{"id":8195,"date":"2013-01-30T03:54:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T03:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?p=8195"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:14:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:44:09","slug":"theories-of-employee-motivation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/theories-of-employee-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Theories of Employee Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lean-and-Six-Sigma-Benefits-6-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lean-and-Six-Sigma-Benefits-6-1.png\" alt=\"Theories of Employee Motivation\" class=\"wp-image-98840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lean-and-Six-Sigma-Benefits-6-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lean-and-Six-Sigma-Benefits-6-1-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Theories of Employee Motivation-<\/strong> There are various theories of motivation that have been derived by psychologists after studying human motivation. These theories focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employee needs of various types<\/li>\n<li>Extrinsic factors<\/li>\n<li>Intrinsic factors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Need-Based Theories of Motivation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5>Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Need<\/h5>\n<p>In 1954, Maslow postulated a hierarchy of needs from the lowest subsistence level needs to the highest level of self-awareness and actuality. It is said that once all these levels are met the employee will be motivated to work to satisfy a higher level of need. There are five levels in Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of needs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physiological needs: This includes food, water and other subsistence related needs.<\/li>\n<li>Safety needs: This includes shelter, a safe home, a safe working environment, access to health care, money and other basic necessities.<\/li>\n<li>Belonging needs: This includes desire for social interaction, friendship, affection and various types of support.<\/li>\n<li>Esteem needs: This includes status, recognition and positive regard.<\/li>\n<li>Self Actualization needs: This includes desire for achievement, personal growth and development and autonomy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The movement from one level to the next has been termed by Maslow as satisfaction progression. The theory states that over the time employees are motivated to progress upwards through these levels. Though this theory is useful in the theoretical perspective, most employees do not analyze their needs in this way. Thus this approach to motivation is not very realistic.<\/p>\n<h5>Alderfer\u2019s ERG Theory<\/h5>\n<p>In 1972, Alderfer suggested that the employees are motivated to move forward and backward through the levels suggested by Maslow, in terms of the motivators and reduced Maslow\u2019s levels from five to three.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Existence: This is related to physiological and safety needs suggested by Maslow.<\/li>\n<li>Relatedness: This addresses the belonging needs.<\/li>\n<li>Growth: This is related to esteem needs and self-actualization needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alderfer suggested that the employees would move in and out of the various levels depending upon the extent to which their needs are met.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Become Vskills Certified Compensation and Benefits Manager. Learn the module &#8220;Theories of Employee Motivation&#8221;. 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These theories focus on: Employee needs of various types Extrinsic factors Intrinsic factors Need-Based Theories of Motivation Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Need In 1954, Maslow postulated a hierarchy of needs from the lowest subsistence level needs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,14],"tags":[76,6740,3016,3968,3972,3970,3971,3057,3969],"class_list":["post-8195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-compensation-and-benefits-manager","category-human-resources","tag-compensation-and-benefits","tag-compensation-and-benefits-manager","tag-compensation-and-benefits-manager-certification","tag-effective-discipline-and-punishment","tag-restructuring-jobs","tag-satisfying-employees-needs","tag-setting-work-related-goals","tag-theories-of-employee-motivation","tag-treating-people-fairly"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Compensation and Benefits Tutorial | Theories of employee motivation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Become Vskills Certified Compensation and Benefits Manager. 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