
Motivate - v. 1 Supply a motive to; be the motive 05 2 Cause (a person) to act in a particular way. 3 Stimulate the interest (of a person in an activity).The Oxford Dictionary of Current EnglishLocke (as cited by Saari and Judge, 2004, p396) defined motivation as "a pleasant or positive emotional state that results from the evaluation of one's work experiences"This...