Theory of motivation

There are many theories to describe motivation but here we will look at three most important theory of motivation.
1. maslow's Hierarchy of needs theory
2. McGregor's theory X and theoryY
3. Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory

Maslow's hieracy of needs theory was develpoed by Abraham Maslow. It states that there is a hieracy of five human needs, as each need is substantially satisfied the next need become dominat. A satisfied need is no longer a motvator. only unsatisfied needs motivate people.
The five levels of needs according to Maslow are

• Physiological needs: basic food, drink,water,shelter and sexual needs
• safety needs: security and protection from physical and emotional harm
• social needs: affection,belonginess,acceptance and friendship
• Esteem needs: internal factors such as self respect,autonomy, and achievement and external factors such as status, recognition and attention
• self-actualization needs: a person's drive to become what he or she is capable of becoming. when all other need are met, employees will become motivated by self-actualisation i.e they look for meaning and personal growth in their work and seek new responsibility.Some employees meet their self-actualisation need by producing work of high quality,creative ideas.