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This 8 page paper explores some theories of employee motivation, why employees stay at their jobs, and how motivation and management are related. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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also have fun and enjoy themselves. In order to retain employees, managers need to know a number of techniques. This paper explores some theories of employee motivation, why employees stay
at their jobs, and how motivation and management are related. Theories of Employee Motivation One of the most respected of all motivational theories is that of Abraham Maslow; his pyramid
structure is well-known. Simply put, Maslow postulated that human needs can be arranged into a hierarchy, and only as the "lower" ones are satisfied can we can move on to
satisfy the "higher" ones (Maslows hierarchy of needs, 2006). The pyramid then has to be "read" from the bottom up. At the first or lowest level is the satisfaction of
our physiological needs, including our need to breathe, eat, excrete, sleep, regulate our internal temperature, and have fresh water to drink; "Maslow also places sexual activity in this category, as
well as bodily comfort, activity, exercise, etc." (Maslows hierarchy of needs, 2006). If any of these needs are unmet, we will ignore any higher needs in favor of the basic
ones (Maslows hierarchy of needs, 2006). This only makes sense-if we cant breathe or are starving to death or dying of thirst, its unlikely that we would care about using
our education to its fullest potential. The next level up is very closely related to the first level, and its our need for safety and security (Maslows hierarchy of needs,
2006). If we are functioning at a basic level, that is, we have enough to eat and drink, we can breathe and are healthy, etc., the need for security then
becomes paramount (Maslows hierarchy of needs, 2006). Safety and security include physical security (we want to be safe from violence); security of "revenues and resources" (we need to be able
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