Intrinsic Motivation at Work: What Really Drives Employee Engagement
- 3h 20m
- Kenneth W. Thomas
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- 2009
In today's organizations, employee engagement is vital--more is being required of workers than ever before. In this new edition of his classic book, Kenneth Thomas draws on the latest research findings to identify the key to employee engagement: intrinsic motivation. Only intrinsic rewards--rewards that come directly from the work itself--encourage the profound commitment and sense of ownership needed for a truly engaged and innovative workforce. Thomas identifies four intrinsic rewards, explains exactly how and why they build engagement, and provides a diagnostic framework to evaluate which need boosting and how to boost them. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout, with an expanded section on how leaders can identify their own intrinsic rewards and new tools, tips, and practices for encouraging intrinsic motivation in others.
About the Author
Ken Thomas has made a career of finding meaningful challenges that face managers in organizations and then providing new solutions for dealing with them. His work combines highly respected academic research with practical training and consulting. His earliest work was in conflict management, where he developed an international reputation for his research and for his training materials. The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, which he designed with Ralph Kilmann, has sold over six million copies and is translated into several languages.
For some time now, Ken's other interest has been the intrinsic rewards that power employee engagement and empowerment. He has conducted interviews and surveys of leaders and followers in many organizations, written influential academic articles on intrinsic motivation, developed the Work Engagement Profile with Walter Tymon, conducted training workshops, provided consulting to both public- and private-sector organizations, deliveredpresentations to professional organizations, and worked closely with other consultants and trainers on this topic. Most recently, he participated in a large-scale study of intrinsic motivation in twenty-eight companies in India.
Academically, Ken has been a professor of management at UCLA, Temple University, the University of Pittsburgh, where he was also director of the PhD program, and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He holds a PhD from Purdue University in administrative sciences.
In this Book
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1 How Work Has Changed
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2 The Rediscovery of Purpose
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3 Self-Management in the Pursuit of Purpose
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4 Four Intrinsic Rewards- Meaningfulness, Choice,Competence,And Progress
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5 How the Intrinsic Rewards Work—and Their Effects
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6 A Diagnostic Framework for Rewards
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7 Tuning Into Your Own Intrinsic Rewards
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8 Building Your Sense of Meaningfulness
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9 Building Your Sense of Choice
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10 Building Your Sense of Competence
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11 Building Your Sense of Progress
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12 General Tips on Leading for Engagement
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13 First Impressions and Priorities
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14 Leading for Meaningfulness
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15 Leading for Choice
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16 Leading for Competence
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17 Leading for Progress
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18 Enjoying the Ride
