hotel Palace in Prague, which belongs to the Vienna International Hotels & Resorts. Analysis of the current situation as well as recommendations for improvement are included. The paper consists of two parts. The first theoretical part focuses on various concepts in the area of motivation, development of motivational theories, impact of employee motivation on performance and the characteristics of factors affecting work satisfaction. The second part analyses employee work satisfaction and describes the current state of the hotel's motivational structure. The conclusion focuses on suggestions for improvement based on the analysis presented in this paper.
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Santos, Adriele Valéria Pereira dos. "Análise do efeito do sistema de recompensas na motivação dos colaboradores do grupo “Good Gastronomy”." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14910.
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Mestrado em Gestão de Recursos HumanosNum ambiente caraterizado pela escassez de recursos valiosos, que encaixem nos objetivos estratégicos das organizações, torna-se fundamental a atração e retenção de colaboradores que acrescentem valor ao negócio da empresa. Atualmente a gestão de recompensas é reconhecida como um dos fatores que influenciam a motivação dos colaboradores e consequentemente a retenção dos mesmos. O presente estudo analisou o efeito do SR (sistema de recompensas) do grupo ?Good Gastronomy? e concluiu que a motivação dos colaboradores do grupo é determinada principalmente pela componente extrínseca proporcionada pelo SR do grupo.
ABSTRACT: In an environment characterized by the scarcity of valuable resources that fit the strategic objectives of organizations, it is fundamental to attract and retain employees who add value to the company's business. Rewards management is currently recognized as one of the factors that influence employees' motivation and consequently their intention to stay with the organization. The present study analyzed the effect of the SR (reward system) of the group "Good Gastronomy" and concluded that the motivation of the employees of the group is determined mainly by the extrinsic component provided by the SR of the group.
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Boháčová, Monika. "Motivace a stimulace zaměstnanců Restaurace U Pinkasů." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193493.
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The theoretical part of the Master's thesis deals with aspects, which influence job performance of employees. The thesis describes one of the most important parts of job performance, which is the motivation. It is also dealing with some of more or less known motivational theories, which help us to understand the motivation of each person. The thesis does not omit term of stimulation and work satisfaction as well. The background of specific company in tourisms, the U Pinkasů restaurant, is sketched in practical part of the thesis. The motivation of its employees as well as some improvement suggestions are studied close.
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Novotná, Jana. "Motivace a spokojenost pracovníků organizace." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-201683.
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The master thesis theme is motivation and satisfaction of employees in organization. Theoretical part focuses especially on motivation in relation to work motivation and performance. Its task is to define the theories and tools of motivation and factors that influence it. In the practical part there is summary and analysis of survey that has been done on the premises of specific company in Prague. This parts task is to find out whether employees are satisfied with the selected motivational factors and how are these factors important to them.
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Gareau, Alexandre. "An Examination of the Motivational Determinants of Academic Achievement Through a Dual-Process Perspective: The Case of the Integrative Process in Self-Determination Theory." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38587.
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Self-determination theory posits, through an organismic perspective of human development, that all humans are inherently curious to assimilate new information and all naturally behave for their psychological growth. Central to this natural tendency is the determinant role of the social environment in maintaining or hindering this inherent function of the self. Humans thus develop, through their life, motivational patterns that can be characterized as being either internalized or not. For SDT, this natural process of integrating one’s motives, values, and belief in the self can be observed through the internalization continuum of self-determination. The self-determination continuum describes the behavioral regulation of individuals and can be broke down in two large dimensions: autonomous vs controlled motivation. When applied to the educational context, the theory would say that students who invest themselves in their academic activities for more internalized and autonomous reasons will be more likely to experience positive educational outcomes (e.g., achievement, perseverance, deeper learning, well-being, and lower dropout intentions). However, recent meta-analyses revealed a small positive association between explicit self-evaluation of autonomous motivation (AM) and academic achievement (r ≈ .177; Cerasoli, Nicklin, & Ford, 2014; Richardson, Abraham, & Bond, 2012; Taylor et al., 2014). In those studies, the internalization dimensions have been mainly measured through self-report methodology, and even if those measures are valid and reliable they should only be interpreted as the accessible declared self-knowledge one individual has about his own motivational dispositions. As such, this thesis embarks on the premise that those explicit self-evaluations mainly tap into the reflective/conscious side on the human brain and that taking a dual-process perspective over the integration process could alleviate our understanding of human motivation. This thesis also acknowledges, as in most dual-process theories, the determinant role of working memory capacity (WMC) in the interplay between the explicit/reflective/controlled and implicit/impulsive/automatic processes. The ability to control and direct attention, as measured by WMC, is an important individual differences that can explain why some dual-process effect might be working for some individuals but not for the other (Barrett, Tugade, & Engle, 2004). In this dissertation, my hypotheses were anchored in SDT and inspired by the implicit social cognition approach. Accordingly, I aimed at exploring the internalization process of university students in the educational context. To that end, I proposed three original studies described in three different articles. In Article 1, I first developed a lexical decision task of implicit AM based on the preliminary work of Burton, Lydon, D'Alessandro, and Koestner (2006). I hypothesized that explicit and implicit AM should interact in a synergistic manner in the prediction of subsequent academic achievement. Moreover, this synergistic effect should depend on the WMC of the students, as the integrative process is likely to be cognitively challenging. A sample of 272 university students were recruited and participated in a lab study (INSPIRE lab). Results of moderated regression analysis revealed that explicit AM was a significant predictor of semester GPA, but only for students with high level of implicit AM, and average to high levels of WMC. This prediction was double the size of past meta-analyses estimate (β = .445), thus demonstrating that incorporating a dual-process perspective of AM enable a more precise account of internalization. In Article 2, I extended the lexical decision task with additional stimuli, replicated the effect of Article 1 with Bayesian estimation and tested a reciprocal hypothesis between academic AM and achievement. I hypothesized that the past academic achievements of students are likely to influence the development of AM for university studies. Again in the INSPIRE lab, 258 undergraduate students participated in this study. Results of a mediational model revealed a significant reciprocal effect of past academic achievement, explicit AM and subsequent academic achievement at university. Moreover, results from study 1 were included as informative prior in the Bayesian analysis of study 2. A moderated-moderation mediation model was tested and revealed a significant synergistic effect between explicit and implicit AM, thus replicating the effect found in study 1. This effect was also moderated by WMC, once again replicating the results of study 1, by demonstrating that sufficient WMC is needed for the synergistic effect of AM to be operant. Lastly, in Article 3 I developed an in-lab learning situation to evaluate if dispositions of AM could be activated outside of the students’ awareness and enable explicitly declared AM to be predictive of subsequent learning performance (math and verbal components). The beneficial effect of explicit AM on subsequent learning performance was only observed for the students who were subliminally primed with AM words. This experimental study thus stressed on the importance of the environment in shaping individuals’ behavior, even when that environment is unconsciously perceived. The findings of this experimental study were thus repositioned in a person x environment interpretation, as opposed to study 1 and 2 which were framed in a person x person interpretation. Of particular interest, contrary to studies 1 and 2, only students with low to average levels of WMC seemed to benefit from the situational priming of AM words. Students with lower levels of WMC can thus benefit from implicit situational cues of AM, as the results demonstrate that it can activate the synergistic effect of AM and ultimately help them perform better on the exam. Overall, this thesis has provided empirical evidence for adopting a dual-process perspective of AM combining motivation and cognitive research in the prediction of academic achievement.
