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Motivation


Therefore, these people like to be in control of their own achievements and are motivated by having the opportunity to succeed at a task in the near future. It seems that our need for achievement plays a role in career choice. People with a high need for achievement are reasoned to make good business executives, as they think about getting ahead and take personal responsibility for a task succeeding. You might also think a scientist would have to be highly motivated, which may be true, but the job does not require this high need to achieve because a scientist may work on a research project for a very long time not knowing if they are on the right track and having no immediate success within sight. .
             Therefore, a high need for achievement would not be fulfilled easily. .
             Whether we have a high need to achieve or not, we all experience two main types of motivation to achieve; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation comes from within the individual because they enjoy or gain satisfaction from engaging in an activity. An example of intrinsic motivation is going for a run because it makes you feel good. Spence and Helmreich identified 3 facets of intrinsic motivation, these are the want for mastery at a particular task, their drive to work and competitiveness. Despite similar ability levels people motivated by mastery and the drive to work achieve more than those motivated by competitiveness, as competitiveness is more motivated by being better than others rather than the want for personal competence and growth. Intrinsic motivation leads to high achievement and motivates much creative work. .
             Extrinsic motivation comes from outside the individual to encourage the person to engage in an activity through the promise of reward or for avoidance of punishment. An example of extrinsic motivation is going to work because you"re going to get paid. Extrinsic motivation is not necessarily successful in causing achievement, it depends on how much the motivation means to the person.


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