Intrinsic Motivation

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The characteristics of a performance-driven team consist of many integral parts. First, a performance-driven team needs a leader who is someone that sets goals and instills a purpose for the team and the organization. Open communication, trust, mutual respect, shared leadership, effective working procedures, building on differences, flexibility, adaptability, and continuous learning are all essential characteristics of a good performance-driven team (Neumann, 2014). The performance-driven team is a team that works together towards a common goal and feeds based on their overall performance.

Intrinsic motivation involves engaging in behaviors because it is personally rewarding to oneself, this type of motivation comes from within the individual (Cherry, 2019). Extrinsic motivation occurs when someone is motivated to perform a behavior or engage in an activity to earn a reward or avoid punishment (Cherry, 2019). Extrinsic and Intrinsic motivation are both key components to team performance because they both help the team achieve their goals. With Intrinsic motivation, the team member will likely perform the behavior or task at hand because he/she feels good about helping the team in achieving the overall goal and can feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. Extrinsic motivation is also a key component of team performance because it too allows for the team to achieve the overall goal. If a person is being motivated extrinsically by some type of monetary compensation or because he/she may get punished for not helping the team, the individual will perform the task at hand in order to receive compensation or avoid punishment.