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Timpone, Lyndsey Ann. "Motivational Profiles of Middle School Students in an RTI Model: Implicit theories of intelligence, regulatory focus, goal preference, effort attributions and academic self-efficacy." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1334148679.
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Rosa, Adriana dos Santos. "A motivação para o trabalho na perspectiva do bibliotecário: um estudo de caso na região Bahia e Sergipe." Instituto de Ciência da Informação, 2018. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/26223.
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O presente trabalho aborda as teorias sobre motivação para o trabalho e tem como objetivo geral: Avaliar a motivação para o trabalho na perspectiva dos bibliotecários inscritos no Conselho Regional de Biblioteconomia da 5ª Região (Bahia/Sergipe); e como objetivos específicos: Mensurar a motivação para o trabalho do bibliotecário;Identificar os elementos motivadores para o trabalho do bibliotecário; e Identificar os elementos desmotivadores destes profissionais para o trabalho.A Metodologia utilizada para o alcance dos objetivos destaca o tipo da pesquisa, a justificativa, o universo e amostra e adota o Inventário de Motivação e Satisfação para o Trabalho como o instrumento de coleta de dados. O universo foi constituído por 1941 bibliotecários registrados no CRB/5ª região, dos quais 910 estão ativos. Os inscritos no Conselho no período entre 2013 a 2014 que atuam nos estados de Bahia e Sergipe totalizam 435 bibliotecários. A amostra foi constituída pelos respondentes, ou seja, foram 45 questionários respondidos dentro da população de inscritos no CRB/5º região no período estipulado pela presente investigação. O baixo índice de retorno dos respondentes comparado ao número total de credenciados no período escolhido (45/435= 10,3%) pode ter ocorrido devido a uma possível desatualização de cadastro, pouca acessibilidade destes profissionais ao e-mail ou falta de interesse em responder a um questionário longo.Salienta-se que o recorte temporal, apontado pela investigação justifica-se pela necessidade de desvelar a realidade de profissionais experientes, mas que não tenham muito tempo de formação inicial que possivelmente estão atentos para as tendências e desafios do mercado atual. Conclui-se, dentre outras considerações finais, que os bibliotecários credenciados no CRB/5ª Região no período de 2004 a 2013, apresentam-se motivados por variáveis que perpassam diversos contextos, desde os de ordem econômica, os de características sociais, até as mais elevadas percepções cognitivas individuais.
ABSTRACT The present work addresses theories about motivation for work and has as general objective: To evaluate a motivation for the work from the perspective of the librarians enrolled in the Regional Council of Librarianship of the 5ªRegion (BAHIA / SERGIPE);and as specific objectives: Measure a motivation for the work of the librarian; Identify the motivating elements for the librarian's work; and Identify the de-motivating elements of these professionals for the job.The Methodology used to reach the objectives highlights the type of research, a justification, the universe and sample and adopts the Motivation and Satisfaction Inventory for Work as the data collection instrument of the research. The universe was constituted by 1941 registered librarians in the CRB / 5º region, of which 910 are active. Those enrolled in the council in the period between 2013 to 2014 that operate in the states of Bahia and Sergipe total 435 librarians. The sample consisted of respondents, that is, 45 questionnaires were answered within the population enrolled in the CRB / 5th region in the period stipulated for the present investigation. The low rate of return of the respondents compared to the total number of accredited in the chosen period (45/435 = 10.3%) may have occurred due to a possible outdated registration, poor accessibility of the professionals to the e-mail or lack of interest in answer a long questionnaire. It should be noted that the time cut, as pointed out by the research is justified by the need to unveil the reality of experienced professionals, but who do not have a lot of initial training time, possibly paying attention to current market trends and challenges. It is concluded, among other final considerations, that the librarians accredited in the CRB / 5ª Region from 2004 to 2013, are motivated by variables that cover different contexts, from variables economic and social, to the highest individual perceptions cognitive.
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Andersson, Amanda, and Emma Ljungdahl. "Sustainable motivation? A qualitative study on dimensions of work motivation." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21613.
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Studien är genomförd med en kvalitativ metod och undersöker hur nyinträdda på arbetsmarknaden upplever arbetsmotivation och vad som driver dem i yrkeslivet. Vidare syftar studien till att undersöka om det går att urskilja några nya aspekter som inte tidigare uppmärksammats bland befintliga motivationsteorier. Empirin utgörs av tolv semistrukturerade intervjuer med personer i arbete födda på 1990-talet, där varje intervju var cirka 45 minuter lång. Resultatet visar att det finns en medvetenhet och ett hållbarhetsperspektiv hos intervjupersonerna som väger tyngre än exempelvis lön och omgivning. Vi kan med hjälp av det empiriska materialet se tendenser som pekar på att intervjupersonerna drivs och motiveras av faktorer som ligger långt fram i tiden, och att de kan finna mening i arbetsuppgifter som kanske inte generar någon direkt belöning. Intervjupersonerna har en långsiktig och hållbar syn på sitt arbete och motiveras av framtiden, och i de fall där arbetet inte är stimulerande har synsättet blivit en form av överlevnadsstrategi. Denna dimension av långsiktighet presenteras inte i tidigare motivationsteorier och vi vill därför mena att vi bidragit med viktiga insikter att vidare studera.The following report is a qualitative study, and examines how newcomers to the labor market experiencing motivation and what drives them in their professional life. Furthermore, the study aims to investigate whether if it’s possible to discern some new aspects that is not mentioned in existing motivation theories. The empirical data consists of twelve semi-structured interviews with persons born in the 1990s, where each interview was approximately 45 minutes long. The result shows that there is an awareness and a kind of sustainability in the interviewees answers, that outweighs economic factors and surroundings. We can with the help of the empirical material see a trend that suggest that interviewees are driven and motivated by factors which lies further in the future, and that they can find meaning in the tasks that might not generate any direct reward. The interviewees have a long-term and sustainable approach to their work and are motivated by the future, and this point of view has become a form of survival strategy whenever the work is not stimulating enough. This dimension of sustainability is not presented in the earlier theories of motivation and we would therefore like to suggest that we contributed with important insights to further study.
