The Importance of Employee Motivation in Driving Organizational Performance

Running head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL
THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION IN CASE OF DRIVING ORGANIZATIONAL
PERFORMANCE
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................ 3
1.0 A background information..................................................................................................3
1.1 Research Problem.........................................................................................................4
1.2 Unit of investigation............................................................................................................4
1.3 Research question.............................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Literature Review.......................................................................................................5
2.0 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Extrinsic Motivation............................................................................................................ 5
2.1.1 Work Environment.......................................................................................................5
2.1.2 Salary and Payment....................................................................................................6
2.1.3 Fringe Benefits............................................................................................................. 6
2.2 Intrinsic Motivation.............................................................................................................6
2.2.1 Employee Achievements.............................................................................................7
2.2.2 Recognition.................................................................................................................. 7
2.2.3 Work Itself.................................................................................................................... 7
2.2.4 Responsibility and Advancement.................................................................................8
2.2.5 Salary Structure...........................................................................................................8
2.2.6 Appreciation.................................................................................................................9
2.2.7 Employee Perception...................................................................................................9
2.3 Findings............................................................................................................................. 9

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2.4 Outcomes......................................................................................................................... 13
References................................................................................................................................ 14

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.0 A background information
Every organisation irrespective of the size wants to be successful in the given business
environment. They aspire to attract and retain the skilled employees, acknowledge their
importance for the organisation and influence the organisational effectiveness. However, these
basic needs of an ideal organisation face some irreversible challenges. One of these challenges
is “Employee Motivation”. Porter, Riesenmy and Fields (2016) identify employee motivation as
key to drive organisational performance. According to the author Porter, Riesenmy and Fields
(2016), a high employee motivation has an impact on workplace environment, employees’
tendency to accomplish their tasks and employee job satisfaction.
According to Lee and Raschke (2016), organisations develop strategies to achieve their
goals and objectives, and to be able to compete in extensively competitive markets and also
improve their business performance. However, only very few organisations consider human
capital as one of their essential assets. These organisations suffer from improper management
of employees leading to high staff turnover.
Indeed, employee motivation despite being a debatable topic influences organisational
performance. Al Mehrzi and Singh (2016) opine that employee motivation has an impact on
organisational performance. However, identifying ways to use those for motivating employees is
challenging. Hanaysha and Majid (2018) state that developing strategies and policies to
influence employee motivation can be a tie consuming process. Additionally, this attracts a huge
amount of money being invested to implement these strategies and policies. Despite this being
a fact organisations are aggressive towards employee motivation. In the opinion of Kiruja and
Mukuru (2018), until and unless employees are motivated they might lack their focus on
accomplishing their tasks.