Finally, I will look at some future trends in motivation employees. There are five critical concepts involved in work motivation. Behavior is what we infer motivation with. This could be any activity. Performance is some kind of evaluation of behavior judged against a standard.
Ability is a determinant of behavior.
It can be very broad or narrow. Situational constraints are another determinant of behavior. These factors will set the stage for some more popular motivational theories. The first theory is quite popular and is taught in many Psychology classes. Maslow came up with his theory, which he called the need Hierarchy theory.