Once the employer has
selected qualified applicants and provided adequate onboarding and training its
really important to maintain the high level of productivity that was emphasized
in training (Benson, 2018). Even after training is over one very important aspect of employee
performance is the motivation to exert effort and strive for excellence (Benson, 2018).
Its energizes or causes people to act and directs toward the attainment of
specific goals. Well-motivated employees are strength to the organization and they
become the success of the organization (Benson, 2018). Accordingly,
every organization should give highest attentiveness to their employee’s
motivation.
Getting people to do
their best work, even in trying circumstances, is one of managers’ most
enduring and slippery challenges (Nohria, 2008). The success of every business
depends upon many factors but the most important factor that affects the
business is its employees (Varma 2018). If the employees of a business are
motivated towards organizational objective, the business can achieve its goals
very easily (Varma, 2018). The job of any manager in an organization is to get
things done through its employee and for the manager should be able to motivate
employees (Varma, 2018). Motivation is a very important aspect of any work
place, if the employees are not motivated then there is no job satisfaction and
this leads to reduced productivity (Varma, 2018).
There are various definitions and theories for
employee motivation. Pinder (2008), stated that the motivation can be explain
as the method which reflect employee’s persistence, direction and intensity
therefor, motivated employees deliver the maximum commitment to work.
The definition of
motivation in relation with employee performance can be simply defined as the
factors, elements, or eagerness which urge employee to pursue and accomplish
job goals, tasks and be the reason why employee act and behave in a certain way
which could be influenced (Illustrated in figure 1) below (Bao & Nizam, 2015).
Figure 1: Motivation and Employee Performance
(Source: Bao & Nizam, 2015).
I worked in a health care sector company which related to eye care services in sri lanka. Company will motivate the staff with trainings and development through the Onsite academy and Learning management system. Also providing high salaries and recognition's among the staff. Internal job posting will be priorities before advertise in out sources.So the employee performance will be high with the motivation.
References
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Nitin Nohria, Boris
Groysberg, and Linda-Eling Lee (2008) Employee Motivation a Powerful New Model Harvard
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(2008). Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior. London: Psychology Press. Second Edition.pp.9-11.
Varma, Chandrakant.
(2018). Importance of Employee Motivation & Job Satisfaction for
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Hi Chulanga, This is an interesting topic. As described by Shahzadi, I. et al (2014), in achieving goals and objectives of an Organisation Employee Motivation is considered as force as at present Organisations want to make the best use of their financial and human resources.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nilushi, Motivation is considered a key driver of performance because it is linked to numerous benefits at work (Pinder 2008).
DeleteInteresting post Chulanga, obtaining the best performance from individuals through motivating your employees has numerous advantages and does not have to be difficult or expensive. According to Zameer, Ali, Nisar and Amir , (2014) it does necessitate a delicate balance of several factors. Employee motivation refers to an employee's level of enthusiasm at work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chamara, Motivation is a very important aspect of any work place, if the employees are not motivated then there is no job satisfaction and this leads to reduced productivity (Varma, 2018).
DeleteHi Chulanga, the points you have mentioned here is very valid and clear. Further to support the topic I would like to add few more things to it. Employees in a business are the main resource of that business. In order to get maximum productivity from those employees, it is very important to pay close attention to the motivation of those employees (Chouhan and Srivastava, 2014). It helps to achieve the goals of the organization and to have future sustainability (Varma, 2017).
ReplyDeleteAgreed with you Dinith.Getting people to do their best work, even in trying circumstances, is one of managers’ most enduring and slippery challenges (Nohria, 2008)
DeleteHi Chulanga. Great insight on motivation. The reason we need motivated employees is survival (Smith,1994). Managers must grasp what motivates people in the context of their job roles in order for motivation to be effective. Motivating employees is likely the most difficult responsibility a job manager performs (Lindner,1998).
ReplyDeleteThank You Ashanthi for you comment. People with more motivation will aspire to greater achievement and be more successful in their efforts than people with less motivation (Cadwallader, Jarvis, Bitner & Ostrom, 2009) So the Leaders can do this company goals in a achievable level.
DeleteHi Chulanga , Nicely done and I agreed with you , Motivation is the psychological force that drives complicated goal-directed cognition and behavior processes.These mechanisms determine the direction, intensity, and persistence of personal behavior aiming at a given goal by combining internal psychological factors with exterior environmental/contextual pressures (s) Kanfer et al., 2017; Kanfer, 2009).
ReplyDeleteAgreed to your points maheshani.
DeleteDear Chulanga, Very correct. In addition to above factors, employee benefits is a another factor which is directly effecting employee motivation. It is said that benefits are the second most important factor employee consider after salary or wage. It is important that company does have proper benefit program which helps to hire talented staff and retain staff. (IPM, 2010),
ReplyDeleteAgreed with you Dulanjana. The success of every organization depends on its employee’s drive to thrive through their efforts, commitment, engagement, practice and persistence (Naile, 2014).
ReplyDeleteHi Chulanga, adding to that I assume there should be a model for HR to evaluate how important and how the key components should be for respective employees since skill sets are different from one to another. having common tasks implemented across would make impacts on employees in different manners. what are your thoughts? (Pozzo, 2018)
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ReplyDeleteHi Chulanga, Motivation can be defined as “an internal state ... giving rise to a desire or pressure to act” (Westwood, 1992, p. 288)
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