Importance of Employee Motivation - An Annotated Bibliography

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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
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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.