Motivation

The factors that encourage employees to work toward a business's goals.

Businesses motivate with incentives such as raises, promotions, and bonuses, and also with recognition and rewards, autonomy, flexible scheduling, the option of flexible hours or another work location, and a positive workplace culture.

Often confused with

Organizational Culture
Culture is the shared environment; motivation is the effect that environment and its incentives have on an individual employee's effort.

Taught in

See also

4.1.B.2 · 4.1.D.5