Motivation: Internal Influence on Employee Behavior

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Motivation is one of the most basic elements of human behavior. Motivation at work is usually seen as an individual phenomenon because all people have unique needs, desires, attitudes, and goals. Understanding motivation is critical to HRD. The success of many HRD programs and processes depends in part on whether the individual is motivated to participate, learn, and use what is learned to improve performance.
Several motivational theories are rooted in the concept of needs. Needs are deficiency states or imbalances, either physiological or psychological, that energize and direct behavior. Two widely cited need-based theories of motivation, Maslow’s need hierarchy theory and Alderfer’s existence, relatedness, and growth (ERG) theory, suggest that needs are arranged in a hierarchy. Once...