Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction
1. Introduction and Historical Perspective
2. Motivation--A Point of View
3. The Motivational Bases of Work
Part Two: Choice of Work Role
4. Occupational Choice
Part Three: Satisfaction with Work Roles
5. The Determinants of Job Satisfaction
6. Job Satisfaction and Job Behavior
Part Four: Performance in Work Roles
7. The Role of Motivation in Work Performance
8. Some Motivational Determinants of Effective JobPerformance
Part Five: Conclusion
9. Concluding Observations on Method and Theory

About the Author

VICTOR H. VROOM is the John G. Searle Professor of Organization and Management, Yale University, and president of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is the author of nine books and over fifty articles and has received awards for his research from the American Psychological Association, the McKinsey Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. An international expert on leadership and decision making, Vroom has served as a consultant to many government agencies and to more than 100 major corporations in the United States and abroad.

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"Highly recommAnded for the theorist, the empirical investigator,and the student in occupational behavioral science. It is the besttreatise on this topic that this reviewer has seen."

"A comprehensive and critical summary of the morass of studiesabout why people work."