Intrinsic Motivation at Work: What Really Drives Employee Engagement
- ISBN-10
- 1576755673
- ISBN-13
- 9781576755679
- Series
- Intrinsic Motivation at Work
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Author
- Kenneth Wayne Thomas
Description
This breakthrough book provides the first comprehensive discussion of intrinsic motivation in the workplace--the psychological rewards workers get directly from the work itself. Intrinsic Motivation at Work offers clear advice on how companies can harness their tremendous power to develop a more committed, self-managing workforce. Written in an engaging, accessible style and grounded in solid academic research, the book provides a diagnostic framework for addressing problems of intrinsic motivation and essential ways to build it. This new 2nd edition is revised and expanded to focus on worker engagement.
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