The effects of motivation in education

Hamid Tohidi, Mohammad Mehdi Jabbari

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · 2012 · 215 citations · 14 references

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Motivation is defined as the drive that powers people to achieve high performance, overcome barriers, and sustain guidance, control, and persistence in behavior. Studies show that employees with high job motivation exhibit greater commitment, which helps mitigate problems even when procedures falter. The Other section poses questions about what strengthens, guides, and sustains behavior.

Abstract

Definition of motivation is the following "Powering people to achieve high levels of performance and overcoming barriers in order to change". Motivation is the driver of guidance, control and persistence in human behavior. What strengthens a person's behavior? What guides such behaviors or conducts then in a certain direction? What enhanced or maintained the behavior? It is called motivation. On the importance of motivation, researches have shown that employees with high job motivation show, greater commitment to their job; on the other hand Workers who feel more commitment even when things are not moving forward according to the procedure, minimize the impact of this problem.

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