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Wouter Vandenabeele - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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public service Motivation Research achievements challenges and future directions
Public Administration Review, 2015Co-Authors: James L Perry, Wouter VandenabeeleAbstract:This article takes stock of public service Motivation Research to identify achievements, challenges, and an agenda for Research to build on progress made since 1990. After enumerating achievements and challenges, the authors take stock of progress on extant proposals to strengthen Research. In addition, several new proposals are offered, among them conducting more Research on the disaggregated construct, developing grounded theory of public service Motivation to understand contextual variations across cultures and political institutions, and improving current measures to better capture loyalty to governance regime as an institutional dimension of the public service Motivation construct.
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past present and future of public service Motivation Research
Public Administration, 2014Co-Authors: Wouter Vandenabeele, Gene A Brewer, Adrian RitzAbstract:This article reviews the evolution of almost 25 years of public service Motivation Research in order to identify what is necessary to raise future Research to a higher level. First, we look at the rise in public service Motivation Research and try to provide an explanation for the increasing number of publications. Second, we review the empirical Research on public service Motivation and summarize the knowledge that has been built up so far in terms of the nature of the concept and its prevalence, its antecedents, and its consequences or outcomes. Third, we identify the challenges which future Research is likely to face and we develop a strategy to address the aforementioned issues. In doing so, we aim to provide a roadmap for future Research and thus contribute to a further increase in more robust knowledge on a topic that has been increasingly influential in public administration and public management.
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debate advancing public service Motivation Research
Public Money & Management, 2013Co-Authors: Donald P Moynihan, Wouter Vandenabeele, Jens BlomhansenAbstract:An informal way of measuring the value of a concept is whether it has currency with students. Public service Motivation (PSM) succeeds on this test—based on our diverse experiences, students relate easily to the idea. PSM also has currency among international scholars—witness the scholarly effort devoted to PSM. We come to the concept as those who believe it has validity and continuing promise. However, instead of focusing on its evident strengths, in this short article we focus on shortcomings and opportunities for improvement.
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a strategy for building public service Motivation Research internationally
Public Administration Review, 2010Co-Authors: Wouter VandenabeeleAbstract:As public service Motivation Research grows qualitatively and quantitatively, some scholars question its appropriateness for international applications. This essay sets out a strategy of convergence for international Research and measurement approaches. Studies that assess commonalities in public service Motivation content internationally are analyzed in order to develop a broader conceptual and more operational definition as well as consequently a more universal public service Motivation construct. Public service motives, according to this review, are based on self-sacrifice and fall into three categories: instrumental, value-based, and identification. The dimensions of the public service Motivation construct are refined along the lines of attraction to public participation, commitment to public values, compassion, and self-sacrifice. Researchers are urged to include all of its dimensions within their empirical studies to advance contemporary public service Motivation studies.
James L Perry - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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public service Motivation Research lessons for practice
Public Administration Review, 2017Co-Authors: Robert K Christensen, Laurie E Paarlberg, James L PerryAbstract:Public service Motivation Research has proliferated in parallel with concerns about how to improve the performance of public service personnel. However, scholarship does not always inform management and leadership. This article purposefully reviews public service Motivation Research since 2008 to determine the extent to which Researchers have identified lessons for practice. The results of the investigation support several lessons—among them using public service Motivation as a selection tool, facilitating public service Motivation through cooperation in the workplace, conveying the significance of the job, and building leadership based on public service values. These results are important because they offer evidence that the field is coalescing around tactics that managers and leaders can use to address enduring concerns about employee Motivation in the public sector. They also prompt us to articulate ideas that can guide a tighter integration of Research and practice moving forward.
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public service Motivation Research achievements challenges and future directions
Public Administration Review, 2015Co-Authors: James L Perry, Wouter VandenabeeleAbstract:This article takes stock of public service Motivation Research to identify achievements, challenges, and an agenda for Research to build on progress made since 1990. After enumerating achievements and challenges, the authors take stock of progress on extant proposals to strengthen Research. In addition, several new proposals are offered, among them conducting more Research on the disaggregated construct, developing grounded theory of public service Motivation to understand contextual variations across cultures and political institutions, and improving current measures to better capture loyalty to governance regime as an institutional dimension of the public service Motivation construct.
