Richard Ryan
Unfortunately, so often when people try to motivate others they take responsibility rather than helping the person find responsibility themselves.
Content: Quotation | Author: Richard Ryan | Source: University of Rochester | Subjects: Management, Motivation, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
What Drives Us?
In 1985, with the publication of Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior, University of Rochester psychologists Richard Ryan and Edward Deci launched a new theory for understanding what drives humans. Their model maintained that people are motivated by innate psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness to others – not, as the reigning theories of the day espoused, by inherited instincts or learned responses. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Edward Deci, Richard Ryan | Source: University of Rochester | Subject: Organizational Behavior