Desire
A Structural Model of Motivation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9891226 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phil Leather (Lancaster University Ghana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 109-122 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872678303600202 |
| OpenAlex | W2096258715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 6 |
Current approaches to the psychology of human motivation are criticized for being too concerned with “individual satisfactions” and “instrumental performance.”An alternative view of motivation which is based on social relationships mediated by symbolic structures is offered. The essence of this approach is the concept of “desire” which is expressed in terms of a mutually defining relationship between one individual and another. The individual desires the recognition of another individual in order to know himself. It is argued that what we call human needs are not just demands for food, sex, love, etc., but become, through the medium of language, calls to other individuals for their recognition or valuing
Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Order (exchange · Reflexive pronoun · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
Clinical and critical
Organizational Kitsch
Organisational rhetoric and the threat of ambivalence
Commitments and Conflicts
The Sublime Object of Entrepreneurship
Authority and the pursuit of order in organizational performance
The Attenuating Function of Myth in Human Understanding
Motivation and identity
The Therapy of Desire in Times of Crisis
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 2023 (40) |
| Highly cited | No |