Navarro José, Arrieta Carlos, Ballén Cristina
Department of Social Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035, Spain.
Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci. 2007 Oct;11(4):473-98.
This study is concerned with work motivation as a dynamic process. Twenty workers kept a motivation diary over a period of several weeks. Using a PDA they recorded their level of motivation, self-efficacy beliefs and perceived instrumentality with respect to the task being carried out. The time series obtained were analyzed using common procedures in the study of dynamic systems in order to determine whether motivation followed linear or nonlinear patterns. The results revealed highly nonlinear dynamics for the different variables studied. The implications of these findings are discussed and questions are raised regarding the basic assumptions underlying current theories and models of motivation, for example, the assumptions of linearity and stability.
本研究关注工作动机作为一个动态过程。二十名工人在几周时间内记录动机日记。他们使用个人数字助理（PDA）记录自己在执行任务时的动机水平、自我效能信念和感知工具性。所获得的时间序列使用动态系统研究中的常用程序进行分析，以确定动机是否遵循线性或非线性模式。结果显示，所研究的不同变量呈现出高度非线性动态。讨论了这些发现的意义，并对当前动机理论和模型的基本假设提出了质疑，例如线性和稳定性假设。
