Importance of Employee Motivation - An Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography discusses the importance of employee motivation and its impact on job performance, psychological health, and organizational culture. It also explores the role of corporate culture, leadership style, and HRM in motivating employees. The bibliography is relevant for ICICI and other financial institutions.

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IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION – AN ANNOTATAED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Lăzăroiu, G. (2015). Employee motivation and job performance. Linguistic and
Philosophical Investigations, (14), 97-102. Available at
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282986447_Employee_motivation_and_jo
b_performance
Lăzăroiu (2015) in the article entitled “Employee motivation and job performance”
discusses the importance of the activities that are related to motivating the employees of a given
organization in order to attain the goals that have been set by the concerned organizational
management. The paper as seconded by Osabiya (2015) tended to highlight the major
determinants that tend to provide the needed motivation to the concerned employees of the
organization so that they might work in unison towards the achievement of the organizational
goals that have been set by the concerned management of the business organization. The article
might be helpful for the managerial staff at ICICI in terms of the resolution of the issues might
arise due to lack of the proper employee motivation within the financial institution. The article is
important for the development of the research as it discusses the role played by the employee
motivation on the job performance of the organizational workforce.
Dagenais-Desmarais, V., Leclerc, J. S., & Londei-Shortall, J. (2018). The relationship
between employee motivation and psychological health at work: A chicken-and-egg
situation?. Work & Stress, 32(2), 147-167. Available at DOI:
10.1080/02678373.2017.1317880
Dagenais-Desmarais, Leclerc and Londei-Shortall (2018) in the article entitled “The
relationship between employee motivation and psychological health at work: A chicken-and-egg
situation?” discusses the inter-departmental relationship that exists between the psychological
health of the employees of the organization and the effect of the proper employee motivation on

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the former. The study conducted by the authors stated that the psychological health of the
employees was highly affected by the motivational measures that were undertaken by the
organizational management (Lopes & Chambel, 2017). The article is important for the
development of the research as it discusses the effect of the employee motivation on the
psychological of the organizational workforce and would help the management of ICICI to
develop a better workplace culture as well.
Kuranchie-Mensah, E. B., & Amponsah-Tawiah, K. (2016). Employee motivation and work
performance: A comparative study of mining companies in Ghana. Journal of
Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM), 9(2), 255-309. Available at DOI:
10.3926/jiem.1530
Kuranchie-Mensah and Amponsah-Tawiah (2016) in the article entitled “Employee
motivation and work performance: A comparative study of mining companies in Ghana”
discusses the effect of the motivation that have been provided to the concerned employees and
the effect of the same on the employee performances in the mining industry of Ghana. The
motivational factors that are presented to the employees working in the mining industry tended to
affect the performance of the mining workforce (Lăzăroiu, 2015). The article is important for the
development of the research as it discusses the role played by the employee motivation on the
job performance of the organizational workforce and would help in designing the motivational
factors that would help in the development of the organizational workforce of the given financial
organization, ICICI.
Mikkelsen, M. F., Jacobsen, C. B., & Andersen, L. B. (2017). Managing employee
motivation: Exploring the connections between managers’ enforcement actions,
employee perceptions, and employee intrinsic motivation. International Public

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Management Journal, 20(2), 183-205. Available at DOI:
10.1080/10967494.2015.1043166
Mikkelsen, Jacobsen and Andersen (2017) in the article entitled “Managing employee
motivation: Exploring the connections between managers’ enforcement actions, employee
perceptions, and employee intrinsic motivation” discusses the manners in which the employer
behaviors that tend to have a proper effect on the motivation that is provided to the given
employees of the organization. The given business organization, ICICI, might be benefitted with
the implementation of the theories. Omollo and Oloko (2015) further discusses the importance of
the intrinsic motivation that needs to be provided to the employees in order to improve the
employee performance within the given organization.
Porter, T. H., Riesenmy, K. D., & Fields, D. (2016). Work environment and employee
motivation to lead: Moderating effects of personal characteristics. American
Journal of Business, 31(2), 66-84. Available at DOI: 10.1108/AJB-05-2015-0017
Porter, Riesenmy and Fields (2016) in the article entitled “Work environment and
employee motivation to lead: Moderating effects of personal characteristics” discusses the effect
of the impact of the workplace motivation in the management of the leadership within the given
organization. The motivation that is provided to the employees of the organization tend to affect
their personal lives alongside the professional lives that they maintain (Jensen & Bro, 2018). The
organizational culture affects the assessments that are conducted by the employee tends to affect
the motivation that is provided to the employees of the organization for undertaking the
leadership roles within the organization as well. The article in discussion would help the
management of ICICI to implement the proper motivational measures within the given company
as well.

