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- Motivation is what … us to try to … certain goals.
- Motivation is a decision-making process through which a person chooses desired … and … in ways that will lead to acquiring them.
- Motivation is the … to make the … to achieve certain goals.
Ex.2.Read the following and decide whether the active or passive forms are the most appropriate.
Employees and motivation.In recent years (1) a great deal of research has been done/ they have done a great deal of research into motivation in the workplace. Yet misconceptions (2) are persisted/ persisted. Not only (3) do many employees believe/ is it believed by many employees that money is the main source of motivation, but also that motivation must come from outside. This external, or extrinsic, motivation might be in the form of rewards for (4) the achievement of a specific degree of success by employees / employees who have achieved a specific degree of success. While (5) such rewards may be wanted by employees / employees may want such rewards, they might not be aware that a different kind of motivation is equally powerful. (6) Intrinsic motivation plays a major role / A major role is played by intrinsic motivation in getting workers on task and on the road to success. This kind of motivation comes from within and (7) external rewards do not affect it / is not affected by external rewards. Finally, employees (8) can help themselves / can be helped by individually drawing up a personalized plan involving self-motivational techniques.
Exercise3. Fill in the blanks using terms given below.