GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -HBS professors Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria believe we all are driven by four biological motivations: acquiring, bonding, learning, and defending. So to best tap your company’s potential, argue the authors in this excerpt, each job should be crafted to engage the four-drive person.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 4-Drive Theory of Employee Motivation states that there are four main drives that motivate employees, these are the drives to: Acquire & Achieve, to Bond & Belong, to be Challenged & Comprehend, and to Define & Defend.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Four Drive theory is based on research that shows four underlying drives – the drive to Acquire & Achieve, to Bond & Belong, to be Challenged & Comprehend and to Define & Defend. Each of these drives are important if we are to understand employee motivation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Clearly, motivated employees are engaged employees, but what actually drives employee motivation? Research points to four drivers of motivation: the drive to acquire, bond, comprehend and defend.

Detailed explanation-5: -THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK OF ABCD MODEL These are; A-acquire, B-bond, C-comprehend and D-defend drives. Based on the model, there is no hierarchy among these drives and all four drives should be satisfied at a certain level for individuals to conduct meaningful lives (Nohria, Groysberg and Lee 2008).