Zoltan Dornyei - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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l2 Motivation Research 2005 2014 understanding a publication surge and a changing landscape
System, 2015Co-Authors: Zoltan Dornyei, Stephen RyanAbstract:Abstract The study of L2 Motivation has seen an unprecedented boom during the past decade, with the number of published studies in the area far exceeding not only the amount of work done in other domains of language learner characteristics but, in fact, most strands within the whole of SLA Research. This study examines the origins and nature of this extraordinary surge by reviewing a large dataset of journal articles and book chapters published between 2005 and 2014 (N = 416) in terms of the broad quantitative patterns they display with respect to theoretical and Research methodological trends. The results (a) provide insights on the changing landscape of the field and (b) allow for projections to be made about the directions in which the field is headed.
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L2 Motivation Research 2005–2014: Understanding a publication surge and a changing landscape
System, 2015Co-Authors: Zoltan Dornyei, Stephen RyanAbstract:Abstract The study of L2 Motivation has seen an unprecedented boom during the past decade, with the number of published studies in the area far exceeding not only the amount of work done in other domains of language learner characteristics but, in fact, most strands within the whole of SLA Research. This study examines the origins and nature of this extraordinary surge by reviewing a large dataset of journal articles and book chapters published between 2005 and 2014 (N = 416) in terms of the broad quantitative patterns they display with respect to theoretical and Research methodological trends. The results (a) provide insights on the changing landscape of the field and (b) allow for projections to be made about the directions in which the field is headed.
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Motivation language identity and the l2 self
2009Co-Authors: Zoltan Dornyei, Ema UshiodaAbstract:Due to its theoretical and educational significance within the language learning process, the study of L2 Motivation has been an important area of second language acquisition Research for several decades. Over the last few years L2 Motivation Research has taken an exciting new turn by focusing increasingly on the language learner’s situated identity and various self-perceptions. As a result, the concept of L2 Motivation is currently in the process of being radically reconceptualised and re-theorised in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity. With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume brings together the first comprehensive anthology of key conceptual and empirical papers that mark this important paradigmatic shift.
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teaching and Researching Motivation
2001Co-Authors: Zoltan Dornyei, Ema UshiodaAbstract:General Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction to the Second Edition Section I: What is Motivation? 1 Exploring Motivation: Changing perspectives 1.1 The complexity of Motivation 1.2 The challenge of reduction versus comprehensiveness 1.3 Moving beyond linear models of Motivation 2 Theories of Motivation in psychology 2.1 Key cognitive theories and constructs of Motivation 2.2 Motivation and context 3 Motivation to learn a foreign/second language: a historical overview 3.1 The social psychological period 3.2 The cognitive-situated period 3.3 The process-oriented period 3.4 From process-oriented to socio-dynamic perspectives 4 Motivation to learn another language: current socio-dynamic perspectives 4.1 A person-in-context relational view of Motivation 4.2 The L2 Motivational Self System 4.3 Motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective Section II: Motivation and language teaching 5 Motivation in practice: strategies and approaches 5.1 From theory and Research to classroom practice 5.2 A framework for Motivational strategies 5.3 Generating and sustaining a vision for language learning 5.4 Developing a Motivation-sensitive teaching approach 6 Motivation in context: demotivating influences 6.1 'DeMotivation' versus 'Motivation' 6.2 Research on deMotivation in instructional communication studies 6.3 Findings in L2 Motivation Research 6.4 Critical factors in the broader sociocultural context 6.5 Concluding remarks on deMotivation 7 Teacher Motivation 7.1 Conceptualising the 'Motivation to teach' 7.2 The Motivation of L2 teachers 7.3 The relationship between teacher Motivation and student Motivation Section III: Researching Motivation 8 Making Motivation a Researchable concept 8.1 Inherent problems in Motivation Research 8.2 Deciding on the particular aspect of Motivation to focus on 8.3 Selecting the criterion/dependent variable 8.4 Selecting the method of inquiry 9 Main types and methods of Motivation Research 9.1 Focus on groups of learners: Quantitative studies 9.2 Focus on individual learners: Qualitative studies 9.3 Mixing methodologies 9.4 Adopting a complex dynamic systems approach Section IV: Resources and further information 10 The locus of Motivation Research: Linkages to other topics and disciplines 10.1 Language-learning Motivation and related disciplines in the social sciences 10.2 The place of Motivation Research in applied linguistics 11 Sources and resources 11.1 Relevant journals and magazines 11.2 Databases, citation indexes, Internet resources and discussion groups 11.3 Sample tests and measurement instruments References Author index Subject index
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new themes and approaches in second language Motivation Research
ACM Sigapl Apl Quote Quad, 2001Co-Authors: Zoltan DornyeiAbstract:The study of L2 Motivation has reached an exciting turning point in the 1990s, with a variety of new models and approaches proposed in the literature, resulting in what Gardner and Tremblay (1994) have called a ‘Motivational renaissance.’ In this chapter I provide an overview of some of the current themes and Research directions that I find particularly novel or forward-looking. The summary is divided into three sections: theoretical advances, new approaches in Research methodology, and emerging new Motivational themes. I argue that the initial Research inspiration and standard-setting empirical work on L2 Motivation originating from Canada has borne fruit by ‘educating’ a new generation of international scholars who, together with the pioneers of the field, have applied their expertise in diverse contexts and in creative ways, thereby creating a colorful mixture of approaches comparable to the multi-faceted arena of mainstream Motivational psychology.
