by: Christine Zafra

So you ask, “what makes a person motivated in his/her job?” Since this is a question leaning to the soft sciences, there are no rigid answers to it. Answers may vary from person to person and collecting such responses will only get you a long list of varied answers.

Douglas McGregor was brilliant enough to hypothesize two theories regarding job motivation. His first theory states that it is innate for humans to dislike work and will shun away from it if he/she can. People also prefer to be instructed rather than taking responsibility. If these theories are true (has been proven), then managers should think of ways how they could possibly motivate them (incentive – disincentive maybe?).

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