1. Basics of motivation A manager who is attempting to identify what motivates employees to work should understand the factors that comprise motivation in addition to understanding motivation's relationship to job performance, The following diagram describes the basic relationship between motivation (effort) and performance (job performance). Click on each tab to reveal examples of the three components of motivation. Factor for Factor 2 Elort Factor 3 Performance I am going to do whatever I can in the next two hours to get this presentation done. Each of these factors is either an example of initiation of effort, direction of effort, or persistence of effort--the three components of motivation. The factor that is an example of direction of effort is because the person in this scenario is Even though the remainder of this assignment will focus on motivation, there are two additional determinants of job performance. The following equation is frequently used to represent job performance Job Performance - Motivation x Ability * Situational Constraints Which of the following can you infer from this equation? The combination of motivation and ability impact job performance to a greater degree than situational constraints. There are additional factors besides a lack of motivation that can decrease job performance Monitoring employee effort is a comprehensive method for measuring Job performance Developing employee skills is the best way to increase job performance