Abstract:
Conventional approaches to motivation use external stimuli, tangible or perceived, as the
instrument of motivation, and these approaches may produce incongruence in our value
system, and trigger off stress and related mental and physical disorders. Higher human
output is safely and best achieved through harmonizing the external stimuli with physical
and physiological needs and the value base of workers. Some recently emerging
approaches in the West have explicitly departed from conventional confinements, but
without significant success. A new wave of thoughts that relies on inner resident energy of
man is sweeping the Western management arena. This new wave of thoughts which draws parallels to insight akin to Buddhism, may pave a way for a paradigm shift in motivation theory in the new millennium.
