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Fabio Q.b. Da Silva - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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towards an explanatory Theory of Motivation in software engineering a qualitative case study of a small software company
Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering, 2012Co-Authors: Cesar A C Franca, David E S Carneiro, Fabio Q.b. Da SilvaAbstract:Research on Motivation has made important contributions for the software engineering practice, but it has mostly adopted quantitative approaches, towards generalizable statements. However, given the complexity of the human behavior, Motivation seems to be affected by diverse environmental conditions, and to be moderated by individual and organizational characteristics. Therefore, contextualized and explanatory theories are needed to account for this diversity. This research presents a grounded Theory aimed at describing and explaining the Motivation of software engineers in the context of a small private software company, in Recife, Brazil. Semi structured interviews were carried out over four months, and data were analyzed using grounded Theory procedures. As a result, we present statements that connect, relate, and make sense of contextual factors, describing the central story of Motivation in the company. In this case study, learning and growth needs emerged as the strongest drivers of Motivation, which in turn increase the goal commitment of engineers and create the conditions for better job performance.
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Towards an explanatory Theory of Motivation in software engineering: A qualitative case study of a government organization
16th International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2012), 2012Co-Authors: Augusto Cesar, C. França, Adelnei De L C Felix, Fabio Q.b. Da SilvaAbstract:Background - The research about Motivation in software engineering has provided important insights in characterizing what are the factors and outcomes related to Motivation. However, the complex relationships among these factors, including the moderating and mediating effects of organizational and individual characteristics, still require deeper explanatory investigation. Aim - Our general goal is to build explanatory theories of Motivation in software organizations. In this article, we describe the construction of a grounded Theory of Motivation in the context of a government software development organization. Method - We performed a case study of a government software organization, focusing on the software engineers as the unit of analysis. For eight months, we conducted semi structured interviews, diary studies, and documental analyses, and analyzed the collected data using grounded Theory procedures. Results - We extracted contextual factors that affect the Motivation of software engineers and the outcomes associated with motivated behavior. Relationships among factors and outcomes were used to construct propositions that explain motivated behavior. Finally, the factors and propositions with higher explanatory power were used to create the central story of Motivation in the organization. Conclusions - The balance between Job Stability and Growth Needs emerged as the core factors related to the Motivation in the organization. Unclear growth perspectives combined with priorities based on political instead of technical aspects directly affected the intention to leave the organization.
Jacquelynne S Eccles - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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expectancy value Theory of achievement Motivation
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2000Co-Authors: Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S EcclesAbstract:Abstract We discuss the expectancy–value Theory of Motivation, focusing on an expectancy–value model developed and researched by Eccles, Wigfield, and their colleagues. Definitions of crucial constructs in the model, including ability beliefs, expectancies for success, and the components of subjective task values, are provided. These definitions are compared to those of related constructs, including self-efficacy, intrinsic and extrinsic Motivation, and interest. Research is reviewed dealing with two issues: (1) change in children's and adolescents' ability beliefs, expectancies for success, and subjective values, and (2) relations of children's and adolescents' ability-expectancy beliefs and subjective task values to their performance and choice of activities.
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Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation.
Contemporary educational psychology, 2000Co-Authors: Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S EcclesAbstract:We discuss the expectancy-value Theory of Motivation, focusing on an expectancy-value model developed and researched by Eccles, Wigfield, and their colleagues. Definitions of crucial constructs in the model, including ability beliefs, expectancies for success, and the components of subjective task values, are provided. These definitions are compared to those of related constructs, including self-efficacy, intrinsic and extrinsic Motivation, and interest. Research is reviewed dealing with two issues: (1) change in children's and adolescents' ability beliefs, expectancies for success, and subjective values, and (2) relations of children's and adolescents' ability-expectancy beliefs and subjective task values to their performance and choice of activities. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
Krzysztof Laudanski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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global brain drain how can the maslow Theory of Motivation improve our understanding of physician migration
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019Co-Authors: Lena E Dohlman, Matthew Dimeglio, Jihane Hajj, Krzysztof LaudanskiAbstract:The migration of physicians from low-resource to high-resource settings is a prevalent global phenomenon that is insufficiently understood. Most low-income countries are severely understaffed with physicians, and the emigration of the already limited number of physicians to other countries can significantly reduce access to healthcare in the source country. Despite a growing interest in global capacity building in these countries by academic and non-governmental organizations in high-income countries, efforts to stem physician migration have been mostly unsuccessful. The authors reviewed the current literature for the Motivational factors leading to physician migration in the context of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. Our study found that financial safety needs were major drivers of physician emigration. However, factors related to self-actualization such as the desire for professional development through training opportunities and research, were also major contributors. These findings highlight the multifactorial nature of physician Motivations to emigrate from low-resource countries. Maslow’s Theory of Motivation may provide a useful framework for future studies evaluating the concerns of physicians in low-income countries and as a guide to incentivize retention.
