Motivating Employees for Performance in the 21st Century: A Content Discuss

Abstract

Motivating an employee towards improving performance is imperative and constitutes one of the cardinal aim and goal for any organization.  This should be the key objective in today’s organization. However, recent recurrent challenges seem to be the issue of poor employees’ performance. This study focuses on the potential performance of today employees in an organization as he/she is affected by the motivational level offered by the organization. The study is anchored on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, McClelland's Three Needs Theory, and Herzberg's Motivation Theory. The study is a content analysis. Data for the study were generated from secondary source. Such data were analysis descriptively. The study raises a host of questions and answer them through conceptual clarification and conclusion made.