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There are several Theories of Motivation that are developed to explain the concept of Motivation. Motivation is the drive that forces an individual to work in a certain way. It is the energy that pushes us to work hard to achieve goals, even if the conditions are not going our way.
The content theories deal with “what” motivates people, whereas the process theories deal with “how” motivation occurs. Thus, theories of motivation can be broadly classified as:
Though we will introduce all the above theories, our primary explanations will focus on two of each set of theories only:
Content Theories
- Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy
- McClelland’s Needs Theory
Process Theories
- Adam’s Equity Theory
- Reinforcement Theory