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Lee, M. T., & Raschke, R. L. (2016). Understanding employee motivation and
organizational performance: Arguments for a set-theoretic approach. Journal of
Innovation & Knowledge, 1(3), 162-169. Available at DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2016.01.004
Lee and Raschke (2016) in the article entitled “Understanding employee motivation and
organizational performance: Arguments for a set-theoretic approach” highlights the fact that the
high amount of motivation that is provided to the employees of the organization tends to
improvement of the overall performance of the organization as whole. The theories that concern
the employee motivation and the overall performance of the organization in the given markets
are majorly developed on the basis of the researches that have been conducted in the similar
fields (Martin, 2017). The article is important for the development of the research as it discusses
the role played by the employee motivation on the job performance of the organizational
workforce and would help in designing the motivational factors that would help in the
development of the organizational workforce of the given financial organization, ICICI.
Conrad, D., Ghosh, A., & Isaacson, M. (2015). Employee motivation factors: A
comparative study of the perceptions between physicians and physician
leaders. International Journal of Public Leadership, 11(2), 92-106. Available at
DOI: 10.1108/IJPL-01-2015-0005
Conrad, Ghosh and Isaacson (2015) in the article entitled “Employee motivation factors:
A comparative study of the perceptions between physicians and physician leaders” discusses the
major motivational measures that have been undertaken by the physicians as well as the leaders
in the profession of physicians. The motivational attitudes that have been adopted by the leaders
in the profession tend to be affecting the employees as well as the other physicians who have
been serving people within the same organization (Strauss, Parker & O'Shea, 2017). The article

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might be helpful for the managerial staff at ICICI in terms of the resolution of the issues might
arise due to lack of the proper employee motivation within the financial institution.
Bryson, A., & White, M. (2019). HRM and small-firm employee motivation: before and
after the great recession. ILR Review, 72(3), 749-773. Available at DOI:
10.1177/0019793918774524
Bryson and White (2019) in the article entitled “HRM and small-firm employee
motivation: before and after the great recession” discusses the importance of the employee
motivational activities from the viewpoint of the department of the human resource management
within the given organization. The smaller firms tend to implement the intrinsic motivational
style in order to motivate the employees of the organization to deliver to the best of their abilities
for the achievement of the set organizational goals as well (Najjar & Fares, 2017). The article in
discussion would help the management of ICICI to implement the proper motivational measures
within the given company as well since it lays greater focus on the intrinsic motivation that needs
to be provided to the employees of the organization.
Sandhu, M. A., Iqbal, J., Ali, W., & Tufail, M. S. (2017). Effect of Employee Motivation on
Employee Performance. Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging
Economies, 3(1), 85-100. Available at
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5773/4820968ecfdc11cf31e90ae47bf01e9fda6e.pdf
Sandhu et al. (2017) in the article entitled “Effect of Employee Motivation on Employee
Performance” attempts to explore on the effects that are highlighted by the employee motivation
in terms of the performance that is delivered by the employees of the organization. the authors
highlight the governmental measures that are implemented within the company in order to

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motivate the employees of the organization to deliver to the best of their abilities (French &
Emerson, 2015). This in turn helps in the development of the competitive advantage of the
organization in the given markets. The article is important since it might help in the development
of the motivation of the organizational workforce of the given financial organization, ICICI.
Syafii, L. I., Thoyib, A., & Nimran, U. (2015). The role of corporate culture and employee
motivation as a mediating variable of leadership style related with the employee
performance (studies in Perum Perhutani). Procedia-Social and Behavioral
Sciences, 211, 1142-1147. Available at DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.152
Syafii, Thoyib and Nimran (2015) in the article entitled “The role of corporate culture
and employee motivation as a mediating variable of leadership style related with the employee
performance” discusses the role played by the various independent variables in the overall
organizational performance. The authors further highlight the role played by the employee
motivation in terms of the development of the performance of the employees. This in turn helps
in the achievement of the organizational goals thereby increasing the competitive advantage of
the company in the given markets (Andersen, Boye & Laursen, 2018). The article might be
helpful for the managerial staff at ICICI in terms of the resolution of the issues might arise due to
lack of the proper employee motivation within the financial institution.

