The workers are offered incentives for achieving the desired goals. The incentives may be in the shape of more pay, promotion, recognition of work, etc. The employees are offered the incentives, so they try to improve their performances willingly. Thus, positive motivation is achieved by the cooperation of employees who have a feeling of happiness. Negative motivation or fear motivation is based on force or fear.
Fear causes employees to act in a certain way.
If they do not act accordingly, they may be punished with demotions or lay-offs. The fear acts as a push mechanism. The employees do not willingly cooperate, rather they want to avoid the punishment. Though employees work up to a level where punishment is avoided, this type of motivation causes anger and frustration and generally becomes a cause of industrial unrest. When students reach an advanced stage of note-taking, the teacher may give only the note form and ask students to develop it into a meaningful passage.