Understanding Why People Work

UNDERSTANDING WHY PEOPLE
WORK

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Determine factors which motivate employees to work...............................................................3
Define the positive and negative factors which employees experience from their job roles.......5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Books and journals......................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Work is one of the initial and crucial part of life through which living standards of the
people can be enhanced. The reason of people to work is to improve their livelihood, human
relations, personal development, service and to get security from the job (Cook, 2015). Some of
the basic reason of people to work involves independency, money and social life through which
they can live their life and make money for living. This report is based on understanding the
reason of why people work and what factors are responsible for people to work. This report aims
to identify the positive and negative factors which employee can face in their jobs.
MAIN BODY
Determine factors which motivate employees to work
Employee motivation: Employee motivation is based on how employees feel and their
behavior through which they can channelize their energy which will help them in achieving the
organisational goals. Employee motivation is one of the major factor which affects the
performance of the employees and their willingness to participate in managerial activities. Some
of the factors which helps in motivating employees to work, are explained below:
 Financial rewards- One of the basic responsible factor which drive motivation of
employees is financial rewards through which they organisation can boost morale of
employees through which they can willingly participate in managerial activities and can
perform best up to their potential and can reach the desired standards of performance.
This will also ensure employees that their performance is valued and appreciated by the
organisation.
 Personal satisfaction- This factor is majorly based on mental satisfaction of employees
from their assigned work and job roles through which they can effectively perform a
contribute by forming constructive and innovative ideas which will be helpful in
achieving the organisational objectives within the specific span of time (Molander and
Torsvik, 2015). This is one of the major responsible factor of motivation of employees
through which organisation can retain maximum number of employees which can be
done through offering appropriate wages, recognizing employee performance and