Three Roles of Language in Motivation Theory

Host country language ability and expatriate adjustment: the moderating effect of language difficulty

“…While such research findings have not been published before regarding expatriate adjustment, they are in accordance with GST (Locke et al, 1981;Sullivan, 1988). GST provides a motivational explanation for why individuals with a similar point of departure have notable variations in their level of socio-cultural adjustment due to the challenges of the objective (Locke & Latham, 1990: Gong & Chang, 2007.…”

“…When related to host country language 11 acquisition, which is closely linked to socio-cultural adjustment, expatriates that make the effort of learning a difficult language could also be expected to be more committed to integrate into the community (cf. Sullivan, 1988).…”

Integração Entre Valores, Motivação, Comprometimento, Recompensas E Desempenho No Serviço Público

“…Portanto, os trabalhos complexos e que exigem maior autonomia produzem níveis mais elevados de motivação intrínseca do que aqueles trabalhos rotineiros, relativamente simples de serem executados (HACKMAN;OLDHAM, 1980;CUMMINGS, 1996). As teorias motivacionais surgem na tentativa de compreender a psicologia (estado mental) dos indivíduos, e a maneira como fatores externos -características do trabalho, incentivos, cultura organizacional, entre outros -podem repercutir nas suas ações (SULLIVAN, 1988 Porter et al (1974) identificaram três fatores relacionados ao comprometimento organizacional: (1) uma forte crença nos objetivos e valores de uma organização; (2) disposição de exercer um esforço considerável para a organização; e (3) um forte desejo de manter a participação na organização. de obra, entre outros); 2) ao alto grau de sacrifício pessoal, ou seja, todos os investimentos que já foram realizados e que estejam diretamente vinculados ao emprego em questão; ou 3) perdas futuras resultantes do seu desligamento (como perda de benefícios) (ALLEN; MEYER, 1990;BASTOS, 1993;CARSON;CARSON, 1997;SOMERS;BIRNBAUM, 2000;STEPHENS et al, 2004).…”

Industrial Leadership that Inspires Managerial Communication as an Emerging Pedagogical Focus in Engineering

“…As mediators, organizations and management studies have proposed e.g. job design, organizational interaction culture, inspiring visions, or leader's charisma, attractiveness, authenticity, motivational language [12], [13] or leadership style [14].…”

“…The presently burgeoning research on leader emotions and emotive communication has made significant advances, drawing upon theories such as motivational language theory and speech act theory, but the full grasp of factors impacting the quality of leader-member exchange is yet to be achieved [25]. While support is available for claims on the role of leaders' individual differences and dispositional variables in interaction with subordinates [26], the communicative building blocks contributing to successful leadership are insufficiently understood.…”