While the Great Resignation of the early 2020s shook the foundations of the workforce, businesses face other challenges in 2026: “Quiet Vacationing,” disengagement and the struggle to retain top ...

Frederick Herzberg (1923 to 2000) and Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 to 1915) were towering figures who presented differing motivational theories in business. Both had a major impact on the way that ...

Managers and supervisors always want to get the best performance from their employees. Productive and efficient employees help increase the company's profits and growth. Several need-based theories of ...

Academic thinking around motivation has developed considerably over time. Here Stuart Pritchard, winner of the HR magazine and Roffey Park research competition, explores how the major theories have ...

At some point in their careers, most leaders have either consciously — or, more likely, unwittingly — based (or justified) their approach to motivation on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s idea ...