The guidance/views as per the following publications should be helpful:

• Bavdekar, S. B. (2016) Formulating the Right Title for a Research Article, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 64, 1, pp. 53-56.
• Cargill, M. and O'Connor, P. (2009) Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps. West Sussex, UK Wiley-Blackwell.
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• Kekäle, T., de Weerd-Nederhof, P., Cervai, S. and Borelli, M. (2009) The "dos and don'ts" of writing a journal article, Journal of workplace learning, 21, 1, pp. 71-80.
• Nohria, N., Groysberg, B. and Lee, L. E. (2008) Employee motivation: A Powerful New Model, Harvard Business Review, 86, 7/8, pp. 78-84.
• Ortinau, D. J. (2011) Writing and publishing important scientific articles: A reviewer's perspective, Journal of Business Research, 64, 2, pp. 150-156.
• Perneger, T. V. and Hudelson, P. M. (2004) Editorial - Writing a research article: advice to beginners, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 16, 3, pp. 191-192.
• Shankar, P. R. (2012) What do reviewers look for in an original research article?, Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 52, 186, pp. 95-101.
• Troia, G. A., Shankland, R. K. and Wolbers, K. A. (2012) Motivation research in writing: Theoretical and empirical considerations, Reading and Writing Quarterly, 28, 1, pp. 5-28.
• Wilson, I. and Madsen, S. R. (2008) The influence of Maslow's humanistic views on an employee's motivation to learn, Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, 13, 2, pp. 46-62.

These researchers are on RG. You can discuss with them.

The Effects of Motivation on Employees Performance in Organizations

• January 2016
• DOI:10.1515/vjes-2016-0006
• Ofelia Robescu
• Alina-Georgiana Iancu

Hi Aïta,

To make the answer simple and easy to grab , I am posting some useful links at the bottom discussing more motivational theories in addition to the theories you've already mentioned, please take time to have a look at them and to their respective application(s), all the best.Cheers.

Kind regards,

Sofiane

1. https://www.sodexoengage.com/blog/rewards-recognition/maslow-herzberg-and-pinks-theories-in-the-workplace

2. https://contactzilla.com/blog/5-psychological-theories-motivation-increase-productivity/

3. https://www.fingerprintforsuccess.com/blog/motivation-theories#

4. https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/motivation/motivation-theories-top-8-theories-of-motivation-explained/35377

5. https://careers.gazprom-mt.com/blog/motivational-theories-and-how-to-apply-them/

S. Béatrice Marianne Ewalds-Kvist Sofiane Sebbaha Kenneth Lui-ming Ngie thank you for your insightful comments.

I had referred to - Science Motivation Questionnaire II: Validation With Science Majors and Nonscience Majors by Shawn M. Glynn, 1 Peggy Brickman, 2 Norris Armstrong, 3 and Gita Taasoobshirazi 4.

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING VOL. 48, NO. 10, PP. 1159–1176 (2011). This could be useful to you from theory and model perspective