Motivation, Rewards and Compensation

This presentation analyzes the role of rewards and workplace motivation on employee performance through two articles - Olafsen et al. (2015) and Hur et al. (2016). The articles discuss the importance of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, reward systems, and workplace incivility in affecting employee performance and productivity. The presentation also highlights the contribution of motivation in managing diversity and cross-cultural management among employees.

MOTIVATION, REWARDS
AND COMPENSATION
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References of your two articles
 Article 1: Olafsen, A. H., Halvari, H., Forest, J., & Deci, E. L.
(2015). Show them the money? The role of pay, managerial need
support, and justice in a self‐determination theory model of
intrinsic work motivation. Scandinavian journal of
psychology, 56(4), 447-457. (https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12211)
 Article 2: Hur, W. M., Moon, T., & Jun, J. K. (2016). The effect
of workplace incivility on service employee creativity: the
mediating role of emotional exhaustion and intrinsic
motivation. Journal of Services Marketing, 30(3), 302-315.
(https://doi.org/10.1108/JSM-10-2014-0342)

Article 1- Role of Rewards in
Workplace
Objective:
 To analyse the different kinds of reward
systems which can be applied by the
organizations to improve the overall
efficiency of the employees
 To analyse the intrinsic kinds of
rewards which helps in motivating the
different employees
Method:
The qualitative and quantitative methods
have been used which helped in
analysing the behaviour of the
employees working in the organization.

Article 1
Argument
 To link between motivational rewards and motivation
helps in analysing the different kinds of aspects which
will help in improving productivity of organization
Conclusion
Therefore, this can be concluded that money and other
non financial rewards help in motivating and
increasing morale of the different employees.

Article 2-Effect of Workplace Motivation
on Employee Performance
Objective
 To analyse the different kinds of
workplace incivility which helps in
affecting the performance of the
different employees
 To analyse the importance of
extrinsic and intrinsic motivational
approaches used in the organization
Method
Qualitative and quantitative methods
have been used wherein the
different kinds of questionnaires
have been provided to employees
to improve their performance.

Article 2
Argument
 The main argument is related to the
issues which are being faced by the
employees in order to improve the
overall productivity.
 The role of motivation is essential in
nature to analyse the performance of
the employees to gain more
competitive advantage
Conclusion
Therefore, this can be concluded that
intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is
of equal importance in order to
increase the morale of the
employees.

Contribution of articles to the
topic
 Firstly, motivation is crucial part along with rewards
which helps in improving the morale of employees
and gaining huge productivity
 Secondly, the reward and compensation
management plan improves the performance of both
employees and the overall performance
 Lastly, motivation helps in managing the diversity
and cross cultural management among employees.