The enhanced motivation and performance benefits associated with the use of enriched work environments (i.e., high task identity, variety, and significance; worker autonomy; and frequent performance feedback) have been well established (Hackman & Oldham, 1975, 1976, 1980). The present study tests whether these benefits can also be achieved in the classroom setting. Students from a compulsory final‐year accounting course were asked to report their level of motivation in and their perceptions about the enrichment of the course. As hypothesized, a positive and significant correlation was found between student perceptions of enrichment and their reported motivation. The results, obtained by running a series of regression equations which included a variety of teaching context and student level variables, are also reported. These regression results offer further insight into the relationship between enriched learning environments and motivation.
Résumé
Une motivation rehaussée et une augmentation des performances sont associées à la mise en place d'un environnement de travail enrichi (par exemple grâce à une «high task identity» oú l'ouvrier reçoit une explication globale de son processus de travail et s'épanouit dans cette connaissance, la variété et l'importance de ce travail, l'autonomie de l'ouvrier et de fréquentes appréciations sur ses performances), comme cela a été clairement établi (Hackman & Oldham, 1975, 1976, 1980). Cette étude a pour but d'examiner si ces améliorations peuvent être étendues à la salle de classe. Des étudiants de dernière année dans un cours obligatoire de comptabilité ont été sollicités pour rendre compte de leur niveau de motivation pour le cours et de la proportion de tâches enrichissantes qu'ils avaient trouvée dans celui‐ci.
Conformément à l'hypothèse de départ, une forte corrélation a été trouvée entre la perception des étudiants quant au nombre de tâches enrichissantes dans le cours et leur niveau de motivation. Les résultats obtenus à partir d'une série d'équations régressives, qui incluaient une diversité de contextes d'enseignement et des étudiants de niveaux variables sont également inclus. Ces résultats approfondissent encore la relation entre un environnement d'apprentissage enrichi et la motivation qui en découle.
The purpose of this article is to review and evaluate the contribution of the study of organizational symbolism to the larger study of organization. We adopt Habermas' (1971) epistemological framework for the paper. This framework describes knowledge creation in the service of three key human interests: the technical, the practical, and the emancipatory. The literature on organizational symbolism is evaluated in the light of the framework. The following questions are addressed: What is the potential of the study of organizations oriented by symbolism with respect to these interests, especially the practical and emancipatory? How successfully has any such potential been realized in inquiry to date? What might account for organizational researchers' degree of success/failure? How might the potential be achieved more fully?
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