Introduction: Substantial research on job motivation over the years has identified motivation to be essential to work outcomes such as wellbeing, attitudes, and performance. Yet, research on job motivation addressing temporal influences has been sparse. Existing research has addressed job motivation as an aggregation of the motivation for tasks, ignoring the possibility of temporal effects where the motivation for one task affects motivation in a subsequent task. The current meta-narrative review analyzes existing research on task motivation and synthesizes findings into a model of cross-task motivation. Methods: Using a predetermined search strategy, a systematic search yielded 1,635 documents of which 17 were selected. Papers were analyzed using a meta-narrative approach according to RAMSES publication standards. Results: Four key meta-narratives were identified, contributing information from different research traditions; (1) restoration effects after need frustration, (2) intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, (3) cognitive carryover effects, and (4) meaning of work. Synthesizing findings from these meta-narratives, a meta-theoretical model for understanding cross-task motivation was proposed. Discussion: This model provides an extension of existing motivational theories elucidating temporal motivational processes. Implications for practitioners include the possibility of arranging jobs to maximize positive motivational outcomes.
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Social perception predicts awareness of illness in persons with schizophrenia
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Feyer, Frida Karine (1)
Hva motiverer psykologene?
Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening [Kronikk]
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It is time to level the playing field of basic psychological needs: The concept of need levels as a convergence of constructs of individual differences in basic psychological needs
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Cross-task Motivation-A Review of the Literature Using a Meta-Narrative Approach
[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021.
Substantial research on work motivation over the years has identified motivation to be essential to important work outcomes such as employee wellbeing and performance. Yet, research on work motivation at the task level has been sparse, and even less research has investigated how motivation for one task affect motivation in a subsequent task. The aim of the current systematic review is to identify and analyze research conducted on cross-task motivation and synthesize findings into a meta-theory of underlying processes. Using a predetermined search strategy, a systematic search was carried out in Web of Science, API/Inform, and Emerald Insight, yielding 1501 documents of which 15 were selected. Selected papers were analyzed using the meta-narrative approach. The included papers came from traditions of psychology, organization, neuroscience, and educational research. Four key meta-narratives were identified, all of which contributed information from different research traditions. Synthesizing findings from these four meta-narratives, a meta-theoretical framework for understanding cross-task motivation was proposed. Implications for practitioners include the possibility of designing sequences of tasks that maximize positive motivational outcomes. Limitations and possibilities of future research are discussed.