Answer:
The most influential theory of motivation is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Step-by-step explanation:
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs can be represented as a pyramid, divided into specific "needs" that someone (for example, an employer in an organisation) may have.
At the very bottom, you have Physiological needs, such as food, shelter, water, sleep, etc. One level above is Safety and self-protection: to seek security, stability and law and order, as well as the absence of fear and/or anxiety.
Above Safety and self-protection is Affiliation and Belonging: the need to establish social relationships with the people around you. Above that is Status and Self-esteem: the need for society to recognise you, to respect you and for that to raise your self-esteem.
Finally, at the top, you have Self-actualization: the need for one to utilize their abilities to the fullest in whatever one does, Reproductive goals, which include finding a mate and the Search for meaning, which is the need to feel significant of one's existence.