On Organization Motivation Issues in Terms of Extrinsic Motivation and Intrinsic Motivation

Achievements have been made in the field of extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation.There are many differences between the two kinds of motivations in conception,essence and functions.Intrinsic motivation involves people doing an activity because they find it interesting and derive spontaneous satisfaction from the activity itself.Extrinsic motivation,in contrast,requires an instrumentality between the activity and some separable consequences such as rewards.These two motivation theories tend to parallel two managerial strategies: scientific management and participative management.Some researchers find that extrinsic motivation may undermine or enhance intrinsic motivation,and extrinsic motivation may be internalized into intrinsic motivation with the development of individual's cognitive ability and self-efficacy.Future studies could focus on such topics: perceived feedback implied by the extrinsic motivation;certain factors of social context and individual level which affect internalization of extrinsic motivation and empirical research on extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation.