Motivation: Driving Force Behind Human Actions.
Motivation: Driving Force Behind Human Actions. Motivation, derived from the word 'motive,' signifies needs, desires, wants, or drives within individuals. In the organizational context, motivation implies encouraging and urging employees to perform to the best of their capabilities to achieve the desired goals of the organization. It is a process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors, propelling individuals to engage in goal-directed activities. Often understood as a force that explains why people or animals initiate, continue, or terminate certain behaviors at specific times, motivation is a complex phenomenon with disputed definitions. Motivation can be intrinsic (arising from internal factors) or extrinsic (arising from external factors). Intrinsically motivated behaviors are performed for the sense of personal satisfaction they bring, while extrinsically motivated behaviors are performed to receive something from others. For instance, motivation ...