Motivação organizacional: fatores precursores da motivação do colaborador

This research aims to address the theme of organizational motivation, the historical evolution of the perception of motivation on the part of management, their relationship with job satisfaction, the different theories of motivation that have emerged over time and the presentation of an empirical investigation. The objective of this investigation is to verify the applicability of Herzberg's Theory of Two Factors in the current Portuguese society and show the importance of employee motivation for organizational performance, ccontributing to the dissemination of the importance of this thematic in scientific research. As for the empirical study, a quantitative, descriptive, and correlative research was developed. The data collection was done through an online questionnaire survey, and a sample of 45 individuals was obtained and the SPSS 23 statistical software was used to treat the data obtained.in this empirical study it was possible to verify the applicability of the Theory of two factors in Portuguese society, since there is a direct relationship between the hygienic or motivational factors with the motivation of the employee, the definition of the mission, personal and professional development and satisfaction of the employee, although the same relation regarding the activities of reception / formation and the sharing of results is not verified.