Importance of Motivation in the World of Work

This report highlights the importance of motivation in the workplace and discusses various factors that motivate employees to work. It covers Maslow's need theory, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, positive and negative factors employees experience in their job roles, and strategies to cope with negative factors. The report emphasizes the significance of motivation in improving employee performance and productivity.

WORLD OF WORK

Contents
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3
What does motivation mean..............................................................................................................3
Various factors which motivates employees to work.........................................................................4
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.............6
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
This report highlights the importance of motivation and what it means if their needs are not
satisfied. This report covers Maslow need theory, extrinsic and intrinsic form of motivation.
Apart from that Various factors which motivates employees to work, The positive factors
employees experience as a result of their job roles, The negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles and Strategies to cope with negative factors
employees experience as a result of their job roles.
What does motivation mean
Motivation can be defined as a force which drives people to achieve their goal. It is a
factor which determines the behaviour of people which can be emotional, biological, social. It
is explained in detailed with the theory given by Maslow.
Physiological Needs-
These are the basic needs of an individual such as food, shelter, clothing etc. if
individual is not able to meet with these form of needs then they won’t be able to work
properly.
Safety Needs-
This needs are concerned with the safety that people demand for their family and
themselves. This is why many businesses provide them this so that they can work without any
interference (Piasna and Drahokoupil, 2017).
Social Needs-
This needs are concerned with having a relationship with someone or things to share
with so that they can reduce the load of work and think on other things.
Esteem Needs-
In this level of need people start to demand respect from others due to their
achievement and the years of service they have put in. If this is done, they can accomplish
their needs.
Self-Actualization Needs-
This is the highest and last stage as at this stage they know their value and they want
to achieve things as per their potential.

There are also two other forms of motivation that is extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic
motivation is when individual is motivated to achieve a reward that is external. On the other
hand, intrinsic is concerned with getting themselves enrolled in that activity which gives them
personal satisfaction.
Various factors which motivates employees to work
Salary-
Receiving payment for the work done on time, this satisfies their basic need.
Although if the salary is less then employees won’t be motivated for work because this factor
is interlinked with motivation.
Promotion-
It is important for the management of company to appreciate their employees in ways
such as promotion because after years of work and experience their expectations from the
company increases and if it is not overlooked then it will create feeling of remorse and
dissatisfaction against the company.
Work Environment-
In order to keep the employees motivated environment of business plays an important
role. For that management needs to keep it positive and less complex as possible so that
employees do not feel frustrated at their workplace and tend to leave the office any chance
the get. The case must be opposite of that as these things reflect the behaviour of employees
at their workplace (Jackson and Bridgstock, 2018).
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
Personal Commitment-
Employee understands the importance of motivation and how their performance
reflects on the performance of company. It all depends on their attitude towards their work
which will set positive parameters in their culture.
Connection with others-
While working together as a team people tend to develop relations with each other
which help them to form strong relationship and work on task forces together. This helps
them to share their knowledge with each other and learn new things which they use in their
work to improve their results which also improves their experience (Sousa and Wilks, 2018).

Quality of leadership-
Experience of employees will tend to be positive when leaders will form a
relationship with them and guide them with direction so that they can make it a positive one.
If they engage with them properly then they will be able to know their strong and weak
points. If they only follow the regular dealings and transactions then the experience of
employees will be affected.
Work Environment-
In order for the work environment to be positive employees demand that it remains
flexible and safe for them. Apart from that it needs to be made sure that every employee is
given equal opportunity at their workplace without any bias decisions.
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
Overtime and number of hours worked-
It is important for management to understand that if they extend their work hours and
do not compensate enough for that then instead of being productive it will affect their
performance. As this will create more fatigue and stress for employees. Management need to
look after their health as working on this level can lead to disease causing health.
Social support
Sometimes company is not able to set the guidelines and characteristics. This creates
difficulty for employees in forming internal as well as external relationships. Due to their
tight schedules they are not able to hang out even outside which creates negativity in their
mind.
Commitments in work and family
Companies need to understand that due to inflexibility in work and task assigned to
them employees are not able to fulfil their commitment that they made to their families which
affect their relationships. They bring that stress and undivided attention to their workplace
which affect their productivity. Due to not being able to achieve anything on both the sides
they will feel negative and frustrated (Susskind, 2020).
Layoffs and economic security

There are some businesses who does not provide the security of job due to their
dynamic culture and environment they deal which always puts stress on employees. It is
because anytime company can layoff that project and employee will lose their job. This
creates stress in their mind also due to economic recessions companies are not stable which is
creating more difficulties for them.
Perceived fairness and justice at work-
Some of the companies do not take decisions that are equal for everyone. By taking
bias decisions for some employees and giving them the advantage of assigning them with
opportunities they create a negative and unhealthy environment to work for them (Degryse,
2017).
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
Control over their job
It is important for the managers of company to trace the negativity in workplace by
taking control over their jobs and providing them with right opportunities.
Consistent fair treatment
In order to reduce the negativity in their workplace it is necessary that management
starts taking right decisions which are equal and fair to everyone so that they can reduce the
factor of favouritism. In order to do that they will need to make some changes in their
policies and procedures.
Trust and respect
It is important for the company to verify the qualities and abilities of employees at the
time of their hiring so that they can develop a relation of trust and respect with them. Because
if they don’t then employees won’t feel that they are part of their organization which will not
remove the negativity around.
Target punishment and rules
There are only certain employees who does not obey or follow the code of conduct
with discipline. This is the reason why management must not make it mandatory for

everyone. They are working adults and they need to treat them like that so that they can meet
up the expectations of business and its moral grounds.
Give Recognition-
In order to reduce the negativity around they need to keep on appreciating their
employees and on the basis of performance set them rewards so that they feel that
contribution made by them is acknowledged by business. Both of these tools are considered
to be very effective in order to keep the employees motivated. That is why management
needs to make sure that area of rewards and recognition is not overlooked (Ashford, Caza and
Reid, 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above studies it can be concluded that it is very important for management to
understand what motivation does to an employee and their company so that they can
implement and execute these steps in the best way possible. Apart from that they need to
assess the positive and negative experience of workplace for the employees so that they can
reduce the negativity around the workplace and make their experience better as this will help
them to improve their productivity.

REFERENCES
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Jackson, D. and Bridgstock, R., 2018. Evidencing student success in the contemporary world-
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Piasna, A. and Drahokoupil, J., 2017. Gender inequalities in the new world of work. Transfer:
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Susskind, D., 2020. A world without work: Technology, automation and how we should
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