Increased competition and globalization has led to the need to ensure production of quality products by not only using the latest technology, but also retaining the best work force. Currently, the human resource departments have a hard task of motivating employees within the organization. The human resource department in consultation with industrial psychologists base their decisions on various motivation theories including humanistic, drive and incentive theory. This paper seeks to discuss about the theory that relates to needs, traits or values, which I believe is the humanistic theory.
Humanistic theory of motivation ...