Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reward Paradigms

This week’s topics

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reward Paradigms

1. Financial versus non-financial compensation
2. Self-Determination Theory and autonomous motivation
3. The overjustification effect and motivational crowding
4. Total reward strategies
5. Intrinsic & Extrinsic Rewards - Organizational Psychology Lecture 8.1
6. Self-Determination Theory - Organizational Psychology Lecture 7.4
7. What is Total Rewards? An Introduction + Model

What you will be able to do

• 3.1 Evaluate the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards in an organisational context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards in an organisational context.

Study materials

Videos

• Intrinsic & Extrinsic Rewards - Organizational Psychology Lecture 8.1 · YouTube · Professor Q · 4 min · for registered students
• Self-Determination Theory - Organizational Psychology Lecture 7.4 · YouTube · Professor Q · 3 min · for registered students
• What is Total Rewards? An Introduction + Model · YouTube · AIHR - Academy to Innovate HR · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

• A Review of Self-Determination Theory's Basic Psychological Needs at Work · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
• Intrinsic Rewards and Employee's Performance with the Mediating Role of Motivation · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
• Organizational Behavior, ch. 8.4–8.5: Reward systems and incentive plans · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 234–250 · for registered students