What is motivation? Motivation can be described as "the intention of achieving a goal, leading to goal-directed behavior."

The motivation theory that I find to be most useful in explaining why people behave in certain way is,  Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.  According the the text found in chapter 11; Maslow's theory is described as, human needs into physiological, safety, social, esteem and self-actualization.  The way peoples behavior coincide with this theory comes naturally by human nature.  We each have a desire to feel needed and wanted by nature but we all aren't born with social skills or self esteem.  I believe those characteristics come with experience as life's teacher.  So I do agree with Maslow's theory because we all are human and have those needs of safety, social, and self-actualization when it comes to working on a job, or in life.