| Motivation: A psychological
concept with no single universally accepted definition, but which
organisational sociologists aver concerns the determinants of intent,
effort and tenacity, factors that push or pull us as individuals to behave
in a particular manner.
mo·ti·va·tion (mō'ti -vā'shun)
nown.
- The act or process of motivating.
- The state of being motivated.
- Something that motivates; an
inducement or incentive.
motivational adj.
motivationally adv.
Noun 1. motivation - the
psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired
goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to
behaviour; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best
of motives"
- motive, need
- psychological feature - a feature of
the mental life of a living organism
- life - a motive for living; "pottery
was his life"
- rational motive - a motive that can be
defended by reasoning or logical argument
- irrational motive - a motivation that
is inconsistent with reason or logic
- impulse, urge - an instinctive motive;
"profound religious impulses"
- ethical motive, ethics, morals,
morality - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
- mental energy, psychic energy - an
actuating force or factor
Noun 2. motivation - the condition of being motivated; "his
motivation was at a high level"
- condition, status - a state at a
particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current
status of the arms negotiations"
Noun 3. motivation - the act of
motivating; providing incentive
- motivating
- human action, human activity, act -
something that people do or cause to happen
Something that encourages: encouragement,
inspiration, stimulation.
Something that causes and encourages a given response: encouragement,
fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, prod, push, spur,
stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulus.
A basis for an action or a decision: cause, ground (often used in plural),
motive, reason, spring.
       
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