Factors Affecting Employee Motivation in the Workplace

This report discusses the meaning and application of motivation in detail, including the various factors that motivate employees to work, positive and negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles, and strategies to cope with negative factors. Course code BMP3004, World of Work.

Business Management with Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY................................................................................................................................3
What does Motivation Mean? ..............................................................................................3
The various factors which motivate employees to work......................................................3
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles.............................4
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles............................4
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as ....................................5
a result of their job roles.......................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
The workforce of a company is its lifeblood to perform well in their current business
market and in accordance with this fact, this report is related to the discussion on the motivation
and factors which keeps employees motivated in an organization (Markina and et.al., 2019).
Motivation is crucial for any person to attain their targets, it focuses on using the best of human
resources and also make employees efficient. A motivated employee is important for an
organization to achieve its objective and to maintain stability. It also discusses the factors which
results in experience of the employees in an organization in a positive and negative way.
MAIN BODY
What does Motivation Mean?
Motivation is a process to affect someone which helps in achieving their desired goals.
Humans have some basic needs to be fulfilled in order to keep them motivated. These basic
needs are related to their salary, clothes, home, health, financial security and some needs are
related to emotions, love, relations and friends. An employee gets motivation from inside by
doing jobs of their own interest, getting achievements and recognition at work place and on the
other hand they also get motivated by receiving good pay, appreciation and recognition at work
place (Johari and Jha, 2020).
The various factors which motivate employees to work
Salary: Salary is an important factor which affects the working of the employees at workplace
and helps in motivating them. By having a job which has high salary, employees get motivated
to perform in a better manner and this increases their value in the eyes of the company. Salary
is one of the biggest motivators as it is the first consideration of people while applying for a job.
Promotion: It provides employees the sense of achievement by giving them more
responsibilities and opportunities to prove them. If companies do not provide any promotion to
the employees then they will feel irritate and will lose their interest towards the job. On the other,
giving them chance to grow instead of staying at same position will improve their working habits,
this also provide them job security.
Work Environment: It has direct impact on the working of the employees as it affects their
productivity, skills, ideas to do new things. A good surrounding allows employees to work at
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their best level and helps them to grow. For a company it is important to satisfy their employees
by giving them a positive working environment.
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
The factors which gives employees and keep them loyal towards the organization is
given below-
 Friendly Environment- In an organization it is important to have good working
environment because employees feel valued and can share their problems knowing
that they care about them and also increase the team spirit which helps in increasing
the morale of the employees. A friendly environment helps to improve the mental health
and make employees to feel better about themselves.
 Appreciation from colleagues and seniors- An employee should get praised by their
superiors as well as their colleagues as this will raise their confidence and they will feel
more positive. By getting appreciated, employees feel that the work they do for their
company is important and it makes them work harder and this helps push their
productivity and performance levels. Positive job roles which include constant sources
of appreciation help build a motivated workforce (Reizer, Brender-Ilan and Sheaffer,
2019).
 Balance between personal and work life- Employees needs to balance their life at
work place and at individual level, it helps in decreasing their tension, they need to
involve more in their social life to keep them refresh from work stress. A healthy and
creative workforce can be develop by having having balanced work life
 Different tasks- Variation in tasks will increase workers productivity and skills. When
employees deal with various other situations and works in solving them, it results in rise
in their creativity. It also helps in preparing the employees for future job promotions and
growth.
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The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
Although there are positive factors associated with job roles and descriptions, there are
also many negatives which can be found in many companies where employees are suffering.
Some of the negative factors which employees experience as the result of their job roles are
listed herein and the reason is working environment is not good , bad management, workplace
conflicts,gossips and other factors and these factors effect the company's reputation and its
growth.
Worry about the future- This is the most common factor which affects the employee
performance nowadays as most of the people suffer with anxiety disorders or anticipatory fear
as they always think about future outcomes which they have never experienced before. To
overcome this fear manager need to address the negative thought of their workers and try to
resolve it (Babaeinesami, 2019).
Lack of managers support- If the manager are not supporting their employees or not giving
any advise to solve the problem then it will effect the employees negatively as their
performance will dwindle and they will not give their hundred percent to the organization and
will also feel unsatisfied with their job
Bad working environment- If the employees do not feel any seance of acceptance or
belonging it will effect their work and mind as they will also feel alone and isolated as every one
loves social interactions. Managers need to provide safe working conditions, encourage the
workers to keep pushing forward in a holistic manner and prevent them from getting harassed at
the job.
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as
a result of their job roles
If the company feels that their workplace is becoming too negative, and they want to
improve this negative environment, there are some strategies to handle this which are given
herein.
Safety and Security- This is most basic need for employees which provides a sense of security
and well being as all the workers want to increase their monetary sustainability which requires
more money and protection from physical danger. As a manager, providing secure
compensation , safe working conditions and job security to the employees results in them
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overcoming the problem of negative experience of their job roles (Sheaffer, Levy and Navot,
2018).
Identifying the behavior of employees- Different employees have different behavior and as a
result, it is very important for companies and managers to identify the different types of behavior
among their work force. The company should make strategies keeping in mind the difference in
their employee behavior.
Provide Control over their job- Providing opportunity to the worker to make decisions and
motivating them to control and influence their job helps develop a connection between the
employee and their job which develops loyalty.
Give opportunity to express their ideas- Managers should give an opportunity to the
employees to take part in decision making process and also take their opinions regarding
workplace improvements. If the managers are treating their employees in advantageous way
then they will feel positive and motivated.
Be a leader – According to this strategy, managers have to provide suitable leadership to their
employee which will help the employees to take better decisions and feel more motivated
(Herron, 2022).
Target punishment and rules- Managers must not create rules or unnecessary targets for all
employees because this will effect the individual in a negative way because nobody likes to do
work under pressure as all employees have different mindset and skills which sometimes affect
their performance.
Conclusion
The above report went to detail regarding the meaning and application of motivation in
detail. It included various information like different factors of motivation of employees to work,
and the report also included the positive and negative factors of employees experience as a
result of their job roles and then lastly strategies were explained to cope with negative factors
that employees experience as a result of their job role. It was concluded from this report that
motivation is a very important factor to help businesses succeed and keep their workforce
committed.
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References
Books and Journals
Babaeinesami, A., 2019. The investigation of effective factors on employee motivation: a case
study. EuroMed Journal of Management, 3(2), pp.155-169.
Herron, M.M., 2022. Social Media Bullying in the Workplace: Impacts on Motivation,
Productivity, and Workplace Culture. In Research Anthology on Combating Cyber-
Aggression and Online Negativity (pp. 1170-1187). IGI Global.
Johari, S. and Jha, K.N., 2020. Impact of work motivation on construction labor productivity.
Journal of management in engineering, 36(5), p.04020052.
Markina, I., and et.al., 2019. Innovative methods of enterprise personnel motivation.
International Journal of Management and Business Research, 9(4), pp.1-12.
Reizer, A., Brender-Ilan, Y. and Sheaffer, Z., 2019. Employee motivation, emotions, and
performance: a longitudinal diary study. Journal of Managerial Psychology.
Sheaffer, Z., Levy, S. and Navot, E., 2018. Fears, discrimination and perceived workplace
promotion. Baltic Journal of Management.
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