Caroline F Zink - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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using expectancy Theory to quantitatively dissociate the neural representation of Motivation from its influential factors in the human brain an fmri study
NeuroImage, 2018Co-Authors: Akshay Kohli, David N Blitzer, Ray W Lefco, Joseph W Barter, Ryan M Haynes, Sam A Colalillo, Caroline F ZinkAbstract:Researchers have yet to apply a formal operationalized Theory of Motivation to neurobiology that would more accurately and precisely define neural activity underlying Motivation. We overcome this challenge with the novel application of the Expectancy Theory of Motivation to human fMRI to identify brain activity that explicitly reflects Motivation. Expectancy Theory quantitatively describes how individual constructs determine Motivation by defining Motivation force as the product of three variables: expectancy - belief that effort will better performance; instrumentality - belief that successful performance leads to particular outcome, and valence - outcome desirability. Here, we manipulated information conveyed by reward-predicting cues such that relative cue-evoked activity patterns could be statistically mapped to individual Expectancy Theory variables. The variable associated with activity in any voxel is only reported if it replicated between two groups of healthy participants. We found signals in midbrain, ventral striatum, sensorimotor cortex, and visual cortex that specifically map to Motivation itself, rather than other factors. This is important because, for the first time, it empirically clarifies approach Motivation neural signals during reward anticipation. It also highlights the effectiveness of the application of Expectancy Theory to neurobiology to more precisely and accurately probe Motivation neural correlates than has been achievable previously.
Bernard Weiner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the development of an attribution based Theory of Motivation a history of ideas
Educational Psychologist, 2010Co-Authors: Bernard WeinerAbstract:The history of ideas guiding the development of an attribution-based Theory of Motivation is presented. These influences include the search for a “grand” Theory of Motivation (from drive and expectancy/value Theory), an attempt to represent how the past may influence the present and the future (as Thorndike accomplished), and the incorporation of causes and their properties (from Heider and Rotter). The goal of this approach is the formulation of a conception in which causes influence action via the mediating mechanisms of specific affects (as first suggested by Atkinson) and expectancy. The empirical and conceptual contributions of the Theory are summarized.
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a meta analytic review of help giving and aggression from an attributional perspective contributions to a general Theory of Motivation
Cognition & Emotion, 2004Co-Authors: Udo Rudolph, Scott C Roesch, Tobias Greitemeyer, Bernard WeinerAbstract:The present review syntheses 64 investigations on the determinants of helping and aggression involving more than 12,000 subjects, providing empirical tests of Weiner's (1986, 1995) Theory of social conduct. A meta‐analytic test of the proposed causal cognition‐emotion‐behaviour sequence reveals that judgements of responsibility determine the emotional reactions of anger and sympathy, and that these emotional reactions, in turn, directly influence help giving and aggression. Results are highly consistent across several potential moderator variables including type of culture, sample characteristics, publication year, and publication status. Moreover, the present analyses suggest that the hypothesised model holds true for real events as well as for simulated data. Exploratory comparisons between the helping versus the aggression domain suggest that comparable results are obtained for these two domains, except that perceptions of responsibility are more likely to exert an additional proximal role in aggressiv...
