Why do people do what they do? The authors attempt to show how shared cultural knowledge comes to motivate, or fail to motivate, individuals.

Although a growing number of researchers emphasize the social and psychocultural aspects of motivation and motivation theory, few books have provided much cover

Human Motivation, originally published in 1987, offers a broad overview of theory and research from the perspective of a distinguished psychologist whose creati

"How do religiously-observant American parents pass on their religion to their children? Sociologist Christian Smith and his team sought to answer this question

Drawing on the ethnographic experience of the contributors, this volume explores the Cultural Models of Nature found in a range of food-producing communities lo