Understanding Employee Motivation and Factors Influencing Work Experience

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Contents
Introduction 1
What does Motivation Mean? 1
The various factors which motivate employees to work
2
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles 3
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles 3
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles 4
Conclusion 6
References 7

Introduction
It is important for business firms to identify factors which promote employee
motivation and add to their positive experience in a business firm. This can help
business film develop strategies to increase employee motivation and deal with
negative or stressful workplace conditions in a way which minimizes harm on
employee well-being (Bastons, Mas and Rey, 2017) . The present report looks at
area of employee motivation and provides description of employee motivation with
suitable theories. Workplace elements which act as employee motivators are also
provided in this report. Workplace elements which add to negative and positive
employee experience are identified in this report along with effective coping
strategies.
What does Motivation Mean?
Motivation is described as the drive that causes employees to take steps to
enhance their performance, acquire new skills and gain knowledge to expand their job
roles in order to move upwards in their career. It is also defined as the internal
enthusiasm of en employee and the drive which influences employees to accomplish
workplace activities.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs defines various needs in a hierarchical order which
need to be satisfied in order to ensure that each employee attains high motivation level.
The Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is explained below:
 Physiological Needs: This includes the fundamental requirements of employees
for survival. Food, water, shelter and sleep are at the basic level of the hierarchy.
Fulfillment of these needs is essential to move up the hierarchy. Enterprises can
fulfill these needs by providing proper remuneration which can be used to
purchase basic needs and arranging for meals at the workplace (Bizzi, 2020).
 Health and Safety needs: This needs focuses on gaining stable, orderly and
fearless environment along with healthy lifestyle. Corporations are able to satisfy
this need by providing job security and ensuring mental and physical well-being of
employees ta the workplace.
 Belongingness needs: The need to feel as a part of the community and build
interpersonal relationships is at the third level of the hierarchy. Business firm can
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