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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Content Theories of Employee Motivation

BOP702 · Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards — Week 3 of 16

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Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

Content Theories of Employee Motivation

  1. Maslow's hierarchy and Alderfer's ERG theory
  2. Herzberg's two-factor hygiene-motivation model
  3. McClelland's acquired needs theory
  4. Critical evaluation of universal need models
  5. Motivation Theories Explained in 10 Minutes
  6. Frederick Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation
  7. Do Psychologists Still Use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Assess the differences between content and process theories of employee motivation in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the differences between content and process theories of employee motivation in an organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • Motivation Theories Explained in 10 Minutes · YouTube · EPM · 11 min · for registered students
  • Frederick Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation · YouTube · Alanis Business Academy · 11 min · for registered students
  • Do Psychologists Still Use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? · YouTube · SciShow Psych · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 5: Theories of Motivation · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 163–204 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 7.2: Content theories of motivation · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 180–192 · for registered students
  • How to retain rural teachers: hygiene or motivation factors? A case of Western China · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Organisational Motivation
  • Week 2: Socio-Cultural Contexts of Workplace Motivation
  • Week 3: Content Theories of Employee Motivation
  • Week 4: Process Theories and Comparative Analysis
  • Week 5: Evolution and Models of Job Design
  • Week 6: Contemporary Job Design and Technological Impacts
  • Week 7: Mobilising Job Design for Employee Motivation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reward Paradigms
  • Week 10: Mechanisms of Reward Determination
  • Week 11: Performance-Related Pay and Strategic Reward Governance
  • Week 12: Applying Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards in p…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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