Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > action control > extrinsic motivation
social science subjects > business and management > leadership (business) > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
social science subjects > business and management > management theory > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > organizational behavior > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organizational behavior > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organization studies encyc > organizational behavior > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > applied psychology > industrial psychology > organizational structure, design, and change > organizational behavior > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > psychology and behavior > mental development and functions > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > personality psychology > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > business and management > sociology of work > sociology of work encyc > social psychology of work > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of work > sociology of work encyc > social psychology of work > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
... > social science subjects > psychology > applied psychology > industrial psychology > understanding and assessing individual differences > personality > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
social science subjects > business and management > sociology of work > human motivation > extrinsic motivation
social science subjects > sociology > sociology of work > human motivation > extrinsic motivation

Preferred term

extrinsic motivation  

Definition

  • Motivation that comes from outside an individual, such as the drive to obtain money or rewards, which provides pleasure that the task that one does to obtain the reward does not provide in itself. Extrinsic motivation might cause a person to work on a task even when he or she has no interest in it because the anticipated reward for doing the task provides satisfaction (e.g., the paycheck). [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Extrinsic Motivation]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/extrinsic_motivation

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD