Motivation

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Motivation is the processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.

Definitions

According to Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge (17th edition),

Motivation. The processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.

According to Management by Robbins and Coulter (14th edition),

Motivation. The process by which a person's efforts are energized, directed, and sustained toward attaining a goal.

According to Cost Accounting by Horngren, Datar, Rajan (14th edition),

  • Motivation. The desire to attain a selected goal (the goalcongruence aspect) combined with the resulting pursuit of that goal (the effort aspect).

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