BMP3004 Module: Employee Motivation, Factors, and Coping Strategies

This report delves into the critical aspects of employee motivation, examining various factors that influence worker performance and job satisfaction. It begins by defining motivation and its significance in achieving organizational goals, then explores key motivation theories like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The report highlights factors such as salary, promotions, and work environment as motivators, while also addressing negative factors like toxic work environments and workplace conflicts. It further analyzes the positive experiences employees gain, such as skill development and effective performance management. The report concludes by offering strategies to mitigate the impact of negative experiences, including providing opportunities for employee input and fostering employee engagement to improve overall job satisfaction and productivity.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
The various factors which motivate employees to work.............................................................4
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles....................................5
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................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The motivation is an basic process of influencing which develops and guide a goal in
oriented behaviour with the individual. With the assistance of this the productivity of the workers
is being increased and this will help the enterprise in achieving the prescribed goals in an
effective manner. When anyone carry out any act in the workplace the various type of existing
skill is being changed. This have many approach which relates to the motivation and this is the
main reason for the work of people(Schunk, and DiBenedetto, 2020). The motivation is known
as one of the crucial aspect which is related in influencing the worker for carrying out tasks. The
report will discuss the motivation theories and various factors which will improves the
productivity of the workers. This also includes the positive and negative factors which is related
to the role of job of workers. This report will also analyse the strategies which will cope up with
negative factors.
MAIN BODY
Motivation is being defined as process, in this the manager of the enterprise takes
necessary steps for influencing the workers to achieve the set goals and objective of the
enterprise. In order to influence the behaviour of the worker within the workplace biology,
emotional and social aspect is being involved. The motivation theory is discussed below-
Maslow hierarchical of need theory:- It is related to five other categories which will
dictate individuals behaviour. This model needs for individual which is shown as the shape of
pyramid, in which the lowest part have to be satisfied first and then they have to attend higher
part(Wardani, and, et, al ., 2020). The theory will assist the employer motivates the worker for
better working and this will assist them in making their decision.
Physiological needs :- The elements for basic wants of a worker this is involved to comprise the
food, air, water, shelter, clothing and etc. If the wants is not satisfied then the workers can
not live quality life. The human needs have to be satisfied for move on the next level.
Safety needs :- After satisfaction of physiological need of a worker wants to control the life of a
human which is to be meet by the family and other members(Partovi, and Razavi, 2019). In
this the protection of element for violence, safety, security, health, emotional stability, well
being, security of finance and etc. is to be satisfied.

Need of Love and belonging :- The need of an employee is to be considered as third level need
for workers. In this the element of human interaction is to be involved. The various aspects
is to be comprise in this are friendship, trust, love of the member of family and friends, the
biological family bond and chosen family. The needs is being satisfied to motivate the
person which move towards next level.
Self-esteem need :- This is been divide in two categories. The first one is self esteem and other
one is dignity(Hiver, Kim, and Kim, 2018). Self respect relates to value of a person and
self esteem relates to potential of the individual for development of person and growth. The
respect, status, prestige, conflict etc. have the element.
Self-actualization needs :- fulfilment of the potential of the person is to be effectively describes
the element. On the pyramid of maslow, the need is to occupy the highest post. The
capabilities of element, skill development, potential, education, etc. will be realized and
assist them to analyse better accomplishment so the individual will be a better person.
The two type of motivation is given below:-
 Intrinsic :- This relates to the capabilities of a person as they will get rewarded. The
individual is being motivated through using the appropriate method for helping in
achieving the objects of an enterprise(Weiner, 2018). The appropriate receiving of feed-
backs is to be comprise in this.
 Extrinsic :- This is wholly related to exhibition of task through which the individual is
being affected. This comprised of reward receiving, avoiding the punishment, money,
fame, etc.
The various factors which motivate employees to work
Salary: This is considered the certain amount of money which is to be earned through an
individual for performing in a job. As per the assistance of this the need is to be meet by them in
an effective manner. The individual will do anything they want to do but in good way so they get
better payment and incentives. The person works more efficiently if extra benefit is given to
them. Better benefits and compensations will helps in satisfaction of job but this will also
improves in the productivity of company and the individual.
Promotion: this is related with the individuals performance in the enterprise. If the individual
performs better then they will get promoted the higher lever for carrying out better results for

enterprise. The promotion play very crucial role in an workers life. This will improves passion
and ambitions of the worker to attain the objective of enterprise. Along with the productivity and
performance of worker will also improvise.
Work Environment: the element relates to the factors in which workers of the enterprise
carry out various activity of enterprise(Hattie, Hodis, and Kang, 2020). The effective
environment for working plays an vital role to motivate and influence the worker of the
enterprise. The healthy working environment assist the workers to work in most of the
productivity through using the skill, knowledge and the abilities in an crucial manner.
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
The worker of an enterprise have better experience along with the working environment
then the result in gaining the satisfaction in job through them. These are the aspects in which the
employees experience is to be discussed below:-
 Skill evolution & growth possibility :- The individual carries out the task in the way
which assist in integrated set of skill. This will assist in performance in right area. When
job provides many opportunities for an individual in the implied positive employees
experience.
 Recent performance management :- The individual will maintain good position in the
place of work if positive environment of working is to be proved through the
management(Dörnyei, 2020). This not only results for good working but also
performance is increased. This will be analysed effectively through continuance of
evaluating the work of individual and overall consideration of the worker.
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
The impact is to be made on profitability or the experience of the worker through the
different factor because of this they will not effectively work in the enterprise. The factors are
being discussed below:-
 Toxic work environment :- The toxic environment working have an negative impact on
working and the employees experience. The whole working of workers as well as the
business is being affected. If there is no healthy and happy environment of working then
the employees will feel distracted from the role of their job.

 Workplace conflicts :- The aspects in this is related to unnecessary conflicts and
negative behaviour in the workplace(Amini, and Daulay, 2022). The conflicts in place
of work not only raise misunderstanding but they also decrease the productivity of
workers.
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
these are various strategies which will assist the workers which cope up with the bad
experience with related to job is being discussed below-
 Possibility to give persuasion and views :- The aspects of this will be considered in a
good approach which will lead in better result in the role of particular job. With
assistance of this strategy the employee will influence in relation for the satisfaction and
efficiency of job.
 Employee action :- Engagement of the worker with various activity of employment
allow a formal conversation. Along to the aid of the authentic approach in conflicts this is
being arise within the workers and this will be eliminated and the performance of worker
also being motivated through job role performance.
CONCLUSION
In the above report this is being concluded that the motivation play a crucial role to
influence and improvise the performance of worker in the working environment of the enterprise.
Through doing this the goals is being set and can be achieved in an effective manner. The
promotion, salary, environment of working and many more will be considered in very crucial
aspect which will motivates the working of an worker. The report concludes the opportunity of
growth and methods of management which leads in create positive experience and toxic
environment and the conflicts which leads in negative experience. This report also concludes the
strategies for opportunities which give opinions and views of engagement of employee which
assists the worker to cope up with negative experience.

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Partovi, T. and Razavi, M.R., 2019. The effect of game-based learning on academic achievement
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Weiner, B., 2018. The legacy of an attribution approach to motivation and emotion: A no-crisis
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