The Importance Of Motivation

The objective of this essay is to explain why giving more money to employees does not seem to be the only way to motivate them. Starting from the word “motivation”, it comes from the Latin word “movere” that means “move”, therefore it is referred to a sense of movement that leeds to an action, it is the willingness we have to reach our desires. In the 50s and 60s studies regarding motivation started developing thanks to researchers such as Maslow, Herzerberg, Alderfer and others who tried to determine interpretative motivation models, however, it is really difficult for a single theory to explain the complexity of the human mind and at least two aspects must probably be considered as they might be identified as the base to many motivation theories. The first one is the content: all the elements related to the employees’ needs and individual goals; the second one is the process: set of actions that refers to the motivation of each individual within the …show more content…
It is known as a two factor theory because he believed there are two types of factors that impact both workers dissatisfaction and satisfaction: those are the Hygiene factors and the Motivating ones. The Hygiene factors are related to a work context such as salary, working conditions, working hours, interpersonal relations with superiors, peers and subordinates and such other conditions that are not directly motivating, but if these are not addressed employees will most likely have a lack in motivation. The hygiene factors are able to reduce the dissatisfaction, but to get a more lasting motivation it is likely better to focus on the motivating factors that are related to the content of work such as career opportunities, responsibility, recognition, professional development, satisfaction and other such factors that actually contribute more directly to work motivation and to satisfy higher level