Organizational Behavior and Human Performance

Motivation through the design of work: test of a theory

J. Richard Hackman, Greg R. Oldham · 1976 · 8.7K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +10

A vertical dyad linkage approach to leadership within formal organizations

Fred Dansereau, George B. Graen, William J. Haga · 1975 · 2.9K citations

Management, Leadership, Organization Studies +13

What is job satisfaction?

Edwin A. Locke · 1969 · 2.7K citations

Social Sciences, Organizational Behavior, Employee Relations +9

Toward a theory of task motivation and incentives

Edwin A. Locke · 1968 · 2.4K citations

Management, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

Knee-deep in the big muddy: a study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action

Barry M. Staw · 1976 · 2.1K citations

Social Sciences, Organizational Behavior, Psychology +5