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Beukes, Charisse Jennifer. "A study exploring motivational factors that influence the morale of General Assistants in the CWED through the application of the theories of Maslow, Herzberg and Marciano." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5917.
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Masters in Public Administration - MPAThe purpose of this study is to identify and explore factors that influence the morale of general assistants in the Cape Winelands Education District (CWED) through a qualitative study at five schools in Worcester. General assistants are perceived as low-skilled workers due to the content of the functions they fulfill at educational institutions. The Needs Theory of Maslow, the Two-factor Theory of Herzberg and the Respect Model of Marciano provide the theoretical context for the study. A qualitative approach was followed by conducting oneon- one structured interviews with principals and general assistants at the identified schools. The goal was to determine how attitudes and behaviour of some stakeholders at the educational institution had an impact on the morale of the general assistants. Some of the main findings that resulted from interviews revealed that general assistants have been employed at schools for long periods, ranging from one to more than twenty years. The majority of the participants indicated that they were content with their salary and leave allocation. The factors that influenced their morale positively were identified as the relationship and communication with the principal, friendliness and respect by colleagues and the opportunities to grow and develop. Factors that influenced their morale adversely, were negative and disrespectful behaviour displayed by learners, disrespect by colleagues, including educators and situations of conflict.
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Horňáková, Veronika. "Cesty zvyšování motivace a spokojenosti ve vybraných organizacích." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-71724.
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The diploma thesis first describes basic motivation theories and other, motivation related, subjects. Further, in reference to several extensive investigations via questionnaires taken in two different companies with more than one year gap, evaluates the motivation and satisfaction of employees. It also examines how the motivation and satisfaction changed after implementing several organizational changes; more efficient work time management, more transparent organizational structure, improved communication between managers and employees, etc. The thesis also compares the results of the questionnaires taken in those two companies and tries to find common motivators despite the fact the each company finds itself in a very different field and has diverse employee structure. All the questionnaires were based on Stoewer's test.
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Moks, Edvin. "Motivation att lära : En studie om elever och lärares upplevelser kring att lära sig matematik på gymnasiet ur ett motivationsteoretiskt perspektiv." Thesis, KTH, Lärande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264223.
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Forskning har visat att motivation har en stor betydelse för elevens lärande och välmående i skolan. Motivation har en lång forskningshistoria vilket har skapat en stor mängd tankar och idéer kring vad motivation är och hur den på bästa sätt kan främjas hos individen. Under senare år har motivationsforskning övergått till att i större omfattning använda socio-kognitiva modeller vilket har bidragit till en ny förståelse av motivationens flerdimensionalitet. Ur ett socio-kognitivt perspektiv framstår inte en elevs motivation vara ett stabilt personlighetsdrag utan snarare reflektera det möte som uppstår mellan undervisningens kontext och vilka förutsättningar eleven tar med sig in i denna kontext. För att nå en förståelse för elevens motivation att lära behövs således både en insikt om vilka förutsättningar eleven tar med sig in i en undervisningssituation samt hur undervisningens kontext påverkar dessa förutsättningar.Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka hur elevens lärande inom matematik samt lärarens arbete med att motivera elever att lära sig matematik kan förstås ur ett motivationsteoretiskt perspektiv. Ett motivationsteoretiskt perspektiv betyder för denna studie att elever och lärares redogörelser har analyserats utifrån ett ramverk bestående av åtta motivationsteoretiska aspekter framtagna ur en syntes av motivationsteorierna självbestämmandeteorin, målorienteringsteorin samt förväntningar och värdeteorin.Studien genomfördes på två kommunala gymnasieskolor i Stockholmsområdet och deltagarna bestod av elever från varierande årskurser och programinriktningar samt lärare med lång respektive kort tid i yrket. Studien tillämpade en blandad metod där data samlades in via en enkät och intervjuer med elever och lärare. Deskriptiv analys utfördes på studiens enkätresultat med hjälp av statistikprogrammet SPSS och en riktad innehållsanalys genomfördes utifrån studiens ramverk på intervjuresultatet för att se hur motivationsteoretiska aspekter kom till uttryck i elever och lärares redogörelser. Resultatet visade att ungefär hälften av de motivationsteoretiska aspekter som ingick i ramverket aktualiserades i låg grad hos eleverna. Många av eleverna hade en positiv inställning gentemot matematikämnet och upplevde att de vara motiverade att lära sig matematik, men det fanns även många elever som hade en motsatt uppfattning. Dessa elever verkade ha tappat tron på sig själva och upplevde inte att undervisningen tog hänsyn till deras mer utmanande situation. Likväl visade det sig att lärarna upplevde att det var svårt att förverkliga ett motivationsarbete i sin undervisning på grund av tidsbrist och begränsningar kopplade till styrdokumenten. En märkbar konsekvens av detta var att elevernas inflytande och deltagande i undervisningen blev väldigt begränsat. Med utgångspunkt i detta resultat och tidigare forskning presenteras förslag för hur matematikundervisning kan organiseras för att främja elevens motivation att lära sig matematik.Research has shown that student motivation plays a significant part in students academic success and well-being in school. In the field of educational research, motivation has long been a topic of interest which has produced an large amount of thoughts and ideas about what motivation is and what learning environments promote motivation most effectively. In recent years, researchers have increasingly began to use social cognitive models to explain motivation which has produced a new understanding of motivation as a multifaceted phenomenon. From a socio-cognitive perspective it has become clear that motivation cannot be explained as a stable personality trait. Instead, motivation can be understood to reflect the meeting point between the classroom context and what unique circumstances each student brings with him or herself into this context. Thus, in order to understand student motivation, one must first seek to understand the conditions each student brings to the classroom and how the classroom context affects each students unique circumstances. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how student accounts of learning mathematics and teachers classroom practices to motivate students to learn mathematics can be understood from a motivational theoretical perspective. In this study a motivational theoretical perspective refers to a framework that was developed from a synthesis of the three motivational theories, self-determination theory, goal orientation theory and expectancy-value theory.The study was conducted in two Swedish upper secondary schools with students from mixed grades and different educational programs and teachers with both short and long experience in the teacher profession. The study used a mixed method and the data was collected via a questionnaire that students participated in and through interviews with both students and teachers. Descriptive analysis was performed on the quantitative data using SPSS and a directed qualitative content analysis was performed using the developed framework on the qualitative data. The results showed that nearly half of the categories within the framework were satisfied in low levels within the students. Although many of the students had a positive attitude towards mathematics and felt that they were motivated to learn mathematics, there were also many students who had an opposite view. These students appeared to have had lost faith in themselves and did not experience that the learning environment took their more challenging circumstances into consideration. All of the teachers experienced a difficulty in including a motivational perspective in their teaching practice due to time constraints and limitations associated with the guidelines provided by the school system. A notable consequence of these circumstances was that student participation in learning activities and involvement in the decision making of the learning practices became very limited. Based on this result and previous research, suggestions were given on how the learning environment can be organized to promote student motivation in mathematics.
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Vorster, Martine. "A comparative study on pharmacist job satisfaction in the private and public hospitals of the North–West Province / by Marine Vorster." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4619.
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Pharmacists experience high levels of stress at work, especially from factors intrinsic
to their jobs and management roles. In South Africa, the public sector is confronted
with situational difficulties such as a shortage of staff and poor working conditions
Accordingly, a comparative survey was conducted using a self–constructed
questionnaire to obtain individual responses from the pharmacists in the public, as
well as the private sector. The focus population was the pharmacists in the public,
as well as the private hospitals in the North–West Province. The public sector
consists of 30 hospitals and the private sector of 20. By using the convenient
sampling method, 100 samples were taken. The questionnaire measured six factors
of job satisfaction, namely: job design, salary/remuneration satisfaction, performance
management, working arrangements, organisational climate, and professional
development. The questionnaire was distributed to 100 pharmacists in total, and a
response rate of 66% was obtained.
The only medium practical significance shown in the results was between the
averages of the private sector (2.89) in contrast with the public sector (3.38). This
indicates that the public sector demonstrates less satisfaction with their performance
management than the private sector. The data also indicated that the public sector
pharmacists are less satisfied with job design, performance of management,
professional development, and their working arrangements. The private sector
showed only a small difference in the means, when compared to the public sector. It
is clear that both sectors illustrate a moderate level of job satisfaction.
Recommendations, therefore, included the revisiting of the job design by increasing
job rotation and task identity. The need for self–actualization has to be
acknowledged and the opportunity for promotion needs to be provided. The link
between the actual activity and the bonus, with regards to performance
management, has to be re–established, and there has to be transparency
throughout. Decision–making control is extremely important and seeing that 82% of
the pharmacists were female, the employer can consider accommodating family
responsibilities, compressed working weeks, flexible working hours, job sharing, and
part–time work. Professional development is also very important within any company
and it is vital that the employer deposits time, money and skill into the staff.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Eklund, Adam. "Webbaserade program & coaching för att främja fysisk aktivitet : En systematisk översikt om effekten av webbaserade program & coaching på individer med behov av ökad fysisk aktivitet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95259.
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Bakgrund: Mer och mer forskning kommer fram som styrker fördelarna med regelbunden fysisk aktiv (FA). Ändå har många svårt att röra på sig tillräckligt. I tidigare forskning har interventioner med ett webbaserat program (WBP) och interventioner med coaching fått positiva resultat med att främja FA. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att undersöka effekten av ett webbaserat program tillsammans med coaching för att främja FA hos individer som är i behov av ökad FA. Metod: För att besvara syftet har en litteraturöversikt gjorts med sammanställning av 8 vetenskapliga originalartiklar. Sökningen gjordes med Databasen PubMed. Artiklarna granskades med hjälp av ”Oxford Levels of Evidence 2011” evidensmetod. Resultat: Majoriteten av studierna (n=6 av 8) visade en positiv effekt av WBP och coaching på FA. Två artiklar såg ingen signifikant förbättring. Slutsats: Utifrån den granskade litteraturen så finns det skäl till att använda ett webbaserat program tillsammans med coaching för att främja FA. Mer forskning kräves för att säkerställa effekten av ett WBP och Coaching på FA samt specifikt effekten på den yngre och äldre befolkningen.Background: More and more research is emerging that demonstrates the benefits of regular physical activity (FA). Still, many have difficulty being physically active. In previous research, interventions with a web-based program (WBP) and interventions with coaching have had positive results in promoting FA. Aim: The purpose of the review is to investigate the effect of a web-based program together with coaching to promote FA in individuals who are in need of increased FA. Method: In order to answer the purpose, a literature review has been compiled with the compilation of 8 scientific original articles. Articles were found using the PubMed database. The articles were reviewed using the "Oxford Levels of Evidence 2011" evidence method. Results: The majority of studies (n = 6 of 8) showed a positive effect of WBP and coaching on FA. Two articles saw no significant improvement. Conclusion: Based on the literature reviewed, there is positive evidence to suggest usage a web-based program together with coaching to promote FA. More research is needed to ensure the effect of a WBP and Coaching on the FA and specifically the effect on the younger and older population.
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Pospíšilová, Klára. "Motivace a stabilizace klíčových zaměstnanců ve firmě Česká zbrojovka a.s." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-224011.
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This master thesis focuses on the problem of motivation, stimulation and stabilization of the key employees in the company Česká zbrojovka a.s. The main aim of this thesis is to identify insufficiencies in the current system of employee motivation and to suggest potential changes leading to its improvement and assessment from the economic impact of the proposed improvements to the company. The theoretical part of the thesis contains the fundamental knowledge and base of the human resources management and also discusses various theories of work motivation. Reviewed problems of demotivation and unwanted employee turnover follow. The practical part of the thesis shows a qualitative analysis of the current system of the staff motivation in Česká zbrojovka a.s. There is also linked and combined theoretical knowledge with the corporate practice. The final part of the thesis is based on facts found from the survey which identifies imperfections in the existing system and formulates potential recommendations for improving employee motivation and stabilization in the analysed company in order to improve work performance, enhance job satisfaction and loyalty of employees to Česká zbrojovka a.s.
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Halitaj, Erjona. "Vilket vetenskapligt stöd finns för att använda beteendepåverkande metoder inom tandvården? : En Systematisk Litteraturstudie." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ. Oral hälsa, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36383.
