Explain How an Employee Can Be Intrinsically Motivated, Extrinsically Motivated

question 101

Essay

Explain how an employee can be intrinsically motivated, extrinsically motivated, or both, depending on the factors in his or her job situation. Give one example of an employee who exhibits each of these three possible work situations.

---

Definitions:

Consolidated

The act of combining financial statements from different entities within a corporate group into one single set of statements.

Common Stock

A type of security that represents ownership in a corporation, giving holders voting rights and a share in the company's profits via dividends.

Additional Paid-In Capital

The amount of capital from shareholders that is more than the par value of the shares issued.

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profits that is kept or retained for reinvestment in the business, rather than distributed to shareholders as dividends.