Stephen Ryan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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l2 Motivation Research 2005 2014 understanding a publication surge and a changing landscape
System, 2015Co-Authors: Zoltan Dornyei, Stephen RyanAbstract:Abstract The study of L2 Motivation has seen an unprecedented boom during the past decade, with the number of published studies in the area far exceeding not only the amount of work done in other domains of language learner characteristics but, in fact, most strands within the whole of SLA Research. This study examines the origins and nature of this extraordinary surge by reviewing a large dataset of journal articles and book chapters published between 2005 and 2014 (N = 416) in terms of the broad quantitative patterns they display with respect to theoretical and Research methodological trends. The results (a) provide insights on the changing landscape of the field and (b) allow for projections to be made about the directions in which the field is headed.
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L2 Motivation Research 2005–2014: Understanding a publication surge and a changing landscape
System, 2015Co-Authors: Zoltan Dornyei, Stephen RyanAbstract:Abstract The study of L2 Motivation has seen an unprecedented boom during the past decade, with the number of published studies in the area far exceeding not only the amount of work done in other domains of language learner characteristics but, in fact, most strands within the whole of SLA Research. This study examines the origins and nature of this extraordinary surge by reviewing a large dataset of journal articles and book chapters published between 2005 and 2014 (N = 416) in terms of the broad quantitative patterns they display with respect to theoretical and Research methodological trends. The results (a) provide insights on the changing landscape of the field and (b) allow for projections to be made about the directions in which the field is headed.
Stefan Schwarzkopf - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Ernest Dichter and Motivation Research - Ernest Dichter and Motivation Research : new perspectives on the making of post-war consumer culture
2020Co-Authors: Stefan Schwarzkopf, Rainer GriesAbstract:List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Ernest Dichter, Motivation Research and the 'Century of the Consumer' R.Gries & S.Schwarzkopf PART II: DIMENSIONS OF ERNEST DICHTER'S WORK AND PERSONALITY From Vienna to the United States and Back: Ernest Dichter and American Consumer Culture D.Horowitz Ernest Dichter, the Motivational Researcher R.Fullerton Ernest Dichter, Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism: an Exegete of Pure Cult Religion Serves Consumer Society G.Sorgo Ernest Dichter and Consumer Behaviour: Intellectual Primacy and Interpretive Consumer Research M.Tadajewski PART III: THE BRANDING OF CONSUMER LIFE - CASE STUDIES ON ERNEST DICHTER'S WORK Ernest Dichter's Studies on Automobile Marketing H.Karmasin Ernest Dichter and the Peacock Revolution: Motivation Research, the Menswear Market, and the DuPont Company R.Blaszczyk The 'Sex of Food': Ernest Dichter, Libido, and American Food Advertising K.Parkin Patriarch or Promoter of the Women's Movement? Ernest Dichter and his Interpretation of the Female Image K.Krummeich & S.Lahm PART IV: THE EUROPEAN THEATRE Ernest Dichter as Midwife and Educator: Postwar European Consumer Societies and the Sociology of the Consumer K.Hellmann A Backward Republic or 'Brave New Austria'? Market and Motivation Research in Dichter's Home Country after World War II A.Morawetz The Reception of Ernest Dichter and the Resistance to Motivation Research in Francophone Europe V.Pouillard Ernest Dichter Motivates the British: Motivation Research and Contested Professional Legitimacies in Britain S.Schwarzkopf The 'Depth Boy': Ernest Dichter and the Postwar German Advertising Elite 'Victim of a technical hitch...': Ernest Dichter as Proprietor of a Guesthouse with Bugging Installation D.Schindelbeck PART V: CONCLUSION Motivation Research - Episode or Paradigm Shift? From Ernest Dichter to Consumer Ethnography, Neuromarketing and Bio-Power R.Gries & S.Schwarzkopf
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Ernest Dichter Motivates the British: Motivation Research and Contested Professional Legitimacies in Britain