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Bakgrund: En beteendeförändring kan vara ett långt och komplext förlopp. Det finns olika beteendepåverkande metoder att ta till stöd vid en process till beteendeförändring där de har gemensamt att strategiskt arbeta med en patients beteendeförändring. Syfte: att studera vilket vetenskapligt stöd det finns för att användning av beteendepåverkande metoder inom tandvården ger resultat till förbättrade munhygienbeteenden och oral hälsa hos patienter. Metod: En systematisk litteraturstudie utfördes och vetenskapliga artiklar söktes i databaserna Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source, PubMed, CINAHL with fulltext samt PsycINFO. Resultat: Beteendepåverkande metoder som återfanns i litteraturstudien var health belief model, transteoretiska modellen, health action process approach, utbildningsprogram baserat på kognitiva beteendeprinciper på individ- samt gruppnivå, social kognitiva teorin, theory of planned behavior och theory of reasoned action. Begrepp som återfanns var känsla av sammanhang [KASAM], locus of control samt self-efficacy. Self-efficacy visade sig vara ett viktigt begrepp. Resultaten var motstridiga, det fanns både stödjande och icke stödjande resultat till förbättrade munhygienbeteenden samt gingivala förhållanden. Slutsats: Beteendepåverkande metoder i syfte att förbättra munhygienbeteende kan vara användbart i arbete med beteendeförändring. Self-efficacy är ett viktigt begrepp att beakta. Det finns behov av mer forskning som visar på evidens att beteendepåverkande metoder är effektiva inom tandvården.
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Belucci, Wagner. "The management of Human Resources in the implementation of Consórcio Modular: a case study of Volkswagen Truck & Bus plant in Resende, RJ." Universidade de Taubaté, 2004. http://www.bdtd.unitau.br/tedesimplificado/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=47.
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The follow study analyses and identifies the strategies of human resources about the implementation of the productions concept called Modular Conception, in the Resendes trucks and buses plant. The general hypothesis is that both the management equity and the organizational justice were determinant in these strategies. So that was realized a literature revision involving the theories of motivation and organizational justice, associated to the compromisement of the employee. To comprove the studys main hypothesis was realized a survey of descriptive nature
among the companies of the Modular Conception. The instrument of data collection was a questionnaire composed by twenty affirmations, with levels of disagreement and agreement. The main conclusions were the follow: the employees believe that the fact of the benefits and remuneration system are equal consolidate the sense of management equity; the organizational justice is one of the main points of the organization, since that the employees believe that they have an equal treatment to all, independent of social position, color, and credo. Besides the employees believe in the rules and procedures and, in case they came to be treated without justice, they will get justice through open channels in the organization. Analyzing the indicators of human resources verifies it that the absenteeism, turnover and workers lawsuits are the lowest of the Volkswagens group plant. All these factors converge to the most representatives answers of the employees: 80.9% are motivated to work in the company and 90.2% agree that the organization is a good place to work. Therefore, confirming the basic hypothesis rose: management equity and organizational justice lead the employees to have pleasure in belonging and not only being tied to the Modular Conception.O presente estudo analisa e identifica as práticas de recursos humanos quando da implementação do conceito de produção denominado Consórcio Modular, na fábrica de caminhões e ônibus da Volkswagen em Resende. A hipótese geral é que as práticas administrativas, especialmente, eqüidade administrativa e distribuição de justiça, implementadas por recursos humanos na fábrica de caminhões e ônibus em Resende, são fonte de satisfação por parte dos empregados. Dessa forma, foi realizada uma revisão da literatura envolvendo as teorias de motivação e justiça organizacional associada ao comprometimento do empregado e gestão de clima organizacional. Para comprovar a hipótese central do estudo foi realizada uma pesquisa de clima organizacional de natureza descritiva dentro das empresas do Consórcio Modular. O instrumento de coleta de dados foi um questionário composto de vinte afirmações, com níveis de discordância e concordância. As principais conclusões foram as seguintes: os empregados acreditam que o fato de os benefícios e sistema de remuneração serem iguais consolidou o sentido de eqüidade administrativa; a justiça organizacional é um dos pontos fortes da organização, visto que os empregados acreditam que há um tratamento justo a todos independentemente de posição social, cor, credo. Além disso, os empregados acreditam nas normas e procedimentos e, caso venham a ser tratados com injustiça, a obterão por meio dos canais abertos na organização. Quando se analisam os indicadores de recursos humanos constata-se que o absenteísmo, rotatividade de mão-de-obra e processos trabalhistas são os mais baixos das fábricas do grupo Volkswagen. Todos esses fatores convergem para as mais representativas respostas dos empregados: 80,9% estão motivados na empresa e 90,2% entendem que a organização é um bom lugar para se trabalhar. Portanto, comprovando a hipótese básica levantada: eqüidade administrativa e justiça organizacional levam os empregados a terem prazer em pertencerem e não somente estarem vinculados ao Consórcio Modular.
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Wellman, David Allen, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Towards an integration of theories of achievement motivation." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2001. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051017.123821.
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This thesis investigated children's school achievement in terms of an integration of three theories of achievement motivation. The three theoretical outlooks were expectancy-value theory (EVT), implicit theories of intelligence (ITI), and flow theory (FT). The first of two studies was an exploratory investigation of the effectiveness of each theory independently and combined to predict children's achievement in four school subjects. The subject areas were maths, reading, instrumental music and sport. Participants were 84 children (40 females and 44 males) aged 9 to 10 years, one of each child's parents, and school teachers of each child in the four subject areas. All data were collected through questionnaires based on the three models. The results indicated that EVT and FT but not ITI accounted for a significant amount of the variance in children's achievement, including effects for subject area and gender. A second confirmatory study tested EVT, FT and an integrated model for the prediction of achievement in maths, reading and instrumental music. The participants were a further 141 children (74 females and 67 males) aged 10 to 11 years, and a parent and teachers of each child. Data collection using questionnaires occurred early in the school year (Timel) and approximately five months later (Time2). For EVT, children and parents competence beliefs were significant predictors of children's achievement in each subject area. Females tended to believe themselves more competent at reading and instrumental music and also valued these subjects more highly than boys. Modeling results for flow theory indicated that children's emotional responses to classes (happiness and confusion) were significant predictors of achievement, the type of emotion varying between subject areas and time periods. Females generally had a more positive emotional reaction to reading and instrumental music classes than males did. The integrated model results indicated significant relationships between EVT and flow theories for each subject area, with EVT explaining most achievement variance in the integrated model. Children's and parents competence beliefs were the main predictors of achievement at Timel and 2, Subject area and gender differences were found which provide direction for future research. Anecdotal reports of parents and teachers often attest to individual differences in children's involvement in various school domains. Even among children of apparently similar intelligence, it is not uncommon to find one who likes nothing better than to work on a mathematics problem while another much prefers to read a novel or play a musical instrument Some children appear to achieve good results for most of the activities in which they are engaged while others achieve in a less consistent manner, sometimes particularly excelling in one activity. Some children respond to failure experiences with a determination to improve their performance in the future while others react with resignation and acceptance of their low ability. Some children appear to become totally absorbed in the activity of playing sport while others cannot wait for the game to end. The primary research objective guiding the current thesis is how children's thoughts and feelings about school subjects differ and are related to their school achievement. A perusal of the achievement motivation literature indicates several possible models and concepts that can be applied to explain individual differences in children's school achievement. Concepts such as academic self-concept, multiple intelligences, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, self-beliefs, competence beliefs, subjective task values, mastery and performance goals, Flow experiences and social motivation are just some of the constructs used to explain children's achievement motivation, both within and between various activity domains. These constructs are proposed by researchers from different theoretical perspectives to achievement motivation. Although there is much literature relevant to each perspective, there is little research indicating how the various perspectives may relate to each other. The current thesis will begin by reviewing three currently popular theoretical orientations cited in achievement motivation research: subjective beliefs and values; implicit theories of intelligence, and flow experience and family complexity. Following this review, a framework will be proposed for testing the determinants of children's school achievement, both within each of the three theoretical perspectives and also in combination.
