Suppose you are the HR Director of Keiser University $($ Latin Campus$),$ Nicaragua. Every semester, the HR department in conjunction with the Academic Dean, organized training for faculty and staff for improvement and learning of new skills for the perfection of their work. The latest report shows that faculty and staff participation in your training and development programs is down over $30\%$ from last year. Staff levels have increased slightly since last year, and your budget and course offerings have remained unchanged.

Select one of the motivation theories covered in Chapter $7.$ Describe the key points of this theory, and then use this theory to come up with three possible explanations for why participation rates are down and three possible solutions to overcome this problem.