Universidad de Barcelona, Spain.
Span J Psychol. 2010 May;13(1):244-56. doi: 10.1017/s1138741600003826.
This study considers the complex dynamics of work motivation. Forty-eight employees completed a work-motivation diary several times per day over a period of four weeks. The obtained time series were analysed using different methodologies derived from chaos theory (i.e. recurrence plots, Lyapunov exponents, correlation dimension and surrogate data). Results showed chaotic dynamics in 75% of cases. The findings confirm the universality of chaotic behavior within human behavior, challenge some of the underlying assumptions on which work motivation theories are based, and suggest that chaos theory may offer useful and relevant information on how this process is managed within organizations.
本研究探讨了工作动机的复杂动态。48 名员工在四周的时间里，每天多次完成一份工作动机日记。使用来自混沌理论的不同方法（即递归图、李雅普诺夫指数、关联维数和替代数据）对获得的时间序列进行了分析。结果显示，75%的情况下存在混沌动态。研究结果证实了混沌行为在人类行为中的普遍性，挑战了工作动机理论所基于的一些假设，并表明混沌理论可能为组织内如何管理这一过程提供有用和相关的信息。
