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Theories on Motivation (select one):

1. Hierarchy-of-Needs Theory: A theory of Abraham Maslow that states that a satisfied need no longer creates tension and therefore doesn’t motivate. Maslow believed that the key to motivation is to determine where an individual is along the needs hierarchy and to focus motivation efforts at the point where needs become essentially unfulfilled.

2.Theory X-Theory Y: A theory of Douglas McGregor that a supervisor’s view of human nature is based on a certain grouping of assumptions and that he or she tends to mold behavior toward subordinates according to those assumptions.

3. Motivation-Hygiene Theory: A theory of Frederick Herzberg that the opposite of satisfaction is not “dissatisfaction” but “no satisfaction” and the opposite of dissatisfaction is not satisfaction” but “no dissatisfaction.”

4. Equity Theory: The concept that employees perceive what they can get from a job situation (outcomes) in relation to what they put into it (inputs), and then compare their input-outcome ratio with the input- outcome ratio of others.

5. Expectancy Theory: A theory that individuals analyze effort-performance, performance-rewards, and rewards-personal goals relationships, and their level of effort depends on the strengths of their expectations that these relationships can be achieved.