DIMENSIONS OF SUCCESS AND MOTIVATION NEEDS AMONG MANAGERS Motivation is generally defined as a human psychological characteristic that contributes to a person's degree of commitment. Motivation is therefore the action or an act of motivating oneself or someone. In a sense one can say that motivation involves some invisible components as well as visible components. Motivation is therefore a need satisfying process. From reading the study about the 'Dimensions of Success and Motivation Needs among …showed first 75 words of 646 total…

…showed last 75 words of 646 total…correlate positively to either the need for achievement or the need for power as well as to both these needs. I am further in agreement with these research results as these manifest the earlier findings of the 'motivation research gurus' regarding motivation in general. Over the years behavioral scientists observed that people have an intense motive for power and/or a need to achieve, while others are not too concerned about either power or achievement.