"Each sent pressure can be regarded as arousing in the focal person a psychological force of some magnitude and direction. Such forces will be called role forces. This is not to say that these motivational role forces are identical in magnitude and direction with the role pressures which evoked them. Especially when role pressures are seen as illegitimate or coercive, they may arouse strong resistance forces which lead to outcomes different from or even opposite to the expected behavior. Pressures to increase production rates sometimes result in slowdowns. Moreover, every person is subject to a variety of psychological forces in addition to those stimulated by pressures from his role set in the work situation. Role pressures are thus only a partial determinant of behavior on the job. In addition, to the motivational forces aroused by role pressures, there are important internal sources of motivation for role performance. One of these stems from the intrinsic satisfaction derived from the content of the role."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
p. 16-17
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_L._Kahn
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Robert L. Kahn
13 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Robert L. Kahn →
Related Quotes
"The concept of leadership has an ambiguous status in organizational practice, as it does in organizational theory. In…"
"We define successful aging as including three main components: low probability of disease and disease-related disabil…"
"When you’re 90 years old, you are somewhere near the end of your life; got to be... It doesn’t feel like the end yet,…"
"Associated with each office is a set of activities, which are defined as potential behaviors. These activities consti…"
"The prescriptions and proscriptions held by members of a role set are designated as role expectations. ... The role e…"
"[A is] ... the simultaneous occurrence of two (or more) sets of pressures such that compliance with one would make mo…"
"Overload could be regarded as a kind of inter-sender conflict in which various role senders may hold quite legitimate…"
"Certain information is required for adequate role performance, that is, in order for a person to conform to the role …"
"Social relations with one's work associates tend to deteriorate under the stress of conflict. In part, this reaction …"
"Innovative roles represent ... The intra-role conflicts of the innovator stem from his engagement and commitment to t…"