Abstract
Motivation' is a word and a process very important in the social and professional life. We will see, by the different theories, how these two parts of motivation are linked and cannot exist without the other. I chose this subject not because the others were less interesting but because it is a positive theme. It is a very important part of the management that a company has to work on, because, as we will see in the second part of this assignment, it is easier to compare two motivation strategies (two different companies) than two anti-stress strategies for example, because of the difference of the social and professional environments from a company to another one. The sources of motivation are Internal (Push Forces) and External (Pull Forces), the Internal characteristics are about the Individual, the person himself. Everybody has different needs, attitudes in front of the situation and goals in social life (family, relationship), and in the professional one (tasks, career advancement, etc.). The professional characteristics can be divided in two sources, the characteristics of the job and the characteristics of the work situation.
