Findings of the study: Obsessive passion may possibly make an individual dependent on their task or engagement (Vallerand et al., 2003). On the other hand, harmonious passion is directly related to an individual’s overall well-being (Mageau et al., 2005; Philippe, Vallerand & Lavigne, 2009; Vallerand et al., 2003). It is also associated with pleasant experience and positive influence (Vallerand et al., 2006; Vallerand et al., 2008; Vallerand et al., 2007). Previous researches have shown that obsessive passion is directly related to negative experiences and thoughts (Vallerand et al., 2008), conflicts in different spheres of life and reduced functionality to carry out routine activities (Vallerand et al., 2003). It also makes an individual rigid, stubborn, and highly inflexible (Rip, Fortin & Vallerand, …show more content…
Meaningful connection refers to ‘how an individual’s identity is intertwined with their work’. An intense inner drive that propels individuals in their work reflects the second dimension of passion for work. The emotional aspect deals with the joy dimension of passion for work that caters to feelings of enjoyment, happiness and love toward work. On the other hand, subjective vitality refers to a feeling of energy and aliveness at work (Ryan and Frederick, 1997).
Findings of the study: This conceptualization of passion for work considers it as a state that can be influenced by the external forces such as autonomy at workplace, perceived organizational support and self-esteem (Perttula, 2004). Passion for work has been found to be associated with variety of positive outcomes, such as, lower level of burnout, greater employee creativity, and effectiveness (Perttulla, 2010). This conceptualization of passion for work contains limited studies and need further exploration.
2. Employee work passion (Zigarmi et al,
I give in. My passion for writing is growing larger and larger each day, it has become the only thing I think about on a daily basis. It’s turning into a nuisance! I curse it to the back of my head every time it comes to fore thought. It twists my guts into an almost wrenching pain when I don’t have the chance to write something down on a piece of paper and make it my own. It forces the air from my chest as if I were a cartoon character with an anvil flattened. Where did I get this from, you ask? Let me tell you a story that explains my passion. Sit back, and enjoy the ride.
A wise man once said “Man is only great when he acts from passion.” When you hear the word passion, the first thing that might come to your mind is something related to love, and you’re not entirely wrong. According to Merriam- Webster’s dictionary, passion is defined as a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something or a strong feeling (such as anger) that causes you to act in a dangerous way. All in all, it is a strong feeling, be it happiness, sadness, anger or liberality. You can be passionate about many things such as love, sports, food, or intimacy. However, it can also mean having a strong yearning for something.
Based off of the gratification an individual contains towards their work is job satisfaction. The productivity could either be positive or negative while the relationship between the productivity and satisfaction may not be consistent. There are multiple internal and external factors of job satisfaction that can impact the behavior of an employee and engagement over time. The way the worker’s attitude concerning their field effects the performance they perform on a daily basis. One who is satisfied with the job they maintain, succeed at what they do. “It is therefore imperative for a company to understand the attitude of its workers and measure the job satisfaction of its employees, as job satisfaction is essential for productivity” (L. Bradshaw
This theory implicates a logical illustration that if the nature of a job sufficed and met the five core characteristics, the employee would feel a sense of fulfillment that would result in excellent work performance (Armstrong, 2017). The job design prefigures the significant relationship of the five core dimensions as to how a worker perceives the three vital psychological states – meaningfulness of work, responsibility and knowledge of outcomes – that would eventually contribute to a sense of general job satisfaction, personal growth, increased motivation and effectiveness of work (DeVaro, Li, Brookshire, 2007). There is a dynamic suggestion in JCM that acclaims the correlation of positive feelings with an excellent performance, and negative feelings with poor performance (Mukul, Rayhan, Hoque, & Islam,
Transformational leaders want everyone to find their personal meaning in life because it will help each individual to seek a job that is meant for them. According to Ghadi, Fernando, and Caputi (2013), “individuals seek to experience meaningful work that maximizes their sense of motivation… established the interconnection of meaningful work and personal motivation, and found that meaningful work-maximizes the possibility of intrinsic motivation.” Once an employee finds a job that is meaningful to them, it helps t...
Steers, T. M., Mowday, R. T., & Shapiro, D. L. (2004). Introduction to Special Topic Forum: The Future of Work Motivation Theory. The Academy of Management Review, 29 (3), 379-387.
Latham G.P and Pinder C.C. (2005). Work Motivation Theory and Research at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century. Annual Review of Psychology 56.
Here on Earth, written by Alice Hoffman, is an everyday life story which belongs to the literary period of realism. Realism is often described as a movement in literature which presents life in a very practical way. Usually, works in this literary period contain characterization and plot as similar as possible to what is found in everyday life. Donna M. Campbell states, “Broadly defined as a faithful representation of reality or verisimilitude, realism is a literary technique practiced by many schools of writing” (Realism in American Literature, 1860-1890). Some characteristics of realism in American literature, declared by Richard Chase in The American Novel and Its Tradition, include the fact that characters are most important in the story line and are strongly influenced by their social class (quoted in Realism in American Literature, 1860-1890).
The employee engagement is a relatively new term in the corporate world. Due to the global nature of work and diversity of workforce, it has become a key part of competitive advantage for many organisations. The engagement at work was conceptualized by Kahn (1990:694) as the “harnessing of organisational members’ selves to their work roles; in engagement, people employ and express themselves physically, cognitively and emotionally during role performances”. The other related construct to engagement in organisational behaviour is the notion of flow. Csikszentmihalyi (1975, 1990) defines flow as the ‘holistic sensation’ that people feel when they act with total involvement.
When it is discovered that a worker can fulfill the requirements of their job, but are experiencing shortcomings in doing so, many times it is believed that worker motivation may be the root of the problem (Laird 95). What, though, is work motivation? According to Laird (2006), “motivation is a fundamental component of performance “ and “is the reason that someone chooses to do some things and chooses not to do others”. In other words, work motivation is what energizes workers to the level of output required to fulfill a task, directs their energy towards the objectives that they need to accomplish, and sustains that level of effort over a period of time (Steers et al., 2004). In essence, worker motivation is what gets the job done.
The key to understanding what employees’ motivations are, and how managers can support them in their aims and objectives, is to understand that different people are motivated by different things. Managers should make a conscience effort to stay in touch with the interest, skills and abilities that their employees possess. Given the opportunity, it is possible that employees can provide valuable information about how to motivate each other to do a better job.
It is human nature to desire freedom and yearn passion, yet it is also human nature to obtain acceptance and follow reason. It is a never ending battle between passion and reason; without reason there is no acceptance, without passion there is no freedom. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Jane strongly struggles between passion and reason. Though Jane loves Mr. Rochester, her employer at Thornfield Hall, she has certain values to uphold in order to conform with society. Jane does not let her affections overtake her morality, though her return to Mr. Rochester proves passion to be stronger than reason.
Latham, G. P. (2007). Work motivation: History, theory, research, and practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
People’s behaviour is determined by what motivates them. The aim of this essay is to discuss the essence of the motivation and psychological strengths, its evolution, a brief overview of the key theories of the employees’ motivation and behaviour analysis. The main task is to understand how motivation affects employee behaviour and to clarify the importance of motivation. In this essay I will discuss and produce definitions and examples to answer the main question of what is the driving force and how do people’s needs influence performance at work?
In conclusion, the of motivation factors have a strong influence on job satisfaction resulting in any positive feelings that accompany human, who is trying to keep this state as long as possible, which leads to further efforts.