Motivation - As a Business Aspect

Four - Drive Theory Four-Drive Theory is an Employee Motivation Theory that is based on the innate drives to Acquire, Bond, Lean and Defend and that combines emotions and rationality (Paul and Nitin, 2002). Figure 1: Four - Drive Theory                                                             (Source - Paul and Nitin, 2002) Drive to Acquire This is the drive to control and retain objects and personal experiences, it applies to physical goods like clothing, housing and money as well as experiences like travel and entertainment (Paul and Nitin, 2002). Drive to Bond This is to form Social Connections and develop mutual commitments with society. Feel proud of belonging to the company will boost employees’ motivation (Paul and Nitin, 2002). Drive to Learn This is the drive to satisfy our custody, to understand our...

  Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory (Frederick Herzberg)          This is known as the Motivation-Hygiene Theory as well. According to this theory factors that lead to job satisfaction are different and separate to those that may lead to job dissatisfaction (Ramlall, 2004). Herzberg labelled as motivators or job content factors and hygiene factors or job context. Motivators or job content factors were those that focused on work. These included Achievement, Work itself, Advancement, Recognition, Responsibility and Growth (Nancy, 2007). Likewise, hygiene factors or job context are defined as factors that are related to job dissatisfaction. Examples of hygiene factors include the Company Policies, Salary, Co-worker Relations and Supervisory Styles (Ramlall, 2004) along with Status, Job Security, Working Conditions and Personal Life. The organization may have control over many of these factors, but some of them they do not, such as personal life or interperso...

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Abraham Maslow) By this theorem probably the best known conceptualization of human needs in organizations has been proposed. According to Maslow if people grew in an environment in which their needs are not met, they will be unlikely to function as healthy individuals or well-adjusted individuals. Maslow’s Hierarchy can be explained by the Triangle of Needs (Avneet, 2013).         Figure 1: Maslow's Hierarchy Triangle                                                                                                                  (Source - Avneet, 2013)    Every person starts at the bottom of the pyramid and works to achieve the...

Motivation “Motivation” is derived from the word  Motive  in the English language which is defined as a need that requires satisfaction ( Reuben, 2017 ). In other words, Motivation is nothing but the internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal. According to Ryan and Deci (2000), Motivation is the person who is moved to a particular act and further described motivation as a concern of underlying attitudes and goals that give rise to action. In general, there are two types of Motivations (Pintrich, 2003). ·         Intrinsic Motivation - An Individual’s Motivation inspires within himself or herself ·         Extrinsic Motivation - An Individual’s Motivation inspired by Others or Events Theories of Motivation There are some theories that explain the...

“Motivation” is derived from the word  Motive  in the English language which is defined as a need that requires satisfaction ( Reuben, 2017 ). In other word Motivation is nothing but the Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal. According to Ryan and Deci (2000), Motivation is the person is moved to a particular act and further described motivation as concern of underlying attitudes and goals that give rise to action. In general there are two types of Motivations (Pintrich, 2003). ·        Intrinsic Motivation - An Individual’s Motivation inspires within himself or herself ·        Extrinsic Motivation - An Individual’s Motivation inspired by Others or Events Theories of Motivation There are some theories which explain the Motivation in workplace and ...