dc.contributor.author
Navarro Cid, José
dc.contributor.author
Arrieta, Carlos
dc.date.issued
2013-07-09T17:15:00Z
dc.date.issued
2013-07-09T17:15:00Z
dc.date.issued
2013-07-09T17:15:01Z
dc.identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2445/44683
dc.description.abstract
This study considers the complex dynamics of work motivation. Forty-eight employees completed a work-motivation diary several times per day over a period of four weeks. The obtained time series were analysed using different methodologies derived from chaos theory (i.e. recurrence plots, Lyapunov exponents, correlation dimension and surrogate data). Results showed chaotic dynamics in 75% of cases. The findings confirm the universality of chaotic behavior within human behavior, challenge some of the underlying assumptions on which work motivation theories are based, and suggest that chaos theory may offer useful and relevant information on how this process is managed within organizations.
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application/pdf
dc.publisher
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.relation
Spanish Journal of Psychology, 2010, vol. 13, num. 1, p. 244-256
dc.rights
(c) The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 2010
dc.rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source
Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)
dc.subject
Caos (Teoria de sistemes)
dc.subject
Motivació del personal
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Chaotic behavior in systems
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Employee motivation
dc.title
Chaos in human behavior: the case of work motivation
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
