Title: Motivation and Motivation Theory - levels, system, model, hierarchy, workplace, business, system, Historical development, Major content theories
Headings: MOTIVATION AND MOTIVATION THEORY
MOTIVATION AND MOTIVATION THEORY
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
MAJOR CONTENT THEORIES
MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS.
ALDERFER'S ERG THEORY.
MOTIVATOR-HYGIENE THEORY.
MCCLELLAND'S LEARNED NEEDS THEORY.
MAJOR PROCESS THEORIES
EXPECTANCY THEORY.
EQUITY THEORY.
GOAL-SETTING THEORY.
REINFORCEMENT THEORY.
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Content: Over time, these major theoretical streams of  research in motivation were classified into two major schools: the content  theories of motivation and the process theories of motivation. MAJOR CONTENT THEORIES
Content (or need) theories of motivation focus on factors internal to the  individual that energize and direct behavior. In general, such theories  regard motivation as the product of internal drives that compel an  individual to act or move (hence, "motivate") toward the  satisfaction of individual needs. The content theories of motivation are  based in large part on early theories of motivation that traced the paths  of action backward to their perceived origin in internal drives. Major  content theories of motivation are Maslow's hierarchy of needs,  Alderfer's ERG theory, Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory,  and McClelland's learned needs or three-needs theory. MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS. Abraham Maslow developed the hierarchy of needs, which suggests that  individual needs exist in a hierarchy consisting of physiological needs,  security needs, belongingness needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization  needs. Physiological needs are the most basic needs for food, water, and  other factors necessary for survival. Security needs include needs for  safety in one's physical environment, stability, and freedom from  emotional distress.