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  • Chapter 4 - Motivational Systems Theory

  • Martin E. Ford, George Mason University, Virginia, Peyton R. Smith
  • Book:
    Motivating Self and Others
    Published online:
    12 October 2020
    Print publication:
    22 October 2020, pp 113-176

  • Summary

    The next step after getting a feel for what “personal goals” are and how they work is to understand the other two components of motivational patterns (emotions and personal agency beliefs) and how goals, emotions, and personal agency beliefs operate as a “leadership team” in motivational headquarters. Learning how these components of human motivational patterns (always) work together to direct, organize, and regulate thought and action provides the conceptual foundation for constructing a theory of motivation and optimal functioning that can inform efforts to help people be more successful and experience enhanced levels of well-being and life meaning. This chapter also introduces the concept of equipoise – a system-wide requirement for optimal functioning – while also explaining how MST concepts can be applied to motivation at the level of human collectives (Group Motivational Systems Theory).