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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Process Theories and Comparative Analysis

BOP702 · Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards — Week 4 of 16

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Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Process Theories and Comparative Analysis

  1. Vroom's expectancy theory
  2. Adams' equity theory and organizational justice
  3. Locke and Latham's goal-setting framework
  4. Comparative synthesis of content versus process approaches
  5. Vroom and Expectancy Theory
  6. Equity Theory

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 2 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

  • Vroom and Expectancy Theory · YouTube · Galton College · 37 min · for registered students
  • Equity Theory · YouTube · Galton College · 9 min · for registered students
  • Expectancy Theory - Organizational Psychology Lecture 7.6 · YouTube · Professor Q · 5 min · for registered students
  • Goal Setting Theory 2 · YouTube · Galton College · 23 min · for registered students
  • Goal-Setting Theory - Organizational Psychology Lecture 7.5 · YouTube · Professor Q · 2 min · for registered students
  • Motivation Theories Explained in 10 Minutes · YouTube · EPM · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 7: Work Motivation for Performance · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 189–230 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 5: Theories of Motivation · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 163–204 · for registered students
  • Goal-setting participation and employees' proactive behaviour · 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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