Motivation in the Workplace

Paper Summary:

This paper outlines the theory of motivation that is based on Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The paper looks at the factors of job satisfaction, job performance and the achievement of organizational goals and how they are affected by motivation. The paper then explores the use of rewards, incentives, benefits and feedback and describes examples of employee motivation in the AVIDIA and Southwest airlines organizations.

Outline:
Introduction
Motivation
Motivation and Organizational Behavior
Rewards, Incentives and Benefits
Feedback
Examples of Employee motivation
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Maslow's assertion was that physiological needs such as food and water must be fulfilled before a human being could be concerned with any other need in the hierarchy. With these things being understood Maslow asserted that human beings had the capacity to be motivated and that motivation is actually a primitive function of humanity. Although the theory motivation began in the realm of psychological study, it soon became a theory associated with organizational behavior, and this is the context in which it will be discussed for the purposes of this investigation."

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