Ernest Dichter and Motivation Research, 2020Co-Authors: Stefan SchwarzkopfAbstract:Both friends and critics of Ernest Dichter often worked not only on the assumption that he was the ‘father of Motivation Research’, but also on the idea that his skilful manipulation of consumer desires allowed Dichter to enjoy global success. The expansion of Dichter’s Institute for Motivational Research to Great Britain, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria after the Second World War is often quoted as a proof for the success of his business strategy. Dichter managed to dominate parts of the market for Motivation Research in the United States and later in Europe. Behind this seemingly unstoppable rise of a self-made ‘marketing guru’, however, lay considerable critical objections and professional rivalries which Dichter had to overcome in order to enjoy economic success for his Research company. In all of the countries into which he exported his peculiar brand of consumer analysis, his Research theories and practices were appropriated, reworked and reinterpreted. Moreover, his theories had to compete with other theoretical schools in the area of psychological market Research in the countries he expanded to. These ‘local’ schools were often far better adapted to the conditions of national consumer preferences. Dichter also fought a far more important, yet almost invisible, enemy: his reputation — or perhaps notoriety — not only followed him to the various European countries where he set up shop during the 1950s.
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Motivation Research — Episode or Paradigm Shift? From Ernest Dichter to Consumer Ethnography, Neuromarketing and Bio-power
Ernest Dichter and Motivation Research, 2020Co-Authors: Stefan Schwarzkopf, Rainer GriesAbstract:Reflecting upon the central tenets of his work and the greater meaning of his life, Ernest Dichter once admitted that material possessions, wealth and money would not lead to happiness. Instead, he recognised that happiness was a shifting idea that had its sources in hobbies and close family relations as much as in perceived economic success (Dichter 1979: 190). Did the great motivator, America’s hidden persuader, the twentieth century’s original guru of consumer marketing finally see the errors of his ways and become an advocate of alternatives to high-pressure capitalism? Well, hardly. To the very end, Dichter remained committed to his strategy of using Motivational Research to turn consumers’ and citizens’ ‘misery of choice’ into a set of activities invested with enjoyment and dreams of fulfilment (Dichter 1960a: 242). What he called the ‘strategy of desire’ indeed marked an epochal step in the development of Western societies in general and of modern consumer culture in particular. Given the salience of the issue of consumerism in current debates about American cultural dominance, globalisation and human autonomy, it is of importance to review the role of Ernest Dichter and of Motivation Research in the making of the way we live now.
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Ernest Dichter, Motivation Research and the ‘Century of the Consumer’
Ernest Dichter and Motivation Research, 2020Co-Authors: Stefan Schwarzkopf, Rainer GriesAbstract:The autumn of 1938 was stormy and violent. All over the world, there was an air of anticipation, an atmosphere also filled with anxiety and uncertainty. Commentators in East and West divined change, disruption and upheaval. In Europe, many people desperately clung on to the hope of ‘peace in our time’ as Nazi Germany had enforced a political union with Austria (Anschluss) and now threatened to invade Czechoslovakia. In November, hundreds of synagogues and the shops and homes of thousands of Jewish people in Germany were burnt to the ground in murderous riots orchestrated by the Nazi regime. In the same year, the concentration camps Mauthausen and Neuengamme were opened. In late September, the notorious ‘Long Island Express’ hurricane struck Connecticut, New York, Long Island and Massachusetts. It damaged or destroyed 57,000 homes and buildings, knocked down 3 billion trees and left a path of devastation in which nearly 700 people lost their lives.
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Mobilizing the depths of the market Motivation Research and the making of the disembedded consumer
Marketing Theory, 2020Co-Authors: Stefan SchwarzkopfAbstract:Twentieth-century consumer society was characterized by a process of disembedding as described by Karl Polanyi in The Great Transformation (2001 [1944]). The Austro-American consumer Researcher Ern...
