Work Motivation Books

New and Published Books

1. Evidence-Based Productivity Improvement

   A Practical Guide to the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES)

   By Robert D. Pritchard, Sallie J. Weaver, Elissa Ashwood

   Series: Applied Psychology Series

   This new book explains the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement system (ProMES) and how it meets the criteria for an optimal measurement and feedback system. It summarizes all the research that has been done on productivity, mentioning other measurement systems, and gives detailed information...

   Published November 30th 2011 by Routledge Academic
2. Behavioral Business Ethics

   Shaping an Emerging Field

   Edited by David De Cremer, Ann E. Tenbrunsel

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   This book takes a look at how and why individuals display unethical behavior. It emphasizes the actual behavior of individuals rather than the specific business practices. It draws from work on psychology which is the scientific study of human behavior and thought processes. As Max...

   Published October 24th 2011 by Routledge Academic
3. Work Engagement

   A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research

   Edited by Arnold B. Bakker, Michael P. Leiter

   This book provides the most thorough view available on this new and intriguing dimension of workplace psychology, which is the basis of fulfilling, productive work. The book begins by defining work engagement, which has been described as ‘an opposite to burnout,’ following its development into a...

   Published March 9th 2010 by Psychology Press
4. Object Relations, Work and the Self

   By David P. Levine

   In this book, David P. Levine applies psychoanalytic object relations theory to understanding work motivation and the meaning of work. Drawing on the writings of authors such as Donald Winnicott, Otto Kernberg and Melanie Klein, he explores three factors central to our effort to understand work:...

   Published October 6th 2009 by Routledge
5. The Joy of Work?

   Jobs, Happiness, and You

   By Peter Warr, Guy Clapperton

   Are you happy at work? Or do you just grin and bear it? We spend an average of 25% of our lives at work, so it’s important to make the best of it. The Joy of Work? looks at happiness and unhappiness from a fresh perspective. It draws on up-to-date research from around the world to present the...

   Published September 7th 2009 by Routledge
6. Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior, Second Edition

   By Craig C. Pinder

   This second edition of the best-selling textbook on Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior provides an update of the critical analysis of the scientific literature on this topic, and provides a highly integrated treatment of leading theories, including their historical roots and progression...

   Published July 21st 2008 by Psychology Press
7. Work Motivation

   Past, Present and Future

   Edited by Ruth Kanfer, Gilad Chen, Robert D. Pritchard

   Series: SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

   This edited volume in SIOP's Organizational Frontiers Series presents the current thinking and research on the important area of motivation.Work Motivation is a central issue in Industrial organizational psychology, human resource management and organizational behavior. In this volume the editors...

   Published June 23rd 2008 by Routledge Academic
8. Managing Motivation

   A Manager's Guide to Diagnosing and Improving Motivation

   By Robert Pritchard, Elissa Ashwood

   This slim motivation guidebook was written to bridge the gap between the academic research on motivation and to present it in a form that is useful to the practicing manager. In essence, the book presents a theory of motivation and how to use it without ever mentioning the word "theory". The goal...

   Published May 11th 2008 by Routledge Academic
9. Handbook of Organizational Creativity

   Edited by Jing Zhou, Christina E. Shalley

   This volume is a comprehensive and cutting-edge reference book reflecting current knowledge in the rapidly growing area of organizational creativity. The contributors to this volume are all leading researchers in the field of organizational creativity. This volume: provides a historical...

   Published October 28th 2007 by Psychology Press
10. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship

    Edited by J. Robert Baum, Michael Frese, Robert A. Baron

    Series: SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

    Entrepreneurship is essential for international social and economic well-being, as new ventures are the dominant source of job creation, market innovation, and economic growth in many societies. In this book, a noted group of researchers use findings, methods, and theories of modern psychology as...

    Published July 23rd 2006 by Psychology Press