Impact of Culture on Motivation

People around the world have different perceptions of work and have different levels of motivation and commitment to perform work-related tasks. In order to achieve organizations' set goals, managers have the task of motivating employees to give their best performance. Motivation has been a topic of research for decades and several theories have been developed suggesting motivation factors and ways these factors could be implemented in employee motivation strategies. This e-book presents the suggestions of the author as a manager on how to motivate people/employees around the world by applying motivation theories in conjunction with Hofstede's national cultural dimensions. The author presents how to motivate employees in Germany, China, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Nigeria to illustrate the application of the theories depending on employee motivational needs as identified by the respective national cultural dimensions.