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References
Andersen, L. B., Boye, S., & Laursen, R. (2018). Building Support? The Importance of Verbal
Rewards for Employee Perceptions of Governance Initiatives. International Public
Management Journal, 21(1), 1-32. Available at DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2017.1329761
Bryson, A., & White, M. (2019). HRM and small-firm employee motivation: before and after the
great recession. ILR Review, 72(3), 749-773. Available at DOI:
10.1177/0019793918774524
Conrad, D., Ghosh, A., & Isaacson, M. (2015). Employee motivation factors: A comparative
study of the perceptions between physicians and physician leaders. International Journal
of Public Leadership, 11(2), 92-106. Available at DOI: 10.1108/IJPL-01-2015-0005
Dagenais-Desmarais, V., Leclerc, J. S., & Londei-Shortall, J. (2018). The relationship between
employee motivation and psychological health at work: A chicken-and-egg
situation?. Work & Stress, 32(2), 147-167. Available at DOI:
10.1080/02678373.2017.1317880
French, P. E., & Emerson, M. C. (2015). One size does not fit all: Matching the reward to the
employee’s motivational needs. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 35(1), 82-
94. Available at DOI: 10.1177/0734371X13504118
Jensen, U. T., & Bro, L. L. (2018). How transformational leadership supports intrinsic
motivation and public service motivation: The mediating role of basic need
satisfaction. The American Review of Public Administration, 48(6), 535-549. Available at
DOI: 10.1177/0275074017699470

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Kuranchie-Mensah, E. B., & Amponsah-Tawiah, K. (2016). Employee motivation and work
performance: A comparative study of mining companies in Ghana. Journal of Industrial
Engineering and Management (JIEM), 9(2), 255-309. Available at DOI:
10.3926/jiem.1530
Lăzăroiu, G. (2015). Employee motivation and job performance. Linguistic and Philosophical
Investigations, (14), 97-102. Available at
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282986447_Employee_motivation_and_job_pe
rformance
Lăzăroiu, G. (2015). Work motivation and organizational behavior. Contemporary Readings in
Law and Social Justice, 7(2), 66-75. Available at https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-
detail?id=298632
Lee, M. T., & Raschke, R. L. (2016). Understanding employee motivation and organizational
performance: Arguments for a set-theoretic approach. Journal of Innovation &
Knowledge, 1(3), 162-169. Available at DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2016.01.004
Lopes, S., & Chambel, M. J. (2017). Temporary agency workers’ motivations and well-being at
work: A two-wave study. International Journal of Stress Management, 24(4), 321.
Available at DOI: 10.1037/str0000041
Martin, L. (2017). Do Innovative Work Practices and Use of Information and Communication
Technologies Motivate Employees?. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and
Society, 56(2), 263-292. Available at DOI: 10.1111/irel.12173
Mikkelsen, M. F., Jacobsen, C. B., & Andersen, L. B. (2017). Managing employee motivation:
Exploring the connections between managers’ enforcement actions, employee

9IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION – AN ANNOTATAED BIBLIOGRAPHY
perceptions, and employee intrinsic motivation. International Public Management
Journal, 20(2), 183-205. Available at DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2015.1043166
Najjar, D., & Fares, P. (2017). Managerial motivational practices and motivational differences
between blue-and white-collar employees: Application of maslow's theory. International
Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, 8(2), 81. Available at
http://www.ijimt.org/vol8/707-EM0007.pdf
Omollo, P. A., & Oloko, M. A. (2015). Effect of motivation on employee performance of
commercial banks in Kenya: A case study of Kenya Commercial Bank in Migori
County. International journal of human resource studies, 5(2), 87-103. Available at DOI:
10.5296/ ijhrs.v5i2.7504
Osabiya, B. J. (2015). The effect of employees motivation on organizational
performance. Journal of public administration and policy research, 7(4), 62-75.
Available at DOI: 10.5897/JPAPR2014.0300
Porter, T. H., Riesenmy, K. D., & Fields, D. (2016). Work environment and employee
motivation to lead: Moderating effects of personal characteristics. American Journal of
Business, 31(2), 66-84. Available at DOI: 10.1108/AJB-05-2015-0017
Sandhu, M. A., Iqbal, J., Ali, W., & Tufail, M. S. (2017). Effect of Employee Motivation on
Employee Performance. Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging
Economies, 3(1), 85-100. Available at
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5773/4820968ecfdc11cf31e90ae47bf01e9fda6e.pdf

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Strauss, K., Parker, S. K., & O'Shea, D. (2017). When does proactivity have a cost? Motivation
at work moderates the effects of proactive work behavior on employee job strain. Journal
of Vocational Behavior, 100, 15-26. Available at DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.02.001
Syafii, L. I., Thoyib, A., & Nimran, U. (2015). The role of corporate culture and employee
motivation as a mediating variable of leadership style related with the employee
performance (studies in Perum Perhutani). Procedia-Social and Behavioral
Sciences, 211, 1142-1147. Available at DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.152