David Clarence McClelland (1917 March 27‚ 1998) was an American personality psychologist‚ social psychologist‚ and an advocate of quantitative history. McClelland earned his BA in 1938 at Wesleyan University‚ his MA in 1939 at the University of Missouri‚ and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at Yale University in 1941. McClelland taught at the Connecticut College and Wesleyan University before accepting‚ in 1956‚ a position at Harvard University. After his 30-year tenure at Harvard he moved
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First Article “David C. McClelland: Biographical Statement and Synopsis of His Work” By Richard E. Boyatzis‚ Professor of Organizational Behavior‚ Weatherhead School of Mgt. Case Western Reserve University August 15‚ 2000. In this article‚ the author first mentioned the personal background‚ and history of David C. McClelland and his four major contributions in the management field. They are: i. Theory of Human Motives (Needs for Achievement‚ Affiliation‚ Power) and the Leadership Motive
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Arousal theories – drive theory‚ inverted U theory‚ catastrophe theory Application: During the rallies‚ you could see that their arousal levels were increasing because he kept hitting the shuttle harder and harder each time and because he is in the autonomous stage of learning‚ as arousal levels increased‚ so did their performance as they won most rallies. Theory: Drive theory – this theory states that as arousal levels increase‚ so does performance/dominant response. With cognitive learners
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McClelland’s Theory of Needs American’s Psychologist David Clarence McClelland (1917-98) proposed that every individual have specific needs that can be classed into need for achievement (nAch)‚ need for affiliation (nAff)‚ and need for power (nPow). Regardless of gender‚ culture or age‚ human beings have three motivating drivers that will affect their behavior. People with a high need for achievement seek to excel‚ to accomplish in relation to a set of standards‚ to struggle to achieve success
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physical assault‚ throwing objects‚ destroying properties‚ verbal threats and the behaviour of harming yourself. (Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault‚ PhD) There are many theories of aggression‚ namely: Frustration-Aggression Theory Social Learning Theory Instinctive-Aggression Theory Relative Deprivation Theory Cue-Arousal Theory Excitation-Transfer Theory Deindividuation
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Theories of Motivation 1. Instinct Theory The assumption of the theory is that there is an innate biological force causing an organism to act in a certain way. These “forces” are perceived to be automatic‚ involuntary‚ and unlearned behavior patterns or reflexive behaviors that are elicited when certain stimuli are present. 2. Homeostatic Theories The assumptions of the homeostatic theory are that organisms attempt to maintain homeostasis‚ the balance of physiological state or equilibrium
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-t Theories of arousal as they relate to human motivation An arousal approaches to motivation is one that appears to be unlearned but causes an increase in stimulation‚ a stimulus motive a need for stimulation. Some people are said to have an ideal level of tension for task performance‚ if it is too high or event it is too low can cause problem for the test takers or people who are bored‚ for example if a student is having severe anxiety before taking a test‚ this can cause them to fell their
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References: McClelland Theory 1. http://www.mbsportal.bl.uk/taster/subjareas/busmanhist/mgmtthinkers/mcclelland.aspx 2. http://faculty.css.edu/dswenson/web/LEAD/McClelland.html 3. http://www.haygroup.com/downloads/uk/Competencies_and_high_performance.pdf
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Motivation: Motivation is derived from Latin word mover which means “to move” motivation is the process that account for an individual’s intensity direction and persistence of efforts toward attaining a goal. While general motivation is concerned with effort to word any goal we will narrow the focus to organizational goals in order to reflect our singular interest in work related behavior. The three key elements in our definition are intensity direction and persistence intensity is concerned
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Motivation Theory Needs – drives – behaviour – goals – reduction or release of tension Behaviour is both directed to‚ and results from‚ unsatisfied needs. The word unsatisfied is most important. As Maslow says‚ “If we are interested in what actually motivates us and not what has or will‚ or might motivate us‚ then a satisfied need is not a motivator.” Kelly’s model of motivation presents a sort of chicken-egg dilemma. Which comes first‚ the goal or the need? When we talk about behaviour being
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