Introduction
Employee
motivation is the level of energy, commitment, and creativity
that a company's workers bring to their jobs (Gard, 2001). Motivated
employees are the ones who roll out of bed almost every morning feeling excited
to go to work and take on new challenges. They look forward to learning new
skills, stretching their capabilities, and taking on new responsibilities and
they are not just full of energy and enthusiasm they are also very beneficial for
Organization (McDonough, 2007). They’re more productive and bring positive
energy to the whole team. That is why so many organizations have spent time
trying to figure out the best ways to motivate employees.
Many people think the
main motivator is just money and while it’s true, we do all work for money but
there is so much more to employee motivation than compensation. The more people focus on
their salaries, the less they will focus on satisfying their intellectual
curiosity, learning new skills, or having fun, and those are the very things
that make people perform best. (Chamoro-Premuzic. 2013)
Knowing what truly motivates the employees can seem like a bit of a difficult task. Being highly motivated at work means employees try harder to do their best.
Internal factors also motivate
employees, such as how much they enjoy what they are doing or how important them
to them for the company. Managers perceive intrinsic motivation have a larger
influence on the psychological aspects of employee engagement than extrinsic
motivation(Habte,2016).
Job motivation has a direct impact on organizational
performance. Employees who are motivated and excited about their jobs carry out
their responsibilities to the best of their ability and production numbers
increase as a result.
(Source; M.linh, 2017)
When organization knows what works, organization can make improvements and see a difference in employee motivation levels and your workforce's strength.
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Hi, Agreed with the shared points. Apart from that, given the significance of employee motivation, a study was conducted in the Afghan province of Nangarhar to determine whether workers' perceptions of compensation were accurate. According to the study case, randomly obtained from 350 employees of distinct private and public organizations through a five-Likert scale adapted questionnaire. To obtain consistent study results, the ordinary least square econometric assessment method was used. The results show that rewards have positive and statistically significant impacts on the motivation of employees. Further found the impact on employee motivation is positive on financial and non-financial benefits and strongly recommends both private and public organizations to motivate their employees through compensations (Muneeb and Ahmad, 2020).
ReplyDeleteHi Danushika Agreed, Monetary Reword and Non-monetary Reword are key points of Employee Motivation. However sometimes Non-monetary Reword affects immediately to the employees performance comparing to Monetary Reward but Monetary Reword also affects to the employees performance and organizations goals.
DeleteAgreed on the content above Nadeeshani, Further, James and Stoner (2009) stated that "intrinsic motivation may be understood as the psychological features of a person that contribute to the drive to attain a goal." Internal incentives result from a task's successful completion and the employer's gratitude (Ajila, 2004). Extrinsic motivation focuses on rewards or incentives gained for engaging in activities, which are components that are goal-driven (Lin, 2007). Financial rewards and investments in training and personal development made up the transactional rewards (Armstrong, 2012). Creativity and vitality are correlated with both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan, 2017).
ReplyDeleteHi Romeda Thanks for commenting and Agreed with your point, Motivation is a powerful tool satisfy an unsatisfied need and to achieve a certain goal. It is also a procedure that begins through a physiological or psychological need that stimulates a performance set by an objective. Bartol and Martin (1998)
DeleteAgreed. Rewarding staff is crucial for keeping them on board and boosting their motivation. Reward types can be categorized according to their attributes. Extrinsic and intrinsic rewards are the two main categories of rewards. Extrinsic rewards may be both monetary and non-monetary, and the monetary benefits may be further subdivided into performance-based and membership-based rewards (Abzal Basha 2016, 646).
ReplyDeleteHi Ranga I’m agreed with your comment, Employee motivation is the level of energy, commitment, and creativity that an Organizations’ workers bring to their jobs.
DeleteGreat introduction Shermila, Furthermore, Motivated employees are needed in our rapidly changing workplaces. Motivated employees help organizations survive. Motivated employees are more productive. To be effective, managers need to understand what motivates employees within the context of the roles they perform(Survival smith 1994)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment chathuri agreed with your point Employee Motivation is very helpful in understanding the needs of all level of staffs including managers also.
