Motivation and Factors Influencing Employee Motivation

Motivation and the factors
that influence employee
motivation
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
REFLECTIVE ESSAY................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Every employee working in organisation needs to be motivated so that it improves his or her
performance. Also, it encourages them to work in effective way and fulfil their needs. Without
motivation it becomes difficult for staff to work (Baljoon, Banjar and Banakhar 2018).
Moreover, there are various types of motivation such as extrinsic, intrinsic, power, fear, etc.
which is used by organisation to motivate. It depends on needs of employees. There are different
theories of motivation such as Maslow, Hertzberg, etc. which is applied to encourage them.
The report will discuss about motivation and what are factors which influence employee
motivation.
MAIN BODY
Usually, motivation is work that is derived from word motive. It means needs, wants, etc.
within individuals. Motivation is process of inspiring people to perform actions in order to attain
their goals and objectives. Alongside, it involves social, cognitive, emotional and biological
forces which influence or drive behaviour of individual (Diamantidis and Chatzoglou 2019).
However, in context of organisation motivation means drive employee behaviour for desire for
money. Similarly, companies also motivate staff in order to enhance their performance. This also
enable in attaining of goals and objectives. The firm encourage them from time to time so that
their productivity level is maintained. Moreover, there are 2 common types of motivation which
is applied by companies to encourage employees. They are mentioned as below :
Intrinsic- it is a type of motivation which arise from self generated behaviour. This is not
generated by external factors. The motivation works when individual feel that his or her work is
important at workplace. In addition, it provides them a degree of autonomy, opportunities, etc. to
develop skills and abilities. For example- achievement, recognition, love, etc. This type of
motivation is used for long term.
Extrinsic – This type of motivation occurs when things are done to encourage employees. It
means that rewards, benefits, praise, promotion, etc. are done in order to motivate staff. This type
of motivation is usually used for short term as it does not have a long term impact (Gagné and
Hosszu 2019).
Characteristics of motivation
 It is a psychological phenomenon- this means that motivation is inner desire of individual
to attain more by high performance.
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