Employee
motivation plays a pivotal role in present volatile market as the motivation is
directly linked with the performance of the organization and there is
a positive relationship between employee motivation and organizational
effectiveness. Various drivers contribute to the employee motivation towards high
levels of organizational performance (Dobre,
2013). There are many more theories pertaining to the employee
motivation and this blog attempts to discuss the employee motivation
highlighting Mcgregor’s X and Y theory which will be further elaborated.
The term motivation has been derived
from the Latin word “movere” which means to move and accordingly motivation is
what moves the employees of an organization from boredom to interest (Islam and
Ismail, 2008). As per Bartol and Martin (1998) motivation is a powerful tool
that reinforces behavior and triggers the tendency to continue. And also,
motivation is an internal drive which leads to satisfying an unsatisfied need
and to achieve a certain goal.
References
Bartol, K.M. and Martin, D.C. (1998)
Management. 3rd edition. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
Dobre,O.I. (2013) Employee motivation and organizational
performance. Review of Applied Socio-
Economic Research. 5 (1) 53-60.
Islam, R.and Ismail,A.Z.H. (2008) Employee motivation: a
Malaysian perspective. International
Journal of Commerce and Management, 18 (4) 344-362.
Interesting blog on employee motivation and a good piece of work Dinuka. Motivation has also been defined as the procedures that account for an individual’s intensity, direction and determination of hard work towards reaching a goal and intensity defines how hard a person attempts (Robbins, Judge & Vohra, 2013). This is the part most of us focus when we talk about motivation. High intensity is doubtful on favourable job performance results unless the effort is directed in a path that benefits the company.
ReplyDeleteHard work is channeled toward and consistent with the organization’s objective is the kind of effort we should be seeking. Eventually, motivation has a persistence dimension. This measures how long a person can maintain effort. Motivated individuals stay with a task long enough to achieve their goal
Hi Bernadine,I agree with your view on motivation of employees in an organization.However,note that there are misconceptions about the employee satisfaction and motivation as well. Managers typically make incorrect assumptions about the drivers of motivation and fail to understand what motivates their employees. Morse (2003) states that “managers are not as good at judging employee motivation as they think they are. In fact, people from all walks of life seem to consistently misunderstand what drives employee motivation”.
DeleteHi Dinuka, in your blog it is clearly identifies the importance of employee motivation to an organisation. In addition a motivated employee is a valuable asset, who can deliver immense value to the organization in maintaining and strengthening it business and revenue growth. An internally satisfied, delighted and motivated worker or employee is actually a productive employee in an organization, which contributes in efficiency and effectiveness of the organization, and leads to maximization of profit (Mathew, Grawich & Barbar, 2009).
ReplyDeleteWell noted your comment with thanks Lasitha and as you have accurately mentioned, a motivated employee is really an asset to the organization as it gives lots of benefits to an organization.As per Kalimullah (2010), a motivated employee’s goals are aligned with the goals of the organization and employees’ efforts are also directed in that direction towards achieving organizational goals. These type of organizations can be considered as more successful as their employees continuously look for ways to improve their work.
DeleteHi Dinuka , Agree with your detail mentioned in the blog . In addition to that According to psychologists, self-realization is a very human thing. It is our basic nature to nurture something and see it flourish, it is applicable to most things we do in our day-to-day life. This is true for both social and societal spaces.
ReplyDeleteMotivation plays a very important factor in a human’s life. Whether it is about improving ourselves or our organization’s performance. Motivated employees don’t need to be told how to get things done, they take initiatives, are eager to take up additional responsibilities, are innovative and go-getters.
Hi Dinuka, it is evident that you have escalate employee motivation through several theories. There is no doubt that current business environment is rapidly changing in all organizations. Though business excellence is achieved through competent human capital, there are external factors too affecting the motivation. Aggravating circumstances such as economic crisis, high un-employement rate and inflation creates stress among employees which result in reduced work place performance. (Markovits, Boer and Van Dick 2014).
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