DeleteGood article Shermila, Every successful organization is backed by a committed employee base, and the commitment is the outcome of motivation and job satisfaction. It is the energy that compels employees towards organizational objective. It would be impossible for the organization to generate performance without commitment. In order to create a competitive advantage organization need to have a competitive employee policies and practices.
ReplyDeleteHi Rayan, Thank you for your comment and totally agreed with you Further, the motivation describes as a energetic strength among individual that encourage the workers to try to do the fantastic work to attain the goal that regulates to accomplish wish (Khan et al,2018).
DeleteAgreed. In the current business climate, it is important for organizations to stop losing performing employees because of declining job satisfaction and a lack of motivation to stay with the company for a long time. This is true as it relates to high job losses due to layoffs and retrenchment to create a lean organization. Employees who are motivated and content will pursue company goals with commitment (Risambessy et al 2012). if you can possibly add some benefits of employee motivation to your blog it may give high value to your blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Zacky yes indeed this is a good explain agreed with you, Motivation is considered a key driver of job performance. I have separately explained the importance of the Employee Motivation another blog, I would like to have your comments towards that also.
DeleteAgree with your above points Nadeeshani. Adding to that i would like to discuss the importance employee engagement which is key motivational aspect in current organization context. According to Kahn (1990), employee engagement is different from other employee role constructs such as job involvement (Lawler and Hall, 1970; Lodahl and Kejner, 1965), commitment to organizations (Mowday et al., 1982), or intrinsic motivation (Deci, 1975). Instead, Kahn (1990, p. 693) suggests that:
ReplyDeleteEmployee engagement, on the other hand, focuses on how the psychological experiences of work and work contexts shape the process of people presenting and absenting themselves during task performances (Kahn, 1990). Moreover, according to Kahn (1990), engagement is a multidimensional construct. Employees can be emotionally, cognitively, or physically engaged. For psychological engagement and organizational behaviors, the two major dimensions are emotional and cognitive engagement. To be emotionally engaged is to form meaningful connections to others (e.g. co‐workers and managers) and to experience empathy and concern for others’ feelings. In contrast, being cognitively engaged refers to those who are acutely aware of their mission and role in their work environment. According to Kahn (1990, 1992), employees can be engaged on one dimension and not the other. However, the more engaged an employee is on each dimension, the higher his or her overall personal engagement.
Hi Vidura thank you for your comment , Employee Engagement which is another topic closed to Employee Motivation agreed with the explanation given. Employee engagement is built on the basis of previous concepts like; job satisfaction, employee commitment and Organizational citizenship behavior. But this is a more widened scope which is a strong predictor of positive organizational performance which is achieved through the two way relationship between the employer and employee (Markos & Sridevi, 2010).
DeleteAgreed with the content. In addition, Employee motivation is the process by which a corporation employs awards, bonuses, and other incentives to encourage employees to work toward company objectives. The basic tenet of Abraham H. Maslow's theory of motivation, as presented in Hariandja (2007), is that people have five different levels or hierarchies of needs, which are: physiological requirements, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs.
ReplyDeleteHi Prabuddha, Agreed with your comment I have separately explained about employee motivation theories in my other blogs you can comment them also.
DeleteHi Nadeeshani, adding further, motivation can generally be described as a blend of motivation and action. Aluko (2014) argues that an organization is only as successful as its workforce. This suggests that if employees are motivated, their morale will be high and the level of performance and efficiency will be significantly improved, increasing the overall level of performance of the organization. Therefore, managers must constantly look for ways to ensure that their employees continue to achieve high levels of productivity and also to improve the efficiency or productivity of the organization.
ReplyDeleteHi Derrick Thank you for your comment yes I am agreeing with you, According to Bartol and Martin (1998) the strengthening the behavior and driving the tendency to continue is triggered by employee motivation which is considered a powerful tool, where motivation is driving a unsatisfied employee to achieve a certain goal by instilling satisfaction to drive the employee.
DeleteHi Nadee, There is vibrant difference in performance between motivated and demotivated employees, according to the studies of (Ryan and Deci, 2000) highly motivated employees are more oriented towards task oriented and freedom and are more self driven as compared to less motivated employees which lead to availing developmental opportunities more correctly. Similarly employee commitment with their work and jobs is more, if they are motivated as compared to less motivated employees (Guay et al., 2000)
ReplyDeleteHii Jeyarajasingam Agreed with your point , Motivation can be considered as the process which moves employees from distress to desire (Islam and Ismail, 2008). Employee compensation is often one of the biggest expenses that small businesses face, but motivated, productive employees can be the difference between success and failure.
