Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!

Previous studies have shown that work motivation fluctuates considerably and in a nonlinear way over time. In the present research, we are interested in studying if the task at hand does or does not influence the presence of these fluctuations. We gathered daily registers from 69 workers during 21 c...

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Autores: Navarro Cid, José, Curioso, Fernando, Gomes, Duarte, Cortés, Mauricio, Arrieta, Carlos
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Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palavra-chave:Satisfacció en el treball
Motivació del personal
Job satisfaction
Employee motivation
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spelling Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!Navarro Cid, JoséCurioso, FernandoGomes, DuarteCortés, MauricioArrieta, CarlosSatisfacció en el treballMotivació del personalJob satisfactionEmployee motivationPrevious studies have shown that work motivation fluctuates considerably and in a nonlinear way over time. In the present research, we are interested in studying if the task at hand does or does not influence the presence of these fluctuations. We gathered daily registers from 69 workers during 21 consecutive working days (7036 registers) of task developed and levels of motivation, self-efficacy beliefs and instrumentalities perception. These registers were then categorized into a list of labor activities in main tasks and subtasks by means of three judges with a high level of agreement (97.47% for tasks, and 98.64% for subtasks). Taking the MSSD statistic (mean squared successive difference) of the average of motivation, self-efficacy and instrumentality, and using hierarchical regression analysis we have found that tasks (β = .03; p = .188) and subtasks (β = .10; p = .268) do not affect the presence of fluctuations in motivation. These results reveal instability in work motivation independently from the tasks and subtasks that the workers do. We proceed to find that fluctuations in work motivation show a fractal structure across the different tasks we do in a working day. Implications of these results to motivational theory will be discussed as well as possible explanations (e.g. the influence of affect in work motivation) and directions for future research are provided.Springer Verlag2013info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/64882Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/ndpls/askFILE.cgi?vol=17&iss=01&art=02&desc=PDFNonlinear Dynamics Psychology and Life Sciences, 2013, vol. 17, num. 1, p. 3-22(c) Springer Verlag, 2013info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/648822026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
title Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
spellingShingle Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
Navarro Cid, José
Satisfacció en el treball
Motivació del personal
Job satisfaction
Employee motivation
title_short Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
title_full Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
title_fullStr Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
title_full_unstemmed Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
title_sort Fluctuations in work motivation: Tasks do not matter!
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Navarro Cid, José
Curioso, Fernando
Gomes, Duarte
Cortés, Mauricio
Arrieta, Carlos
author Navarro Cid, José
author_facet Navarro Cid, José
Curioso, Fernando
Gomes, Duarte
Cortés, Mauricio
Arrieta, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Curioso, Fernando
Gomes, Duarte
Cortés, Mauricio
Arrieta, Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Satisfacció en el treball
Motivació del personal
Job satisfaction
Employee motivation
topic Satisfacció en el treball
Motivació del personal
Job satisfaction
Employee motivation
description Previous studies have shown that work motivation fluctuates considerably and in a nonlinear way over time. In the present research, we are interested in studying if the task at hand does or does not influence the presence of these fluctuations. We gathered daily registers from 69 workers during 21 consecutive working days (7036 registers) of task developed and levels of motivation, self-efficacy beliefs and instrumentalities perception. These registers were then categorized into a list of labor activities in main tasks and subtasks by means of three judges with a high level of agreement (97.47% for tasks, and 98.64% for subtasks). Taking the MSSD statistic (mean squared successive difference) of the average of motivation, self-efficacy and instrumentality, and using hierarchical regression analysis we have found that tasks (β = .03; p = .188) and subtasks (β = .10; p = .268) do not affect the presence of fluctuations in motivation. These results reveal instability in work motivation independently from the tasks and subtasks that the workers do. We proceed to find that fluctuations in work motivation show a fractal structure across the different tasks we do in a working day. Implications of these results to motivational theory will be discussed as well as possible explanations (e.g. the influence of affect in work motivation) and directions for future research are provided.
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