The Meaning of Motivation

                        Needs

                        Drives

                        Incentives

Primary Motives

General Motives

            The Curiosity Motive, Manipulation and Activity Motives

            The Affection Motive

Secondary Motives

            The Power Motive

            The Achievement   Motive

                        Moderate Risk taking

                        Need for immediate Feedback

                        Satisfaction with Accomplishment

                        Preoccupation with the task

            The Affiliation Motive

            The Security Motive

            The Status Motive

Work-Motivation Approaches

The Content Theories of Work Motivation

            Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

                        Physiological Needs

                        Safety and Security Needs

                        Needs for Affiliation and Belonging

                        Esteem Needs

                        Needs for Self Actualization

                        Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory of Motivation

            Relation to Maslow

Contribution to Work Motivation

Critical Analysis of Herzberg’s theory

            Alderfer’s ERG Theory

The Process Theories of  Work Motivation

            Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of Motivation

                        Meaning of the Variables

            Implications of the Vroom’s model for Organizational

                        Behavior

                        Importance of   the Vroom’s model

                        The Porter’s-Lawler  Model  

Implications for practice

Contributions to Work  Motivation

            Equity Theory of Work Motivation

            Attribution Theory

                        Locus of Control Attributions

                        Other Attributions                

                        Attribution Errors

                        The role of Self –Efficacy in Attributions

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