Understanding why people work

Understanding why people work

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
Presenting the factors that motivate employees to work.............................................................2
Positive and negative factors employees experience in their job roles.......................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Employee motivation plays an important role to derive best results within a business. It is
defined as an energy or commitment that workers bring within their job roles. As a result, it leads
to better engagement as well as higher productivity. Similarly, the present study will focus upon
importance of employee motivation within a business. For that, it describes different factors
which motivate employees to work and identify the positive and negative factors employee
experience within their own job roles.
Presenting the factors that motivate employees to work
Employee motivation is the only reason which drives all actions and each individual
expects something to perform the best or derived better outcome. Thus, in a workplace, there are
many factors that contribute employees to be motivated, these are as mentioned below:
Rewards and recognition programs: It is one of the best factors that help to motivate
their employees. It can be either monetary which includes incentives, promotion or non-
monetary form i.e. appreciation of work. Non- monetary incentives is the way to satisfy the
employee’s ego and self-actualization needs which in turn increases morale and motivate them to
increase their performance (Top 10 factors that motivate employees, 2021). Also, companies
Employee
motivation
Rewards and
Recognition
Company's
culture
Learning and
development
opportunities Good wages loyalty from
management
Relationship
with
colleagues
Work-life
balance