The document discusses different motivational models and how employees are motivated within a social system where they interact with and compare themselves to other employees. It notes that past models viewed employees as individuals independent of others, but employees are dependent on each other to some degree through tasks and social interactions where they observe and judge one another. The document also summarizes different attribution and motivational models and discusses micromotivation and macromotivation models, with micromotivation focusing on motivation of individuals and macromotivation focusing on external environmental conditions that influence performance.