1. Introduction
Motivation as defined by Professor Herzberg, is the will to work due to enjoyment of the work itself. Others think of motivation as the desire to achieve a result (Marcouse, I., 2007, P218). Obviously motivation plays a significant role in the human resource process. Personally, I think motivation also can be reflected as the restriction or the satisfaction according to people’s demand and desire.
Motivation theory means the writings of industrial psychologists and sociologists which shed light on the factor determining the satisfaction and motivation of employees. The ideas can be divided into two parts: ‘needs’ theory and ‘expectancy’ theory (Wall, N., 2000, P183). There are mainly five types of motivation theories: Maslow and hierarchy of needs, Elton Mayo and the human relations approach, McGregor’s theory, Herzbery’s two factory theory, as well as Taylor and scientific management.
With the dramatically increased economic globalization and then improvement of people’s living standards, a multitude of changes have taken place in our daily life. In this day and age, people and most of the companies face fierce competition and suffer from great pressure. In order to improve the productivity which is a measurement of the efficiency with which a firm turns production inputs into output (Wall, N., 2000, P217), make profits and possess more market share, motivating staff correctly is getting more and more important to the business organizations. Motivating employees therefore become a key issue for most managers and they nowadays are inclined to pay more attention on this issue so that can achieve a high level of performance and productivity.
Ample evidence shows that the productivity of every person in the firm depends c ...