Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivation
Explore the concepts of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation to understand how different rewards impact engineering team performance. Learn to identify what drives each team member and how to leverage both types of motivation for sustained engagement and productivity.
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We spoke more of this in the “Motivation” section of this course, but as a refresher, remember that rewards and motivation fall into two core categories: “extrinsic” motivation, wherein an individual engages in a task or behavior for “external” reasons (such as fear of termination, or getting a bonus), and “intrinsic” motivation, wherein an individual engages in tasks/behaviors due to feelings or goals coming “from within” (such as, simply, the desire to do a good job, or the pleasure gained from being able to show off the work to friends and family, and so on). By their very nature, rewards like the ones being discussed in this section are “extrinsic,” and as such, less effective than the “intrinsic” rewards that (we ...