DeleteMotivation is passing on some energy to employees to work efficiently in the right direction to achieve the goal. Motivation starts from the day of recruitment till the day employee retires. Always a motivated employee will be df confident and work in their full potential which is beneficial to the company
ReplyDeleteHi Uday Indeed the very first Impression of Employee Motivation starts when they think about applying the particular Organization. Motivation is considered a key driver of job performance.
DeleteGreat Blog Nadeshani, additionally i want to make a Point Motivation is the driving force behind identifying, planning and maintaining a timeline to keep up with progress in goal oriented behavior's. The motivational factor can be any of or a combination of biological, social, emotional or conceptual force in nature (Kendra, 2019)
ReplyDeleteThank You for commenting Insaff agreed what you have mentioned, Different kinds of theories have been explained on employee motivational theories. It is ideal to consider about the practical importance of these theories in the modern business environment. Motivation is identified as a key force in deciding better performance at organizations (Pinder, 2008).
DeleteAgreed with the content Nadeshani. In addition, Employee motivation in the workplace is still one of the sensitive themes that determine the level of input that employees will put into the business in order to commit to good performance. This indicates that intrinsic or extrinsic motivation adds to employee happiness and hence improves performance and productivity (Bhattacharyya, 2007), and Lawler (2003) states that in the twenty-first century, treating people correctly is not an option but a must. According to Dreher and Dougherty (2002), a company's capacity to build and retain a competitive advantage over other organizations is determined by how it manages its staff.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Agreed what you mentioned Christeena , Motivating employees is very much essential on driving the organization towards the success since it is considered as a key driver of performance where performance is a combination of motivation, ability and environment (Pinder, 2008).
DeleteGreat Introduction Nadeeshani, furthermore employee motivation is one of the policies of managers to increase effectual job management amongst employees in organizations (Shadare et al, 2009). A motivated employee is responsive of the definite goals and objectives he/she must achieve, therefore he/she directs its efforts in that direction.
ReplyDeleteAgreed what you have mentioned Azhar, a motivated employee has aligned their goals with the organization's goals and directs their efforts in that direction.Kalimullah (2010)
DeleteGreat article Shermila, I agreed the content and to add furthermore, every individual in an organization is motivated by some different way. When talking in term of employee motivation, it can be simply defined as “Employee motivation is a reflection of the level of energy, commitment, and creativity that a company's workers bring to their jobs. Motivating the staff leads to broaden their skill to meet the organizational demands (Mohamud, Ibrahim and Hussein 2017). Moreover, motivation is the force that energizes, directs and sustains behavior. High performance is achieved by well-motivated people who are prepared to exercise discretionary effort, independently do more than is expected of them (Armstrong, 2014).
ReplyDeleteHi Sanath, Agreed to you, Employee motivation is what drives organisations to achieve their goals. Not only ability of doing things but also the motivation to do the job are the main two factors in an organization which sets the productivity levels high (Rajasekar and Premkumar, 2017). They further iterates that motivation is the key element in steering an employee's strength towards the value of an organization.
DeleteGreat Introduction. furthermore The word "motivation" comes from the Latin word for "movement" (movere) (Armstrong, 2014) A motive is a reason why something is done Motivation is the force and direction of behavior, as well as the factors that influence people to act in certain ways (Armstrong, 2014) People are motivated when they believe that a particular course of action will result in the achievement of a goal and a valuable reward - one that meets their needs and desires (Armstrong, 2014)
ReplyDeleteExactly Farhan, The success of the organization depends on the members motivation to make the most of talent and ability. Most important reason the decline in performance was bad morale, lack of positive team spirit and low motivation (Mullins,2005).
DeleteAgreed as the success of every organization is backed by a committed workforce and that commitment is the outcome of motivation and job satisfaction (Varma, 2017).
ReplyDeleteAgreed Onitha, Employee motivation shows a key part of organization.
DeleteAgreed with the content Shermila, In other words, Motivation is a way of producing a high level of interest to go for organization targets, and it also gives a chance to satisfy individual employees' requirements (Haque, et al., 2014).
