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Factors associated with an HPT professional’s choice to solve work motivation problems
_____________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
(Human Performance Technology)
_____________
April 2000
© Donna J. Price
Object Description
| Title | Factors associated with an HPT professional's choice to solve work motivation problems |
| Author | Price, Donna J. |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Human Performance Technology |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date submitted | 2000-04 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hocevar, Dennis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
O'Neil, Harry Blair, Daniel |
| Abstract | The improvement of human performance is the goal of individuals and organizations that contribute to that endeavor in the workplace. Decisions are made to suggest training as an intervention when there is no evidence supporting a lack of knowledge and skills in the target population. Training being offered as the only solution is often due to a lack of confidence in or value for alternative performance improvement interventions. Thus, this study involves those people who decide what interventions to apply to improve human performance.; This study investigated the characteristics (self-efficacy, task value, and task choice) that human performance professionals have as they consider solving motivation problems in the workplace. The data collection instrument used to measure these characteristics was a web-based questionnaire survey. The instrument presented a scenario for each type of class performance improvement problem: i.e., lack of knowledge / skills, lack of work motivation, and a performance-inhibiting work environment. At the end of these three scenarios, the participant was asked if they would choose the work of solving the performance problem. A group of 5,434 of human performance professionals were invited to participate in the survey. From this group, 634 chose to take the survey, which is 12%.; This study focused on the relationship that exists between self-efficacy and task value with task choice. As predicted, the results of this study indicate that human performance professionals who are given a performance problem scenario, and who possess high self-efficacy and high-perceived task value will choose to solve the work performance problem. In the study, there was also a significant difference in self-efficacy and perceived task value between those who chose to solve human performance problems and those who chose not to solve the problem. Furthermore, the study indicated that human performance professionals, when given a choice, more often chose to solve knowledge / skill problems (89%) rather than either work motivation (77%) or work environment problems (64%).; The practical aspect of this study showed that a significant number of individuals did not choose to solve work motivation and work environment problems when such a choice was appropriate. This finding suggests that the human performance professional give more emphasis (and / or time) on learning how and why these types of human performance problems could be solved. |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m386 |
| Rights | Price, Donna J. |
| Access conditions | (213) 743-1672; http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/locations/grand/ |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Grand Avenue Library, 3434 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007 |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Price-200004 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume35/etd-Price-200004.pdf |
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| Full text | Factors associated with an HPT professional’s choice to solve work motivation problems _____________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (Human Performance Technology) _____________ April 2000 © Donna J. Price |
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