SOCIAL WORK

Social work and Motivation

SOCIAL WORK AND MOTIVATION

Article name: Involvement, Motivation, and Reorganization in a Social Services Department

Author: Richard Hugman and Roger Hadley

Details: Sage journals

Human Relations 1993 46: 1319

Article name: An Enquiry into Students' Motivations to Train as Social Workers in England

Author: SHEILA FURNESS

Details: Sage Journals

University of Bradford, England, UK Sage Publications:

London, Los Angeles, New Delhi and Singapore

Article name: Deconstructing motivations: Challenging international social work placements

Author: Samantha Wehbi

Details: International Social Work 2009 52: 48

Previous literature on the topic

The concept of motivation is used in different contexts and with different meanings. Motivation is also a highly complex phenomenon, which a person can define from different perspectives.

In the study of human behavior at work is just as attractive as the issues of motivation. There has always been interested in knowing the reasons why people act a certain way. The theoretical tools to achieve this knowledge are far from consensual. The term motivation has been used in various ways. Define it involves moving between several alternatives that emphasize one or another aspect of the phenomenon. The motivation has been conceptualized as an internal state that causes a behavior, as the will or willingness to exert effort, and drives, urges or behaviors that generate reasons, as precipitating force actions; as a process that leads to the satisfaction of needs. Over time has finally prevailed last two conceptions: the position of those who define motivation as a force or set of forces, and the vision of those who conceived as a process or series of processes. Within these two trends are multiple definitions, some very simple and general, others more complete and accurate.

Research question and purpose of the studies

I have chosen three different research articles on the topic of motivation and social work. The basic concept of every research article is the same, i.e. the concept of motivation in the social work.

The research questions of the first article were the following:

• What structure and set of practices will be produced by the reorganization?

• What impact will the process of reorganization have on staff perceptions of the organization and of their work?

• How will staff respond to the implicit goal of creating a more participatory management culture as a means of enhancing their motivation and commitment to the changes taking place?

Then in the second article, the author has focused on the question to find out from social work applicants to one ...