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Assefa, B. (Bethelhem). "Motivations behind software piracy:from the viewpoint of computer ethics theories." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405241494.
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Computer Ethics is a study of ethical issues that are related mainly with computing machines and computing profession. The features of internet that, it is global and interactive, it allows users to stay anonymous, and it enables reproducibility of information possible unlike before makes the online behavior morally different. Computer ethics studies the nature and social influence of computing machines and ethical issues in formulating and justification of policies.
Software Piracy, which is the unauthorized use or copying of software illegally, has become a major problem for businesses and it is widespread in many parts of the world which led to drain of economy. As the access to use computer grows, the percentage for using pirated software also grows. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software Publishers Association (SPA) made estimation (2010) that there are two-ten illegal copies of software are available for every legal copy of software sold.
Software piracy is one of the most remarkable among computer ethics’ breaches. Unlike other activities like hacking and security breaches, which are outright illegal, software piracy technically covers a gray area of ethical principles, as they relate to computers and information technology. This is because people might inadvertently commit the act without realizing that they are ethically/morally/legally wrong. When one buys software, it means that they actually are buying the software license but not the software. This is similar to artistic copyrights, where a composer/artist holds the license to his work and gains monetary compensation on a licensing basis. However, the ease with which the software can be copied makes it difficult to exercise licensing rights. One of the ways to counter software piracy is to understand the motivations behind it and create awareness.
The purpose of this research is to understand the principles of computing ethics in-depth and use this knowledge to understand what drives average people to commit acts of software piracy. The purpose is to use this information to create awareness among general public regarding software piracy.
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Periah, Joseph. "The role of the school management team in educator motivation." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1476.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in the Department of Foundations of Education at the University Of Zululand, South Africa, 2015The study dealt with the theories of motivation, causes of demotivation, the role of the school management team in educator motivation. In the study certain influential theories were briefly looked at such as the earlier theories of Maslow, McGregor and Hezberg. The empirical survey was used to gather information from educators on the following research questions: • What causes de-motivation of educators? • What is the role of the school management team in the motivation of educators? • What alternative theories, strategies and approaches can the school management team adopt to motivate educators? In the study it was found out that against the milieu in which most schools operate, there seems to be a great deal of de-motivation among educators. Educators are burdened with overload, limited resources, increased workloads, and financial constraints. The study concluded that in order for educators to perform at their best, they needed to be motivated. The responsibility lies heavily on the school management team to motivate educators. The study recommended that the school management team must provide sound visionary and creative motivational leadership in order for educators to perform.
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Judkins, Jill. "Time as Motivation: Selected Theories as Compared to Modern Revelation." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2002. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4843.
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This thesis proposes that human beings by virtue of living in each new present moment are motivated to develop strategies to secure the best possible outcome in their lived experience. A personal account of the phenomenological experience of time is presented and a brief history is given. The implications associated with being thrown into the present moment make apparent the weaknesses of the current assumptions that the slices of the present moment form a continuity of past and future and create a coherent synthesis of life. The assumption that human beings are intentional, goal-directed, and prone to seek meaning in their lives is explored. The ultimate nature of human beings and what their responsibility is in this life is re-examined.A personal experience that enlarged the author's understanding of the tentativeness of the present moment is investigated. In addition, five theorists are selected whose work is concerned with temporal constructs, existentialism, and the intentionality of each human being.It is concluded that a theory of linear time cannot account for the time phenomenon created by human beings being thrown into the present moment. The continuity of the present with the past and future to form a whole life is only assumed, but not explained by current theories. The five theorists cannot account for humanity's intentionality and search for meaning. Implications of the personal time experience are explained. Religious doctrines found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are examined to show how the gaps in the theories of time can be addressed by these beliefs. These doctrines include belief in pre-existence and an eternal afterlife, the reality of God and the Devil, and the power of faith and repentance.In summary, the thesis defends the conclusion that the theorists and humankind all have some level of faith in God, and that the theorists are limited in developing accurate theories about human beings because of the erroneous and incomplete understanding of the character and nature of God. God as the creator understands the whole process and it is only through His revelatory process can we understand humankind. God loves His children and has prepared a way through the atonement of Jesus Christ that all might return to Him.
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Schmitt, Annette. "Bedingungen gerechten Handelns : Motivations- und handlungstheoretische Grundlagen liberaler Theorien /." Wiesbaden : VS, Verl. für Sozialwiss, 2005. http://www.gbv.de/dms/bs/toc/501432205.pdf.
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Donlin, Joanne Mac. "Memory for performance feedback : a test of three self-motivation theories /." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08232007-111919/.
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Chan, Sau-yan, and 陳秀茵. "The interactive effects of competition and theories of intelligence on motivation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/196504.
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Past research has revealed that both people’s beliefs and situational factors affected people’s goal orientation. This study investigated the interactive effects of competition and theories of intelligence on people’s goal orientation. A 2x2 between-subject factorial design was adopted. Seventh graders (N = 132) were primed with either incremental or entity theory of memory. The students were randomly assigned to either competitive or non-competitive condition. Motivational outcomes were measured after all the four groups received failure feedback. Findings showed that the effect of competition marginally overrode the effect of theories of intelligence in the entity condition. There were no statistical significant changes in self-efficacy and interest on the task before and after the setback in the groups.published_or_final_version
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Horne, Jason, Virginia P. Foley, and Bethany H. Flora. "Race to the Paycheck: Merit Pay and Theories of Teacher Motivation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2997.
