What are the characteristics of motivation?
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Motivation has to come from within each individual. There are two desiring factors in motivation-(a) Fundamental needs, such as food, clothes and shelter and (6) Ego-satisfaction including self-esteem, recognition from others, opportunities for achievements, self-development and self actualization which act as powerful though unconscious, motivator of behaviour. Inner motivation can be more decisive for behaviour than any external influence.
2. Motivation affects the Whole Individual, not part of Him /Her:ADVERTISEMENTS:
A person’s basic needs determine to a great extent what he will try to do at any given time. All these needs are inter-related because each individual is an integrated organised whole.
3. Motivation is never an Unending Process:Man is a social animal. As a social animal he has innumerable wants which induce him to work. If one basic need is adequately satisfied for a given individual it loses power as a motivator and does into determine his current behaviour but at the same time others needs continue to emerge.
Wants are innumerable and cannot be satisfied at one time. It is an unending process so the process of motivation is also unending to induce the person to satisfy his innumerable wants. The importance of motivation is to keep it alive and not to let it dwindle.
4. Non-fulfilment of Basic Needs Makes a Man Sick:If anybody fails in trying to meet a need which he feels is essential for him, he becomes to some extent mentally ill and such frustrated man cannot be motivated any further until his essential need is satisfied.
5. Goals are Motivators:Goals and motives are inseparable. Man works to achieve the goals. A soon as the goal is achieved he would be no longer interested in work. Therefore, it is very essential for the management to know his goal to push him to work.
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simple process
internal feelings