SDT model (Self-determination theory)

(Advanced HR framework) A more nuanced perspective of motivation. There are two extremes: pure extrinsic motivation and pure intrinsic motivation. In practice, almost all people are somewhere in-between. One interpretation is that employees can be very motivated to perform, even if it's not because of intrinsic motivators. However, striving toward intrinsically-motivated employees can be better long-run. Pure intrinsic motivation will almost always be impossible though. Tony Hsieh (rip) put a lot of trust in his employees being intrinsically motivated when he reorganized Zappos. The fact that many employees were extrinsically motivated resulted in many leaving when extrinsic motivators such as hierarchical structures disappeared. (This is an interpretation)