ReplyDeleteAgreed with you Sarasi, Employee motivation shows a key part of organization.
DeleteI agree with your content and i would like to add that according to the study of Grant (2008) held on employee motivation; motivation forced such result as productivity, performance and persistence
ReplyDeleteExactly Joel, Motivation is one of the most frequently used words in psychology. It refers to the factors which move or activate the organism. Bartol and Martin (1998)
DeleteGreat article Shermila. Agreed with the content, Furthermore Employee outcomes, such as performance and productivity, are mandated by motivation. In contrast to less motivated employees, he also demonstrated that motivated workers are more self-driven and oriented toward autonomy. Additionally, highly motivated workers are deeply invested in their work and careers and are more eager to accept responsibility. (Shahzadi et al., 2014)
ReplyDeleteAgreed Dehara, Motivated employees can be described as a way to reflect employee patience, their direction and strength, and motivated employees provide the greatest commitment to work(Pinder,2008).
DeleteA great post Shermila I would like to raise another point, Outcomes of employee voice. Employee voice is important to all organization because it has been tied to a range of important outcomes such as employee performance, creativity (Ng & Feldman, 2012), and job satisfaction (Raub, 2018).
ReplyDeleteAgreed with you , Motivated and committed employees with high levels of job involvement are considered as an important asset to an organization (Denton, 1987). Keeping the employee motivation, commitment and job involvement up, is always rewarding to a business; as motivated and committed employees are more productive (Denton, 1987).
DeleteGood introduction Shermila. To add to this, Sandhu et al., (2017) explains that motivation is the set of psychological processes. They go on to establish that these are the same processes which drives arousal, direction and the determination of an individual to attain a goal.
ReplyDeleteExactly Nelushan, A study conducted by Khan et.al. (2018) provides conclusions that employee motivation is increased by benefits, recognition, empowerment, and job environment. He further explains that the factors not only enhance the employee motivation as well as the factors also enhances their moral and social behavior that tends to improve their work performance.
DeleteInteresting Article. agree with the content. how ever there are some disadvantages of motivation as well. According to Kwon (2022) some disadvantages are Employees that are unmotivated are uninterested in their company, They participate in the dissemination of 'rumors., Unmotivated personnel refuse to cooperate, The prospect of strikes, demonstrations, and other protests causes issues for management.
ReplyDeleteExactly. When employees lost their interest toward the Job role, employee mind converted to do such things because they are no longer interest what they are doing. Satisfied employee Strive to increase the productivity, creativity and maintain good rapport in workplace therefore, the workplace environment must be able to attract, motivate and retain creative employees (Baloch,2009).
DeleteAgreed and Motivation is the desire to act in service of a goal. It's the crucial element in setting and attaining our objectives. Motivation is one of the driving forces behind human behavior. It fuels competition and sparks social connection.
ReplyDeleteHi Anuradha, thank you for commenting agreed what you have mentioned, Different kinds of theories have been explained on employee motivational theories. It is ideal to consider about the practical importance of these theories in the modern business environment.
DeleteAgreed and further, the organization should also be capable of recognizing and evaluating the internal motivation that employees gain from satisfaction with their job and further improving it with the external motivation that is critically required by the organization in order to take notes about that motivation from various motivation theories (Varma, 2017).
ReplyDeletehi Nirosha , Thank you for commenting , Employee motivation shows a key part of organization.
DeleteAgreed Shermila. according to Dongho Kim (2006) Employee motivation has been of highest importance for companies, managers, and even front line supervisors because it has been and will continue to be the determining factor in work performance, which will eventually determine the success or failure of a firm.
ReplyDeleteHi Manoj Thank you for commenting . Employee motivation is the level of energy, commitment, and creativity that a company's workers & supervisors bring to their jobs.
DeleteAgreed. In the current business environment, every organization has to focus on employee motivation to achieve organizational goals. Furthermore, I found another article that described, Motivation also positively influences performance at individual and group levels ultimately affecting the organizational performance (Risambessy et al 2012).
ReplyDeleteGood post Sharmila, Adding to the above, Recognition plays a major part when it comes to employee motivation because I think employees want to feel that their hard work is valued (Sands, 2021)
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