Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor Nikiforova
L.O., Kryshtal V.S.
Vinnytsia National Technical University, Ukraine
NEUROECONOMIC
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN MOTIVATION
The key question of the effective staff usage is
motivation, in particular strengthening of encouragement which causes changes
in the behavior in the right direction and also correspondence of the
encouragement system structure to the structure of the staff motive system.
Outer and inner human needs are the basis of the motivation. Human needs are
divided into acquired ones and the ones which carry genetic memory [1], in
other words the biological needs which are examined with the help of neuroeconomic tools. The nature of the
physiological needs has been understood long time ago and is attributed to
genetic-defined but mental needs are the source of riddles. But needs do not
always form motivational stimulation of the body. Sometimes they are satisfied
by the motivational mobilization of the inner power of the organism. A great
amount of biological needs is satisfied in the result of regulatory homeostatic
mechanism activity [2]. As the
inner medium has accurate constants, the divergence from them may damage human
life activity or it may even cause death. That is why homeostasis, as a rule,
is supported with the help of self-regulation mechanism [2]. From the medical point of view when the
glucose level of the organism diminishes and some need borders lead to growth
of the motivational excitement which directs the behavior to the satisfaction
of need in glucose increase in blood. So this occurs due to outer sources.
For the management of the
living systems (which are able to make decisions independently) only reflexive forms of management are used [1]. The reflexive management is taken to provocation of man on
those or other acts. Provocation consists in the change of environment and
terms of existence of man thus, to cause the necessary proper reaction of
behavior. However this method is not authentic, because one cannot always
succeed in guessing correctly a reaction [1]. Motivational excitement which has
inert characteristics induces the human or animal organism to certain actions.
It is called a dominant motivation. After the theory of O.Ukhtomskogo [2],
motivation, predefined by a more major necessity, dominates constantly. It
means that the dominant motivation overrides all other motivations. However in
extreme situations the motivational dominant of self-preservation is capable to
cause aggression as a result of action of larger and stronger irritants.
Therefore psychologists advise to treat the careless employee more loyally,
enabling him to avoid a disgraceful situation. Yet prof. S. Bogomazov proved that specialization of cerebral hemispheres of man
influences the formation of dominant motivational states [2]. After completion
of one motivational conduct an organism seizes next motivation, a more
meaningful one. And exactly leading motivation overrides all the others.
As well as all of animals, man
gives birth with the set of behavior genetic programs. In their number there is
a program of family continuation, recognition of sexual partner, aspiring to
leadership, confession and encouragement. And also curiosity, sense of the
covey, fight for a place, sense of proprietor, territory and other [1]. Hunger
and thirst are homoeostatic drives which belong to inherent ones. However
depending on an environment they can change during the life course.
According to the theory of the
functional systems of P. Anokhina [3], unmotivational conduct does not exist.
Since exactly motivation provides readiness of organism to the origin of
certain activity due to activating of afferent synthesis and acceptor of action
results. Meanwhile the motive system activates, tone of sympathetic nervous
system rises, different emotions arise.
Motivation is saved during the whole act of conduct: determines the
initial and next stages. For a man, unlike animals there is a subjective value
of a motive. For persons with the high index of motivational «value» part of
cortices of large hemispheres is in the activated state, and with low
motivational availability the indexes of the cerebral activating are expressed
poorly.
The social necessity of
organism is considered to be a requirement in a game. The reason for its
forming is feeling pleasure from a game, and small doses of morphine strengthen
the playing conduct. Very often there are personalities especially in business
who have a requirement strong enough in a game. For example, Bill Gates, who
first made his reputation as a poker drug addict and an eccentric man [2]. In the
process of socialization a man obtains the great number of other conduct
programs. All the aggregate of the programs comprises a considerable part of
human psyche. The genetic programs of conduct are fixed somewhere in the
unexplored depths of cellular kernel [1]. The programs of studies are located
in the structures of cerebrum. However all of the programs are aimed for
support of homoeostasis of human organism through satisfaction of its
necessities. The set of the programs for different people has different
«activity». For genetic leaders the aspiring program works actively to
leadership (it can be identified as early as child's garden). The program of
family continuation also works not identically for different people.
Activity of the programs can
change depending on many factors. In opinion of the authors the most
influential factors are: age, vital experience, domestic position, presence of
children, education, financial material well-being, desire to be a leader,
aspiration of power. Authors also support an opinion, that primitive
pre-conditions which provoke a man in the future on given actions and which a
man is unable to change [1]. These may include the following: sex, temperament,
emotionality, social stratum, in which a man was brought up, sign of zodiac,
year of birth and others like that.
Consequently, every program of
conduct of an individual has the reason, which declares about itself, «sounds»
in a subconsciousness strongly or poorly. Reasons can be genetic or purchased
in the process of contact with society (traction to the alcohol, smoking, drugs and
habits). The programs show up in the subjective feelings as motives. «Sounding»
of reason is a signal about the necessity of actions for the purpose of
necessity satisfaction, and motivation is an important, genetically underlying
component in the long system of human behavior.
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/Nikiforova L.O.// The Lvov State Academy Bulletin - 2007 - ¹ 12 - p. 244 -
250.
2. Baeva O.V. Biological Principles of Motivation: Physiology
Mechanisms of Motivation Development / Baeva O.V. // Staff - 2008 - ¹ 1 - p.14 - 21.
3. Anokhin P.K. The Central Issues of the Functional System Theory. -
M.: “Science” 1980 - p. 196.