Businesses with unmotivated employees often face low productivity and high turnover rates. Multiple theories help explain how workers are motivated and provide suggestions for how to increase ...

Motivation theory has evolved over time as limitations of each new theory have become salient, and new theories are proposed to improve upon the old ones. Since each theory makes sense on its own, it ...

While the Great Resignation of the early 2020s shook the foundations of the workforce, businesses face other challenges in 2026: “Quiet Vacationing,” disengagement and the struggle to retain top ...

We sometimes look at motivation backwards: We assume there must be an outcome or reward in order to get ourselves or others motivated to act. This is not what science shows us. One of the key ...

Self-determination theory (SDT) is an empirically based theory of motivation and psychological development that is especially focused on the basic psychological needs that promote high quality ...

Managers of all types of organizations, including small firms, need to motivate their employees to remain competitive. Since employees may find different factors to be motivating, it is crucial that ...

The research indicates that, from an attribution theory perspective, when it comes to advancing potential (irrespective of the field or discipline), there are four factors that influence a person’s ...

Do you ever find yourself staring at your to-do list, intimidated by its size but too overwhelmed to begin checking off boxes? Yeah, of course you do. Motivation in our daily lives can be extremely ...