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Motivation
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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…
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
A Theory of Human Motivation
A. Maslow
2013
Corpus ID: 53326433
1. The integrated wholeness of the organism must be one of the foundation stones of motivation theory. 2. The hunger drive (or…
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Facilitating Optimal Motivation and Psychological Well- Being Across Life's Domains
E. Deci
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R. Ryan
2008
Corpus ID: 41073617
Self-determination theory (SDT) differentiates motivation, with autonomous and controlled motivations constituting the key, broad…
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The Internationalization of Higher Education: Motivations and Realities
P. Altbach
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J. Knight
2007
Corpus ID: 146416698
Globalization and internationalization are related but not the same thing. Globalization is the context of economic and academic…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Self-Regulation, Ego Depletion, and Motivation
R. Baumeister
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K. Vohs
2007
Corpus ID: 4945196
Motivation is underappr eciated in self-r egulation theories (as is tr ue in social personality psychology at large). This paper…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Motivations for Play in Online Games
N. Yee
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
2006
Corpus ID: 206156123
An empirical model of player motivations in online games provides the foundation to understand and assess how players differ from…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
The functional architecture of human empathy.
J. Decety
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P. Jackson
Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews
2004
Corpus ID: 145310279
Empathy accounts for the naturally occurring subjective experience of similarity between the feelings expressed by self and…
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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…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers: a functional approach.
E. Clary
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M. Snyder
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+4 authors
P. Miene
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1998
Corpus ID: 18946195
The authors applied functionalist theory to the question of the motivations underlying volunteerism, hypothesized 6 functions…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Measuring the hedonic and utilitarian sources of consumer attitudes
R. Batra
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O. Ahtola
1991
Corpus ID: 38189603
It has been suggested theoretically that consumer attitudes have distinct hedonic and utilitarian components, and that product…
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Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Motivation reconsidered: the concept of competence.
R. W. White
Psychology Review
1959
Corpus ID: 37385966
No wonder you activities are, reading will be always needed. It is not only to fulfil the duties that you need to finish in…
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