Book description
In today's organizations engagement is vital—more is being required of workers than ever. 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.Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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PART ONE: WHAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE TODAY
- A MANAGEMENT TALE…
- 1: HOW WORK HAS CHANGED
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2: THE REDISCOVERY OF PURPOSE
- What is Work, Anyway?
- Two Important Facts About Purposes
- How Purpose Got Removed from Work
- Why Purpose is Back at Work
- The Human Need for Purpose
- Purpose-Centered Leadership
- Not All Purposes are Equally Engaging
- Shared Purposes Transform Relationships
- Purpose-Driven Management: The New West Institute
- 3: SELF-MANAGEMENT IN THE PURSUIT OF PURPOSE
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PART TWO: THE INTRINSIC REWARDS THAT DRIVE ENGAGEMENT
- A MANAGEMENT TALE, CONTINUED
- 4: FOUR INTRINSIC REWARDS: MEANINGFULNESS, CHOICE, COMPETENCE, AND PROGRESS
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5: HOW THE INTRINSIC REWARDS WORK-AND THEIR EFFECTS
- Rational-Economic Thinking and Its Limitations
- How the Intrinsic Rewards Reinforce Engagement: The Energy Cycle
- A Healthy, Sustainable Form of Motivation
- THE WORK ENGAGEMENT PROFILE
- FOREST’S FINDINGS ABOUT THE FOUR INTRINSIC REWARDS
- Outcomes of the Intrinsic Rewards
- Evidence from a Developing Country: India
- 6: A DIAGNOSTIC FRAMEWORK FOR REWARDS
- PART THREE: MANAGING YOUR OWN ENGAGEMENT
- PART FOUR: LEADING FOR ENGAGEMENT
- RESOURCE A: TWO EARLIER MODELS OF INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
- RESOURCE B: PUTTING MONEY IN PERSPECTIVE
- NOTES
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ABOUT BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS
- BE CONNECTED
Product information
- Title: Intrinsic Motivation at Work, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2009
- Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- ISBN: 9781576755921
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