Understanding Why People Work: Factors and Strategies for Motivation

BSc (Hons) Business Management with Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Table of Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
What does Motivation Mean? ............................................................................................3
The various factors which motivate employees to work.....................................................4
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles............................5
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles...........................5
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job
roles..................................................................................................................................... 6
Conclusion................................................................................................................................ 6
References................................................................................................................................7
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Introduction
The sole motive behind the working of people is to earn money through which they
can earn their livelihood, leisure and fun. It helps them in gaining recognition and self-
satisfaction. But with time they tends to loose their interest in the task they are performing
and needs some motivation. Companies use various modes to boost the morale of their
employees (Chang, J.C. and Lin, K.M., 2017). This report is based on understanding the
concept of how to make people work. It describes about the topic of motivation and factors
through which employees get motivated. It further analyses the positive and negative factors
that employees experience due to their roles in job along with providing the strategies to cope
with inferior aspects.
What does Motivation Mean?
It refers to a driving force which pushes a person to achieve some goals. These
objectives can be personal or related to organisation. It guides the behavior adopted by
people by involving social, biological and emotional forces (Federmeier, K.D., 2019). By
understanding the motivation factor of an individual, firms can use their requirements as a
tool of reward for fulfilling targets of company. With the help of motivating techniques, the
attitude of employees towards business can be changed.
There are basically two types of motivation:
 Extrinsic- It is a process of boosting the morale of employees by providing
motivation from external sources. This reward can be positive in the form of
recognition, bonus and negative such as punishment, demotion or threat. This
technique holds the power to make a person perform a type of activity which it does
not want to do, but acts only for the sake of award associated with it.
 Intrinsic- This type of motivation is present in the individual itself and does not
depends on any external pressure. Activities under this system is performed for
inherent reward like self-satisfaction which urges it to change or adopt some
particular behavior. Achieving goals and facing any type of competition becomes very
easy when a person tries to perform some task with internal power and is itself willing
to do that activity (Kiuru, N and et.al., 2020) .
For example, if a person wants to play cricket because it enjoys the game then it is
intrinsic. On the other hand, if it performs the job only to earn trophy and reward associated
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