"CLEP Principles of Management," Vocabulary from Chapter 12

This list focuses on motivation in the workplace.

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  1. motivation
    psychological feature arousing action toward a desired goal
  2. causality
    the relation between reasons and effects
  3. attribution
    assigning to a cause or source
  4. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
  5. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  6. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  7. need
    the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action
  8. physiological
    of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning
  9. esteem
    a feeling of delighted approval and liking
  10. fulfillment
    a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires
  11. satisfaction
    the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire
  12. progression
    the act of moving forward, as toward a goal
  13. content
    the sum of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
  14. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  15. hygiene
    the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
  16. frustration
    the feeling of being thwarted in attaining your goals
  17. regression
    returning to a former state
  18. achievement
    the action of accomplishing something
  19. affiliation
    a social or business relationship
  20. existence
    the state or fact of being
  21. dominate
    be in control
  22. personal
    particular to a given individual
  23. institutional
    relating to an organization founded for a specific purpose
  24. likelihood
    the probability of a specified outcome
  25. valence
    the capacity of something or someone to react with or affect others
  26. reinforcement
    a stimulus that strengthens the behavior that produced it
  27. condition
    develop behavior by instruction and practice
  28. positive
    characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance
  29. punishment
    the act of imposing a penalty
  30. severe
    very bad in degree or extent
  31. interval
    a definite length of time marked off by two instants
  32. ratio
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
  33. variable
    liable to or capable of change
  34. energize
    raise to a higher level of excitement
  35. commitment
    the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
  36. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  37. comparison
    the act of examining resemblances
  38. inequity
    injustice by virtue of not conforming with standards
  39. perception
    a way of conceiving something
  40. persistence
    the act of continuing or repeating
Created on Wed Nov 02 11:07:41 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Nov 15 12:47:43 EST 2016)

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