finally, according to reinforcement, behavior modification, and other social-behaviorist theories developed by Pavlov, and, Watson,Thorndike and Skinner, motivation results from the direct interaction of the individual with the external environment, not from innate or internal e processes like needs or perceptions..Behavior is contingent upon the presentation of rewards, delivery of punishment, or withholding of rewards. In other words, human behavior is motivated by the extent to which it has been rewarded or punished, on the basis of an automatic stimulus-response. If pay, benefits, and services are rewards received after performing certain tasks — like getting to work on time, remaining with the company, meeting production goals, etc. — then the desired behavior will be repeated. When managers reward, punish, or withhold rewards like raises, the desired behavior should result. It would be nice to tell you that linking pay and motivation is a simple task. However, since different things motivate different individuals and theorists do not agree on what will motivate, this is actually a complicated and difficult, if not impossible, task. What is of most interest to most managers, compensation specialists, and employees is the relationship between compensation and motivation in two special contexts: employees' satisfaction and productivity.