Motivational processes

The standard requires the employee motivation process to include promotion of quality awareness on all levels. 

In most instances cultural problems arise because there is misalignment between the new requirements and factors that drive day-to-day behavior— the unwritten rules. One model for the staff motivation process, shown in Exhibit 3-1, illustrates how staff behavior is influenced by ... 

Triggers—Events that can initiate this whole motivation process. 

Utterances of the client signifying motivation are reinforced. This can be done by empathic repetition of what the client has said. The therapist tries to select and emphasise these statements in which the client expresses motivation in the direction of change. By doing this the therapist stimulates the client to express more of these self motivational statements. The therapist can reflect what the client says at different levels , ranging from a mere literal repetition of the words spoken by the client to a reflection of the client s feelings (underneath the spoken words). The former are mostly used in the beginning of a motivational process (see eliciting phase ), and the... 

Hungers are motivated processes that in turn motivate seeking specific objects of consumption. 

McFarland K, Ettenberg A (1995) Haloperidol differentially affects reinforcement and motivational processes in rats running an alley for intravenous heroin. Psychopharmacology 722 346-350. 

Rothenberg, G., Sasson, Y. Cyclic vs. acyclic allylic hydrogen abstraction an entropy motivated process Tetrahedron 1998, 54, 5417-5422. 

Many of the same issues raised with respect to experimental animal studies also apply to human testing and to the choices of particular tests to be utilized. There are numerous tests that can be utilized for measurement of behavioral functions in humans, and questions remain as to the correct choice. One consideration related to the various tests is deemed validity and refers to the degree to which the test actually measures the behavioral function that it was designed to measure. For example, does a test of memory really evaluate memory function In addition, how specifically does the test measure that function The related issue was raised in experimental animal studies in which the possibility that changes in motor, sensory, motivational processes, etc. might contaminate a measure of memory function, and appropriate controls were included in the more advanced procedures to evaluate those possibilities. 

Studies demonstrate deficits in higher-order cognitive functions, including working memory and inhibition, motivational processes, memory, timing and time perception. 

Lau, S., Roeser, R. W. (2002). Cognitive abilities and motivational processes in high school students situational engagement and achievement in science. Educational Assessment, 8, 139-162. 

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Most training is behavioral or learning objective driven. This could be viewed as the major goal in the motivational process. To achieve goals, you need to let workers know clearly what they are expected to do and precisely how you want them to accomplish their tasks. There should be an expected level of attainment, whether it be mastery or just to gain a certain amount of knowledge. To reinforce the expected skills, you should allow workers time to practice what they have learned. 

Goals are an integral part of the motivational process and tend to structure the environment in which motivation takes place. The environment in which we find ourselves is many times the... 

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