Book chapter
AN INTEGRATION AND EXTENSION OF INTRINSIC MOTIVATION THEORIES: THE ROLE OF CORE AFFECT
Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, pp.73-114
Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Emerald Group Publishing
01/01/2011
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-7301(2011)0000030004
Abstract
Intrinsic motivation occurs due to positive reactions that arise directly from engagement in work activities. Scholars have asserted that intrinsic motivation plays an important role in organizational phenomena such as creativity (George, 2007), leadership (Piccolo & Colquitt, 2006), and performance (Gagne & Deci, 2005). We review the research literature on intrinsic motivation and provide an overview and integration of the leading theories. We then develop a conceptual model in which positive affect serves as a primary cause of intrinsic motivation. We discuss how affect alone may induce intrinsic motivation, how affect may lead to nonconscious experiences of intrinsic motivation, and how affect and cognitions may work in concert to produce the strongest and most persistent intrinsic motivation experiences. We conclude by suggesting new avenues for research that might be pursued using this cognitive-affective model of intrinsic motivation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- AN INTEGRATION AND EXTENSION OF INTRINSIC MOTIVATION THEORIES: THE ROLE OF CORE AFFECT
- Creators
- Matt Bloom - University of Notre DameAmy E. Colbert - Univ Iowa, Henry B Tippie Coll Business, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Contributors
- A Joshi (Editor)J J Martocchio (Editor)H Liao (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, pp.73-114
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing; BINGLEY
- Series
- Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
- DOI
- 10.1108/S0742-7301(2011)0000030004
- ISSN
- 0742-7301
- Number of pages
- 42
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984380404702771
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