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:[[Motivation]]. The process by which a person's efforts are energized, directed, and sustained toward attaining a goal.
 
:[[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)]],
 
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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:[[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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According to the [[HRBoK Guide]],
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:[[Motivation]]. Inspiration for action. Reasons or influences that lead to specific desired behavior such as commitment to a job or continuing efforts to achieve a goal.
  
 
==Related concepts==
 
==Related concepts==

Latest revision as of 21:07, 20 July 2020

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).

According to the HRBoK Guide,

Motivation. Inspiration for action. Reasons or influences that lead to specific desired behavior such as commitment to a job or continuing efforts to achieve a goal.

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