Motivation is generally defined as a human psychological characteristic that contributes to a person's degree of commitment. Motivation is therefore the action or an act of motivating oneself or someone. In a sense one can say that motivation involves some invisible components as well as visible components. Motivation is therefore a need satisfying process.

From reading the study about the 'Dimensions of Success and Motivation Needs among Managers' by Ruf and Chusmir it came to mind which dimensions of life success in general motivates managers, and are these findings in line with earlier similar research or are these new ground breaking findings compared to that of earlier behavioral scientists.

Seeing that Ruf and Chusmir based their study on the needs for achievement and power, I now will try to compare their results and findings on the theories of D McClelland. D McClelland's three needs theory st

This then also corresponds with the results achieved through the research and findings of Ruf and Chusmir regarding the need for achievement and power by referring to the general intuitive perceptions or notions that exist for managers. The four work related success dimensions would fit with Maslow's highest level needs in his "hierarchy of needs", i.e. self actualization and self esteem, which again concur with the perceptions that exist for managers in general to have a need for achievement and power.

I therefore agree with results attained by Ruf and Chusmir during their research that indicates that some life success dimensions correlate positively to either the need for achievement or the need for power as well as to both these needs. I am further in agreement with these research results as these manifest the earlier findings of the 'motivation research gurus' regarding motivation in general. Over the years behavioral scientists observed that people have an int

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