Title: Theories of Motivation | Motivation Training from EPM
Headings: Theories of Motivation
Theories of Motivation
Theories of Motivation
Content Theories vs. Process Theories
1. Content Theories
2. Process Theories
1. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
2. Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory
3. McClelland’s Three Needs Theory
4. McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
a. Theory X
b. Theory Y
5. Alderfer’s ERG Theory
6. Adam’s Equity Theory
7. Vroom’s Expectancy Theory
8. Taylor’s Motivation Theory – Scientific Management
9. Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory of Motivation
10. Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory of Motivation
11. Mayo’s Motivation Theory
12. Locke’s Goal Setting Theory
Theories of Motivation: Summary
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Content: Theories of Motivation
In a general sense, you can think of motivation as working as follows: As you can see, each of us has needs. Your needs will be different from my needs. But each of us is motivated by our needs to exhibit certain behaviors. The aim of our behaviors is obviously to meet our needs. Whether our needs are satisfied or not can then cause us to change our needs. In this way, the cycle begins again with our new needs, potentially causing us to exhibit new behavior. Content Theories vs. Process Theories
As we’ve already discussed, there are many different theories of motivation in existence, and each of them is different. However, they can be categorized into two groups, known as Content Theories and Process Theories. 1.