What Is Motivation?

What is Motivation?

- Encouraging others

- Being supportive

- Positive attitude

- Constructive feedback

- Ensuring others know they are able

- Helping people

- Good leadership qualities

- Desire to want to work

- "I can" vs "I can't"

- Goal oriented

- Being the best you can be

- Work efficiency

- Empowering others

- Giving support

- Credit for good work

- Allowing people to reach their full potential

- Driving force by which humans achieve their goals

- Process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviours

- Incentives

- Inspire

- Fullest potential

- Creates synergy

- Ambition

CONTENT THEORIES

Hierarchy of Needs Theory

- Developed my Abraham Maslow

Need: An unfulfilled physiological/psychological desire

Lower-Order Needs: Physiological, safety, social needs in Maslow's Hierarchy

- desires for social and physical well-being

- extrinsic rewards

Higher-Order Needs: Esteem and self-actualization needs in Maslow's Hierarchy

- psychological development and growth

- Two principles are used to highlight how these needs affect human behaviour

o The Deficit Principle: states that a satisfied need is not a motivator of behaviour

 People are expected to act in ways that satisfy deprived needs (Where a "deficit" exists)

o The Progression Principle: states that a need at one level does not become activated until the next lower-level need is already satisfied

 Advancement