The relationship between the organization and its members can be greatly influenced by what motivates individuals to work. The style of leadership, job design, resources on the job, and environment can all have a significant effect on the satisfaction of employees and their performance. Performance is also influenced by individual motivations (e.g., social, recognition, financial reward, personal growth and development, and/or intrinsic satisfaction) and can equally impact the organization. There are many theories that attempt to explain the nature of motivation. Write a four- to five-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) evaluating the relationship between motivation, job satisfaction, and work performance. Be sure to address the following:

Describe a performance issue which resulted from a motivational problem (what, why, who).
Use a content theory of motivation (e.g., Maslow, Alderfer, Herzberg, or McClelland) or a process theory (i.e., Adams, Locke, or Heider and Kelley) to explain how the issue creates a performance problem for the organization.
Use the theory of motivation you selected to describe an intervention/action to change the motivation/behavior and correct the performance problem.

Your paper must use a minimum of three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook. Your paper must be formatted according to APA style.

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Just like the professional and the personal aspects of life, performance at the workplace and motivation work hand in hand. Several reasons exist as to why a person’s personal life can affect their performance. This leads to issues at the workplace which are related to lack of motivation as well as performance. Given that life is full of challenges, sometimes these challenges may become a hindrance to the performance at the workplace especially for people who do not know how to balance the two (Link, 2010). This paper uses the Maslow’s theory on the hierarchy of needs to look into one of those problems that may arise due to lack of motivation hence poor performance …

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