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Motivation

Known as: Motive, motivations 
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives… Expand
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
A Theory of Human Motivation
1. The integrated wholeness of the organism must be one of the foundation stones of motivation theory. 2. The hunger drive (or… Expand
Review
2008
Review
2008
Facilitating Optimal Motivation and Psychological Well- Being Across Life's Domains
Self-determination theory (SDT) differentiates motivation, with autonomous and controlled motivations constituting the key, broad… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The Internationalization of Higher Education: Motivations and Realities
Globalization and internationalization are related but not the same thing. Globalization is the context of economic and academic… Expand
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Motivations for Play in Online Games
  • N. Yee
  • Cyberpsychology Behav. Soc. Netw.
  • 2006
    • Corpus ID: 206156123
An empirical model of player motivations in online games provides the foundation to understand and assess how players differ from… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
The functional architecture of human empathy.
Empathy accounts for the naturally occurring subjective experience of similarity between the feelings expressed by self and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
HEDONIC AND UTILITARIAN MOTIVATIONS FOR ONLINE RETAIL SHOPPING BEHAVIOR
Motivations to engage in retail shopping include both utilitarian and hedonic dimensions. Business to consumer e-commerce… Expand
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions.
  • Ryan, Deci
  • Contemporary educational psychology
  • 2000
    • Corpus ID: 1098145
Intrinsic and extrinsic types of motivation have been widely studied, and the distinction between them has shed important light… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers: a functional approach.
The authors applied functionalist theory to the question of the motivations underlying volunteerism, hypothesized 6 functions… Expand
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Measuring the hedonic and utilitarian sources of consumer attitudes
It has been suggested theoretically that consumer attitudes have distinct hedonic and utilitarian components, and that product… Expand
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Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Motivation reconsidered: the concept of competence.
No wonder you activities are, reading will be always needed. It is not only to fulfil the duties that you need to finish in… Expand
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