What are the differences between morale and motivation?

Morale is whether the people in the work environment are happy. Motivation is whether the people in the work environment have enough incentive to do their jobs. Typically, a salary is a good motivation, and being paid well leads to higher morale. Even in a well-paid environment there are other things that companies can do to improve morale, including assisting employees with work/life balance, providing good insurance benefits, a healthy work environment, and positive feedback when jobs are well done. Motivating employees sometimes depends on the individual or generational differences, but typically offering food or monetary incentives for higher performance works well, or negative things can work as well, though they typically lower morale... such as threatening a person's job if performance isn't improved. Things tied to general morale are usually things that are just part of the job environment, and things tied to motivation are tied to the performance of the individual.