ABSTRACT
The term "motivation" is defined as that which prompts a person to act in a certain way, as in the statement: "Tom is motivated to make a lot of money." The term is also used to characterize the level of commitment that describes a person's actions toward a goal, such as "Mary is not motivated to do this work." A consensus exists that motivation refers to a person's internal state. Thus, the frequently used expression "I am motivating Joe" is linguistically incorrect. Managers cannot give motivation to others or do motivation to someone.
