Management and Organizational Studies 2155A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Abraham Maslow, Employee Engagement, Self-Actualization

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2155A/B
• Professor: Matthew Maxwell-Smith

Document Summary

Motivation the internal process leading to be behavior to satisfy needs. Need motive behavior satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Employee engagement managers often view motivation as an employee"s willingness to put forth effort and commitment to achieve organizational objectives. Employee engagement is one of the top 3 challenges of businesses today, but only 32% of u. s. workers say they are motivationally engaged in their jobs. For performance levels to be high, all three factors must be high. Current motivation theories focus on identifying peoples needs in order to understand what motivates them. 4 content motivation theories: needs hierarchy, erg theory, two-factor theory, manifest needs theory. Needs hierarchy maslows theory of motivation, which is based on five needs. Gives the chance to be creative, achievement and promotions, the ability to have complete control over ones job. Erg theory recognizes maslows hierarchy into 3 levels of needs: existance (psychological and safety, relatedness (social, growth (esteem and self-actualization)