Motivation is one kind of complicated psychological phenomenon,and a course with difficulties and setbacks has been gone through in motivation research. Research of the relationship between motivation and goal in modern psychology opens up a new way for us to understand human motivation,and the self-organization theory of modern system science provides a new theory model and methodology for the research. The concerned studies of both psychology and self-organization theory are inquired into the self-organization mechanisms that occur with human need and motivation. A new theory of human motivation that is named a self-organization goal theory of motivation is put forward,and its enlightenment to the modern management development is discussed.
ZHANG Kai.
A Self-organization Goal Theory of Human Motivation and its Managerial Implications[J]. Journal of Renmin University of China, 2003(2): 109-114