If the pay is bad and they work too many hours a week with no benefits, what would make them want to take the job? Incentives also stand to give a person an extra boost to complete a goal. The assumption was that people being motivated primarily by money, would maximize their work output if they were offered the incentive of extra money for each increment of work(Bowey). Drives and incentives motivate people to get what they need to do done. These are imperative to getting full potential out of workers.
Along with drives and incentives, achievement motivation is another aspect of someone's chances of being successful. This is a basic desire for significant accomplishment, for mastering skills or ideas, for control, and for rapidly attaining a high standard. Everyone wants to be the best at something and some are motivated by this to do as much as then can to be the best. Whether they are the fastest person on their team, the most popular kid in school, or the most productive worker. This motivation is an example of intrinsic motivation, the form of achievement motivation in which people are compelled by the desire to be the best. Another characteristic of achievement-motivated people is that they seem to be more concerned with personal achievement than with the rewards of success(McCelland). They do what they have to do to accomplish their goals. Only a small percentage of people are actually solely motivated on the need to succeed. They get a bigger "kick" out of winning or solving a difficult problem than they get from any money or praise they receive(McCelland). These people are hard to come by but having one of them on the workforce will boost productivity. If someone is not just in it for the rewards, they will do what needs to be done to make sure their work is the best. Others want rewards or do not want to be punished. These people work because of extrinsic motivation, the seeking of external rewards and avoiding punishments.