Understanding Why People Work: Factors, Motivation, and Strategies

This report discusses the meaning of motivation and explores the various factors that motivate employees to work, including salary, promotion, and work environment. It also delves into Maslow's Hierarchy theory and the positive and negative experiences employees may have in their job roles. Strategies to cope with negative factors are also discussed.

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Understanding why people work

Contents
Introduction 1
What does Motivation Mean? 1
The various factors which motivate employees to work
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The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
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The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
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Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
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Conclusion p
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Introduction
There are various reasons of working and everyone has there own reason of working and this can
be the financial and the emotional needs due to which people work. As the main reason which is
considered in the society is money as for fulfilling the basic needs of their own, people work. As
working also helps in increasing the quality and standard of life and this can also help in
increasing skills and knowledge of the individuals. As people work to sustain there living and they
get the revert in monetary terms and this can be in the form of wages, salary and compensation.
This can also be done for the emotional fulfillment of the individual and this also fulfills there
needs and requirements effectively. After money affirmation and social recognition is the another
factor by which people do work. This report is about the motivation in business and various
factors which motivate employees for working. This report also involves the positive and negative
factor in there job roles which gives them experience. This report also involves various strategies
by which employees negative experience can be overcome easily.
What does Motivation Mean?
Motivation is known as the process of guiding, initiating and maintaining an goal oriented
behavior in the business. As due to motivation employees work hard in there job roles and
this also make easier in gaining profit and attaining goal in an effective manner as this also
benefits the business in gaining organizational objective. As motivation basically involves the
cognitive, biological, social and emotional forces which activates the positive behavior in the
employees. As motivation is the factor in the business due to which each human action is
performed in the business(Bevacqua Yu and Zhang 2018). As motivation is helpful factor in the
business and in individuals’ life for gaining organizational and individual goals and objective
of the business and by this employees take the action in an appropriate manner. Motivation
also builds better engagement and encouragement in the business and this also motivates the
employees for there better working. Motivation also helps in increasing the standard of living
and happiness in the individual and employee’s life for there better development and growth.
As motivation impacts positively in the business as this activates the positive behavior of the
employees for there better workings and this also provides persistence which help in the
continuous effort in gaining the organizational goal effectively by using right resources, time
and energy in rig time for the better results of the organizational assets. This also involves
intensity as this build’s courage in the employees and in individual for attaining there aims
effectively. There are basically two types of motivation which is described below.
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Intrinsic motivation
As intrinsic motivation can motivate the employees as this kind of motivation involves the
internal reward system and this can include self motivation and self improvement of the
employees as this can motivate the employee for gaining there aims by using there skills and
knowledge. As motivation is the factor which can make the employees achieve success and this
also increase the skills of the employees which can further help in the business increment.
Extrinsic motivation
As this is known as the external motivation as this can be in the form of external reward system as
this involves in the form of money and recognition. As this kind of motivation can also be
negative sometimes. As this motivation is also dependent on the external factors as this involves
some expectation or fear. This can also be on the desire of the promotions and on the salary raise
which can impact in the business profit for the better level of productivity(Waldron 2019).
Maslow’s Hierarchy theory
As this is an motivation theory which helps the employees in gaining motivation as this is known
as the theory of human motivation and this mainly focuses on the basic needs of the employees as
each individual has the desire of basic needs and requirements of there own as these needs are
distinguished as follows.
Physiological needs
As this is the basic needs which is important for the living and this basically involves the basic
needs and this includes the factors like food, water and breathing as these needs are important for
the living(Denier and Waite 2019).
Safety and security needs
As these are the next basis needs which are important to be fulfilled by the organization to the
employees as this is also considered as the second level of the hierarchy. As this involves the
security needs and this involves the financial and the health needs. This also involves the accident
recovery needs and this also involves the health insurance.
Social needs
These are also the important needs which Is required to be fulfilled and this involves the love,
belongings and the acceptance in the business. This also involves the factors like friendship, social
groups and team belongings. As these needs also gives motivation to the employees to reduce
there stress(Tang 2021).
Esteem needs
As this needs also allows motivation to the employees by giving respect and recognition which
motivates the employees to work more hard and this is also considered as the satisfaction level of
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the employees. This also develops confidence and the feeling of inferiority(Fischer and Van de
Bovenkamp, 2019).
Self-actualization needs
This is also considered as the motivation level as this involves the self awareness and the personal
growth of the employees(Chang and Shih 2019). As this involves all the capabilities which involves
various factors and this also builds the potential of employees for gaining an advantage in the
business.
The various factors which motivate employees to work
Salary: salary is considered as the important factor of the business by which employees get
motivated and this is the main reason of the employees getting more productive in the business for
there better growth and development. As because of the pay and to maintain the living of life
effectively. Salary also increases the efficiency and effectiveness of employee working and this
can also help in gaining organizational and individual goal easily(Järvensivu 2020).
Promotion: This is also consider an important factor of motivation as this helps in the employees
to work hard and increase there productivity level in order to get appreciated, recognize and get
promotion in the business in monetary as well as non monetary terms(Cranford 2020). As this is also
considered as the tool in the motivation and the reward system of an organization.
Work Environment: Working culture or environment Is also known as the important factor
which impacts in the motivation of the employees. As an positive and good working culture
attracts the employees and encourages them for working. As this also motivative them as they feel
positive in the organization(Irwin 2020).
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
As each employee get some working experience from there job roles for there better career
and an employee get an positive experience as they gain new knowledge and skills from there
job roles which increases there working capacity(Rikala 2020). As by the positive experience
an employee can further explore various career options for there better future and can also
explore at the global level and can gain adverse advantage in the business. An employee also
get better offer and salary while switching the organization with an positive experience and
this also builds an positive environment to the business.
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
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As there are advantages as well as disadvantages of an working experience as if an
employees get an negative experience as while switching the job roles employees can get
tough in an salary negotiation. As in future the skill set experience of this job role can also
dominate there before skill set which can further create an issue. As an negative experience it
can restrict the high study points of the employees. As this also pressures the employees for
the better expectation of the salary and employees do not able to handle the expectation
pressure(Lawler III 2018.).
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
As there various strategies which is can overcome the negative factors which can impact in
the negative experience in the job roles. As this can also be overcome by training and
development sessions. As this can also impact in the adaptive skills and this also impact in
gaining the goal of the business. As there are various factors which can impact in the
business(Joseph 2020). As this can also be overcome by increasing the positive environment in
the business. This can also be overcome by the increasing the wages of the employees as per
there skill set.
Conclusion
This report has concluded that motivation is the important factor which can improve the
performance level of the business and this can also increase the aim and objective of the
business effectively. This can also build an positive image of the business and also benefit the
employees in there future. As this report has also concluded that there are various factors
which can impact in building an positive environment in the business. This can also help in
increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the business. As this also helps in gaining the
stability and sustainability of the business in an effective form.
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