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Recent reforms in teacher evaluation tie these evaluations to student performance as measured by test scores and merit pay has been offered as a way to reward high test scores and improve teacher performance. Thus, the federal Race to the Top program has led several states toward teacher evaluation instruments that incorporate outcome data in the form of student achievement. In most states, this is the first step in the plan to institute a pay for performance program for teachers, also known as merit pay. This paper analyzes the concept of merit pay through the lens of equity theory. Equity theory provides a framework to organize a workplace that is equitable, consistent, and free of self-interest. Readers are challenged to consider the implications of merit pay in light of equity theory and resultant issues for educational policy and practice.
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Flora, Bethany, Virginia P. Foley, and Jason Horne. "Race to the Paycheck: Merit Pay and Theories of Teacher Motivation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3057.
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Burnette, Jeni L. "Implicit Theories of Weight Management: A Social Cognitive Approach to Motivation." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1492.
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Just as scientists develop general conceptual explanations of the phenomena they investigate, individuals also develop intuitive theories about such human characteristics as intelligence, personality, and athletic ability. These theories, unlike scientist's theories, are not explicitly articulated or documented, and so they are termed implicit theories. Implicit theories, in achievement motivation, distinguish between the belief that human attributes are fixed (entity theory) or malleable (incremental theory) and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for motivation, goal-orientations, and regulatory strategies in an array of domains. This dissertation extended implicit theories research to the domain of body-weight management. Drawing from an elaborate theoretical framework on implicit theories and health behavior research, the present work predicted that (a) individuals differ systematically in their beliefs about the malleability of body weight and (b) these implicit beliefs are related to coping and self-regulation strategies following dieting setbacks. To test these hypotheses, I first developed the Implicit Theories of Weight Management Scale and examined its psychometric properties. Results revealed internal reliability and convergent and discriminant validity. Implicit theories of weight management were moderately related to health and dieting locus of control but were distinct from personality dimensions such as the Big Five and trait optimism. Psychometric properties of the scale are presented and discussed. Next, I tested the hypothesis that implicit theories of weight management would be related to adaptive regulatory strategies (e.g., increased motivation) and to maladaptive coping (e.g., avoidance) following dieting setbacks and that this relation would be mediated by feelings of helplessness and optimism, and by attributions. Results largely supported these conjectures, revealing that even after controlling for constructs related to successful dieting (e.g., dieting self-confidence, trait self-control), believing more strongly that weight is changeable was related to lower reported use of avoidance when coping with setbacks and more effort. Additionally, feelings of helplessness and optimism mediated the implicit theories-self-regulatory relations. Results are discussed in terms of how implicit theories create the structure in which meaning is assigned to events and are therefore important for achievement and motivation. Implications and avenues for future research are presented.
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Palizay, Richard A. "A comparison of Romans 7:14-25 and selected psychological theories of motivation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.
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Liu, Ying. "The effects of implicit theories on motivation and performance in creative tasks." Click to view E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37091220.
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Liu, Ying, and 劉穎. "The effects of implicit theories on motivation and performance in creative tasks." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37091220.
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Dyczewski, Elizabeth A. "Motivation and Counterfactual Thinking: The Moderating Role of Implicit Theories of Intelligence." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1305329867.
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Lebedeva, Marina. "Business Applications of Typological Theories." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-125071.
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The main goal of this thesis is to find out how typological theories can benefit human resource management and business overall and to introduce one particular typological theory developed in Russia -- socionics -- to European academic and business community highlighting its peculiarities and advantages. Referring to the purpose of this thesis, case study qualitative research of exploratory nature is applied. Thematic analysis is performed to analyze the study's findings, in which three areas are identified in order to help reaching the goals of this thesis. The thesis offers practicable solutions that can be applied by individuals in matters of career planning and companies in various areas of human resource management and other business spheres to increase the level of efficiency and satisfaction.
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Corcilius, Klaus. "Streben und bewegen Aristoteles' Theorie der animalischen Ortsbewegung." Berlin New York, NY de Gruyter, 2005. http://d-nb.info/985469226/04.
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Gilbey, Wayne. "Effects of Religious Motivation on the Relationship between Religion and Well-Being." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1137.
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious motivations mediate the relationship between the religious philosophy and perceived well-being of believers. The intrinsic-extrinsic-quest paradigm has been the dominant measure of religious motivation for more than 3 decades. However, the different effects of intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest motivation on the well-being of believers has not been tested on a stratified, purposeful sample of the major world religions. A quantitative, quasi-experimental research design was used with an online, self-report questionnaire and mediation analysis to examine the effects of religious motivation on the relationship between religious philosophy and well-being. A stratified, purposeful sample of 763 members of the major world religions completed assessments of religion and well-being. Linear regressions revealed that intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious motivations were three distinct constructs, that they do exist across the world religions, and that they mediated the relationship between different religions and well-being, depending on which predictor and outcome variables were being examined in the mediation triangle. Positive social change is possible for counselors, therapists, psychologists of religion, religious leaders, and laypersons at the individual and societal level through knowing which religious beliefs, motivations, and practices are associated with positive affect, satisfaction with life, the fulfilment of basic human needs, eudaimonic well-being, and better physical health. Individuals come to religion mainly during times of personal crises as a way of coping, expecting urgent results, and these findings illuminate the effectiveness of their chosen coping strategy.
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Meigher, Colleen Alexis. "Factors influencing and predicting motivation to learn : an empirical analysis of two theories /." Diss., ON-CAMPUS Access For University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Click on "Connect to Digital Dissertations", 2001. http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/proquest.phtml.
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Bennett, Andrea Heather. "Assessing the implicit theories and motivations of rapists, pedophilic child molesters, and mixed offenders." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36644.
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The criminal files of 101 high-risk recidivating rapists, pedophilic child molesters, and mixed offenders were subjected to grounded theory analysis. Seven implicit theories (ITs) of Ward’s (2000) Implicit Theory Model (ITM) that underlie the beliefs, desires, and motives for sexual offending were identified: (a) uncontrollability, (b) entitlement, (c) women as sexual objects, (d) women are dangerous, (e) children as sexual beings, (f) nature of harm, and (g) dangerous world comprised of Factor 1 (revenge) and Factor 2 (children are trustworthy companions). Chi-square analyses further revealed that all sexual offender types held strong feelings of entitlement, rapists and mixed offenders shared similar prevalence rates for the women as sexual objects IT, and pedophilic child molesters and mixed offenders held similar prevalence rates for the uncontrollability and nature of harm ITs. Multinomial logistic regression (MLR) analyses also showed that although rapists were more likely to believe that women were dangerous, and pedophiles were more likely to believe that children were sexual beings, the ITM is more accurate at classifying sexual offenders who do not hold these ITs, indicating the model’s strong specificity. Finally, grounded theory revealed that the ITs of the ITM clustered into four motivations to sexually offend: (a) sexual, (b) aggressive, (c) sadistic and (d) intimacy. Rapists were found to be the most sadistically motivated, whereas mixed offenders were predominantly sexually motivated, and pedophilic child molesters were largely driven by a need for intimacy. The implications for treatment, predicting risk for sexual recidivism, and the ITM’s utility in assisting in offender profiling techniques are discussed.
