the inner force that drives individuals to accomplish personal and organizational
goals (Lindner, 1998). These various definitions are all set in the direction of employees, either as individuals or collective, achieving set objectives. It is however clear from literature that all categories of employees cannot be motivated by the same variable (e.g. money) and this has led organisational psychologists to continually research intofactors that motivates different category of employees and managers. The purpose of this study is to identify and model factors that motivate middle level managers within the context of the motivation and hygiene theory by Herzberg