Understanding Why People Work: Factors, Positive and Negative Experiences, and Coping Strategies

This report explores the various factors that motivate employees to work, including salary, promotion, and work environment. It also discusses the positive and negative experiences employees may encounter, such as company culture and conflicts at the workplace, and strategies to cope with negative factors. The report references various theories and studies to provide a comprehensive understanding of why people work. Course code: BMP3004.

BMP3004
UNDERSTANDING WHY
PEOPLE WORK

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
What does motivation mean?...........................................................................................................3
The various factors which motivate employees to work.................................................................3
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles.........................................4
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles........................................5
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles..........5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
This respective report will outline why people work and their various motivating factors
that influence them to continue in their given job roles. Motivation is the aspects which helps in
influencing the people for their better performance by making best use of their skills and abilities
in order to achieve to their desired results(McKinney, 2017). This is the aspects which is having
the better consideration to the overall functionality of given job role. Moreover, this report will
analyse the positive and negative aspects which results by going specific job role and the impact
which they have not only mentally but also physical aspects will be discussed. Additionally,
certain theories will be used in order to understand the characteristics from various point of view.
What does motivation mean?
Motivation is a physiological and mental force which directs the behaviour of the people
of the specific group of people. There are two types of two types of motivation the first is
intrinsic that is more of a psychological concept in which the an individual by their self actions
of being doing some sort of major task and feel proud what they can achieve to being a
competitive person(Darling and Atav, 2019). Another is Intrinsic motivation which carries a
effective link with the Maslow's, 1943 hierarchy needs concept in which the individual is being
motivated with the other aspects in which people are being influenced to reach to the higher level
of success and the need is that people intrinsically always tries to reach to start with
physiological needs and progress with the help of safety, belongingness, self esteem till the
person reach to the self actualisation stage to their full potential. The second type of motivation
is extrinsic that always focuses on the outside environment or the needs of the individual and
they are more set against the overall working for a reward in caparison to work for themselves.
There are certain example that includes recognition and other rewards. Taylors scientific
management theory coincides with what is through of as extrinsic motivation and also believes
that they must must in the proper manner and they are paid more what they work.
The various factors which motivate employees to work
In an organisation, when the employees are working with the certain task given to them
this also make them efficient to achieve their predefined goal. An influenced employee can
rightly achieve the overall working of the company and these aspects are given below:

 Salary- It is defined as the compensation given to the employees for doing their
particular task within the organisation within the fixed period of time. As the salary is
being given to the individual which give the feeling of safety and security and also help
them to have the better living status and ranking. The person is respectable by earning the
higher level of income and also provide them the better life and the fuller satisfaction to
the employees.
 Promotion- These are the factors in which the individual is being shifted to the higher
level of job role by promoting them and also appreciating them for their better
performance. This also assist with higher salary for their given job and also helps them to
have the better working with the aim of attaining their ambitions. This is being done by
the effective performance management of the individual in their given job role.
 Work Environment- An individual is being motivated, when they are working in the
positive working environment and also includes the physical and non-physical
environment. This also includes the employee engagement within the organisation as the
employees are feeling motivated and influenced foe their given job role that also aims the
attains the objective and aim of the company.
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
 Company culture- these are the factors which includes the positive positive workspace
of an employees and better communication to the senior and the employees in order to
attains the higher level of profitability within the organisation(Sun and et. al., 2021).
These are the aspects which is having the higher consideration to them by which they can
establish equality, differentiation in the employees..
 Rewards and recognition- It is defined as the certain benefits that is being given to
better performance management and these also includes the incentives such as bonus,
promotion and this is vital to have the effective working so that they can attains the
organisational goal. The main consideration of this aspects is to motivate their employees
and the positive behaviour for the better working of the employees.
 Professional development opportunities- Employees are becoming more independent
and effective and they are having the effective approach within the organisation by which
they can rightly establish their functional areas in well-defined manner. When the senior
person is having professional approach to communicate to their employees then this also

leads to have the motivation and the development of the employees within the
organisation and they can reach to the higher level of profitability and growth.
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
 Conflicts at workplace- There are various functions and also having large pool of
customers and they are working together and also leads to generate higher level of
conflicts which also leads to have the negative working within the organisation and also
leads to create various hurdles within the organisation. There are various approach which
also helps in the overall functionality of business and also leading to have higher
approach as well(Rose And et. al., 2021). There are huge impact of places which also
leads to have the poor productivity of employees in their given job role.
 Fair policies and practices- When the employees is having the poor productivity of
employees and the wrong implementation of their policies and certain practices. When
the employees is not happy with the working policies and the certain practices then it
leads to have the negative impact in the given job role of the individual and also leads to
have the poor productivity of them.
 Ineffective management- In an given job role, it is vital for the company to have the
effective approach in the market which also can leads to have better operation within the
organisation. But poor management can leads to have the adverse functionality for the
business and the poor productivity in various business units. This can be due to the poor
feedback is given to them which results in having overall functionality of the business.
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of
their job roles
Employees are the backbone of any organisation and it is vital for them to have the
effective working and positive working environment. There is huge impact of business which is
also leading to have the inefficient results within the organisation but there are some of the
aspects which can helps in reducing the impact in their given job role and these are given below:
 Providing opportunity to express opinions- An innovative ideas can only be gathered
with the help of effective ideas of the individual. There are certain aspects which is
having the overall functionality and the employees is being give some chance to express

their ideas and suggestions so that they can rightly overcome the negative impact on the
overall working of the employees.
 Opportunities for growth- When the employees is having the high working
performance within the organisation so they must be given some sort of opportunities in
their working so that they can work with full interest in the given job role and they also
can rightly eliminate the issues which is being faced by the employees(Chrystal, 2019).
 Trust and respect- In order to comply with the negative factors, it is important to the
respect and trust among the employees that also leads to eliminates the conflicts in order
to have the effective working by making the best use of their skills and abilities.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is concluded that motivation is important aspects which ensures
the right direction to get better results in the given job role and also have the better level of
success and growth. The motivation can be get from the outside or within the organisation.
Furthermore, Maslow's hierarchy need showing five needs of the people and also offering
opportunities to express their point of view so that they can rightly cope up the negative factors
that all are existing in the business environment. Salary and promotion are the aspects which is
having the effective contribution to the positive experience of the employees.

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