Understanding Motivation Motivation Theories

Understanding Motivation Maslow motivation theory  is one of the best known theories on workplace motivation

Understanding Motivation The Two Factor Theory by Herzberg  is a theory about motivation of employees

Understanding Motivation The Two Factor Theory by Herzberg  is a theory about motivation of employees

Understanding Motivation McClelland's Human Motivation Theory  States that every person has one of three main driving motivators: the needs for achievement, affiliation, or power David Clarence McClelland (May 20, 1917 – March 27, 1998) was an American psychologist

Understanding Motivation ERG motivation theory Alderfer. Condenses Maslow's five human needs into three categories: Existence, Relatedness and Growth Clayton Paul Alderfer (September 1, 1940 - October 30, 2015) was an American psychologis

Understanding Motivation Vroom's expectancy theory  Vroom realized that an employee's performance is based on individual factors such as personality, skills, knowledge, experience and abilities. PhD from University of Michigan

Understanding Motivation Adams' Equity Theory, which stresses the importance of striking a balance between employee inputs and outputs  (Adams, 1963)

Understanding Motivation Edwin Locke. Goal setting is essentially linked to task performance. It states that specific and challenging  goals along with appropriate feedback contribute to higher and better task performance. Edwin ACornell University in 1964. Professor (Emeritus) of Leadership and Motivation at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his BA from Harvard in 1960 and his Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Cornell University in 1964

Understanding Motivation Skinner and his associates which stresses the importance of striking a balance between employee inputs and outputs  (Adams, 1963)