I periodically create short videos on different aspects of career theory. In this video I talk about motivation and motivational theories and then segue into discussion of the related area of social-cognitive career theory.

I’ve produced this for a course that I’m teaching at the Inland Norway University (so the slides are in Norwegian, or at least my approximation of it, although I’m speaking English). It was supposed to be under 10 minutes (I failed on this, but it isn’t much over). Nonetheless I’m sharing it here in case it is of wider use. I’d also be interested to hear from people about what theories and ideas they would use in talking about career motivation.

So, here is the video…