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title: A Timeline of Big Ideas on Motivation
description: The following infographic includes popular, landmark or influential ideas on motivation and employee engagement pulled from 32 key theorists, researchers, authors, thinkers and speakers over the last 100+ years.
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# [A Timeline of Big Ideas on Motivation](https://blog.hptbydts.com/a-timeline-of-big-ideas-on-motivation)

 Written by [Theo Winter](https://blog.hptbydts.com/author/theo-winter) | Dec 6, 2015

The following infographic includes popular, landmark or influential ideas on motivation and employee engagement pulled from 32 key theorists, researchers, authors, thinkers and speakers over the last 100+ years. Who else would you include—and what was his or her **big idea**? Feel free to add suggestions in the comments box below. 

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