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Grant, Kevin O'Brien. "Leadership And Employee Engagement." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7801.
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Business leaders often encounter difficulties in achieving sustainable employee engagement in the work environment, yet employee engagement is critical to an organization's financial success. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies business leaders use to overcome or mitigate the challenges of employee disengagement. A purposeful sample of 6 leaders employed at an insurance company participated in the study based on their knowledge and experience in implementing successful employee engagement strategies. The conceptual framework for the study was Kahn's personal engagement theory. Data were collected using semistructured interviews, company documents, and archival information. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: leader–employee relationship; effective internal communication and feedback; compensation, awards, benefits, and incentives; and professional training and development to improve employee engagement. The implications for positive social change include the potential to provide leaders with strategies to increase employee engagement, which may create employment opportunities for community members, which could lead to the stability and general well-being of the community.
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Correia, Pedro. "Work motivation theories under contrasting cultural influences : an exploratory study in Macau and Portugal." Thesis, University of Macau, 1997. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636709.
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Chan, Derwin King Chung. "Integrating social psychological theories of motivation and intention to explain health and safety behaviours." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12826/.
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The work within the thesis aimed to integrate concepts from three psychological frameworks, including self-determination theory (SDT), the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), and the hierarchical model of motivation (HMM), into a model to understand the processes that underpin motivation and intention toward health and safety behaviours. The first tenet of the model (derived from SDT and HMM), namely the trans-contextual effect of motivation, hypothesised that self-determined motivation for a given activity related to self-determined motivation for undertaking health-promoting behaviour associated with the activity. The second tenet of the model (derived from the strength, limitation, and theoretical assumptions of SDT and the TPB) speculates that the effects of self-determined motivation for health and safety behaviour on intention and behaviour were mediated by social cognitive variables. A total of eight studies were employed to test the two tenets of the integrated model across various health contexts (i.e., sport injury rehabilitation and prevention (Study 1 to 5)), occupational injury rehabilitation and prevention (Study 6 and 7), and myopia prevention (Study 8), and these studies are presented in five related research chapters (Chapters 2 to 6) in this thesis. The results provided preliminary evidence in support of both tenets of the integrated model, in which motivation from a general life domain is transferred to motivation, and antecedent social cognitive variables, for behaviour in a health and safety domain. The final chapter (Chapter 7) of the thesis summarises the findings of the eight studies and offers explanations and interpretations of the overall pattern of results. Conclusions were then drawn with respect to the theoretical and practical implications of the findings. Consideration was also given to the methodological limitations of the thesis and the scope for further studies to improve the predictive power, utility, measurement reliability, and evidence base for the model.
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Bober, Edward. "What we are and what we may be : a political critique of motivation theories." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437894.
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Weatherston, David William. "An examination of the current status of psychological and sociological theories of terrorist motivation." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399566.
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Serries, Christoph. "Die Bedeutung der intrinsischen Motivation in Prinzipal-Agent-Beziehungen am Beispiel der Beratungsstellen kirchlicher Wohlfahrtsverbände." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/483693596.pdf.
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Barsotti, Bernard. "La theorie de la motivation chez husserl : essai sur la problematique phenomenologique." Paris 10, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA100128.
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L'objet de la these est d'examiner le systeme de la phenomenologie husserlienne a la lumiere du concept de motivation et de la recomposition conceptuelle et problematique qu'il y entraine. L'investigation, appuyee sur la collation des textes dans lesquels la notion de motivation fonctionne soit a titre thematique soit a titre operatoire tant dans les ouvrages traduits en francais que dans les trente volumes des husserliana publies, se divise en deux parties. Dans la premiere, on instruit le concept de motivation d'experience (erfahrungsmotivation) comme concept operatoire et idee directrice de la phenomenologie, a travers six domaines de la phenomenologie regionale les phenomenologies du signe, du corps charnel, de la psychologie individuelle de l'intersubjectivite, du monde de l'esprit, de l'histoire, forment une encyclopedie empirique de la motivation, qui appelle, a travers un devoilement progressif, un concept transcendantal de motivation, qui en forme le socle, et qui apparait comme la condition de possibilite transcendantale de l'intentionnalite, dont le rang architectonique supreme se trouve ainsi relativise dans un sens proprement transcendantal. Dans la seconde, on examine d'abord cette condition de possibilite dans la fonction encore exterieure qu'elle remplit dans l'ordre de la rationalite phenomenologique. On la devoile ensuite en deux temps comme un phenomene transcendantal, accessible dans la reflexion transcendantale s'elevant a partir de l'intentionnalite. La motivation de la subjectivite transcendantale est la loi de connexion efficace rendant possible l'articulation interne de l'intentionnalite en un systeme ordonne reliant par dela leur distance mutuelle les moments actuels et inactuels de la subjectivite intentionnelle. Cette version pre-temporelle de la motivation transcendantale doit cependant etre depassee dans un concept temporel qui donne sa tonne ultime au fondement transcendantal dernier de toute intentionnalite possibleThe dissertation aims to evaluate the system of husserlian phenomenology in the light of the concept of motivation, showing the resulting modifications on its main concepts and problems. The inquiry is based on a collection of texts in which the notion of motivation works in both thematic and operative ways, in trench traductions as well as in the thirty books of husserliana yet published. In the first part, the concept of motivation of experience ( erfahrungsmotivation) is produced as an operative concept and a leading idea of phenomenology, through six fields of the regional phenomenology. Phenomenologies of sign, of body, of individual psychology, of intersubjectivity, of collective mind, of history, make up an empirical encyclopedia of motivation through a progressive disclosure, which claims for a transcendantal concept of motivation, giving to intentionality its basis and its transcendantal condition of possibility. Thus intentionality is relativised as the summit of transcendantal architectonic. In the second part, the investigation turns first on the external function of this condition of possibility in phenomenological rationality. Then it is disclosed as a transcendantal phenomenon, which reveals itself in two steps inside the transcendantal reflexion based on intentionality. The motivation of transcendental subjectivity is the efficient law of connection which makes possible the internal articulation of intentionality into an ordered system involving actual and inactual aspects of intentional subjectivity across their mutual distance. Yet, this pre-temporal version of transcendental motivation must be overstepped in a temporal concept which gives its ultimate feature to the last transcendental ground of any possible intentionality