The need-drive-goal cycle represents a type of process approach to motivation. Cognitive dimensions are present in the goal in the motivation cycle. Cognitive elements have played a central role in certain theories of motivation. The cognitive approach emphasizes our ability to make conscious, rational decisions and have perceptions concerning things like input/ output ratios and the value and probability of attaining future outcomes. Cognitive process theories recognize the complex nature of organizational behavior. Two of the most recently popular process theories with a cognitive perspective are the equity and expectancy theories of motivation. leia todo o artigo
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