Motivation at Work: A Detailed Literature Review on Key Factors

This literature review examines the critical role of motivation in the workplace, particularly within organizations like Reckitt Benchiser Group. It delves into intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors, highlighting the significance of employee appreciation, incentives, job security, and psychological satisfaction. The review emphasizes that motivated employees are more productive and contribute to increased profitability and organizational success. It also discusses the importance of training, career opportunities, and social aspects in fostering a positive work environment and enhancing employee loyalty. The review concludes that businesses should prioritize understanding and addressing the motivational needs of their employees to achieve optimal performance and sustainable growth. Desklib provides this document and many other resources for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Literature review on Motivation at work ...................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
In business or in an organisation, the development success refers to the fact which
suggest that how the developmental process and several areas require the need of being
successful in the organisation. For every employee an workers it is very important to have a
successful aspect of the organisation and the motivation to work within.
The business development act includes several functions and departments persona. For all
the individual, there is a need to have an effective improvement in the revenue, sales, the
offering of the products, talent and many other factors. The report is simply based on the skills
enhancement and the developmental process which simply help the growth in the company and
effective services as well. Work and motivation is one of the major and an important factor that
needs some effective and genuine contribution so that there must be a good and effective
motivation for all employees and the effective hard work should be simply recognized. The
major and an effective role in the chosen company is Reckitt Benchiser Group is one of the
British Multinational consumer good company has its headquartered in Slough, England. The
company has been founded in 1814 and the founders are Isaac Reckitt and Jeremiah Colman.
The motivation at work is one of the major and a critical element of a workplace which is
quiet significant and useful. Motivation is an element which simply helps the employees to have
a best ability of work and potential ability so that people can simply work for achieving the
maximum profit. There is a need to select the motivation factor in an organisation and it is quiet
important to have internal, external factors, promotional desire and a significant energy in
individuals (Zehua and Kittimanorom, 2020).
Literature review on Motivation at work
It can be simply suggest that motivation is one of the major factor that needs to be useful
in the job and employees must be well motivated on the basis of serving the organisation more
fundamentally and ethically. Motivation can be simply divided into two types including intrinsic
and extrinsic motivation. The Intrinsic motivation includes such type of motivation that comes
from inside and the extrinsic motivation is simply based on the external factors. The intrinsic
motivation helps in achieving huge profit and gain maximum knowledge. Intrinsic motivated a
completion of the task helps in achieving huge profit and personal growth as well (Rakib, Azis
and Sanusi, 2020).
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Also, the extrinsic motivation is a kind of motivation which simply comes from the
external sources however it includes several incentives as well as the rewards. Earn rewards and
the incentives helps the organisation to help different employees and achieve success on the basis
of satisfying the personal needs of an individuals (Mivehchi and Rajabion, 2020).
In a dynamic as well as complex situation, the leaders of an organisation hava a dynamic
and stable responsibility to motivate several team members and create such type of environment
in which employees are in the position of trust and decision making process. There is a need to
have empower judgement and motivation level in which the organisation performances have
been reflected. The primary objective of the motivational work is quiet important because it
involves several motivation techniques and different stages of life (Stellmacher and et. al., 2020).
There are some effective and useful dimensions which simply fit into the model It can
easily and effectively benefited the organisation and enhance the effective performance level.
Several dimensions including the training period, command, mindsets and concepts are all
included in the improvement level. One of the researcher Baldwin et. al., 2019 simply suggest
that the employees motivation helps in having a proper and efficient learning outcomes in which
there is no pre-training activities.
Some incentives which includes monetary factors needs great action and an effective
work motivation. It simply helps employees in the achievements and recognition. Beretti et. al.,
2016 suggest that the monetary benefits and the interest in job level give a level of consistency
and reflects some better performances. Reckitt Benchiser Group motivate employees in having a
better work performances, the psychological satisfaction, behavioural aspects and functional
work.
A United Kingdom based researcher Garcia et. al., 2016 provides some perceptions in the
organisational justice and job satisfaction. Koch and Nafjiger are the United Kingdom based
researchers and authors suggest that promotion can be simply possible on the basis of attaining
the hard work result and give satisfaction for the psychological requirements of the employees as
well (Nadolny, Nation and Fox, 2019).
The ability in conditions of working in a motivational environment suggest some major
and effective work conditions for the better level of job satisfaction and job enhancement. The
employees and commitments are very important to be taken into the consideration and it is very
important to have a sustainable fragmentation in having a major as well as ethical functions as
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well. One of the researcher Cheng et. al., 2013 suggested that some evidence and moderations
effects provide a dynamic association in having a psychosocial work conditions and health as
well. One of the major factors that has been included in motivational work is appreciation. A
specific study from United Kingdom based author Mahazril et. al., 2018 reflects a duty in
appreciating the employees and incentives as well (Anupriya and Kamakshi, 2020).
The job security provides a major and an effective concept and even a research Myanci S.
Rtse provide some significant as well as major perceives in getting some good reward and the
job security as well as employee perceives in getting a good reward and the job security based on
motivation at work. Zhang and wu are the two major and some effective well maintained and
recognized author which are simply reflected some major and efficient confidence in the career
development process. The job satisfaction is pointed out to be the major and an important
element of motivation at work. Also, the job satisfaction includes reduction in the pressure and
mental problem, so that there must be some efficient and effective element to work within. The
influential tool of the mental pressure and tension simply leads profit maximisation (Rakib, Azis
and Sanusi, 2020).
CONCLUSION
The discussion concluded that motivation at work is quiet important and effective.
Reckitt Benchiser Group can simply work in the current situation in which without motivation,
work cannot be simply attainable and possible as well. It can be simply suggest that without
motivation, employees cannot be able to work with more ability and efficiently. The
responsibilities, performances, responsiveness are all included in the organisation simply attain
maximum benefits, recognition, appreciation, working conditions, monetary incentives and
training abilities.
The literature review suggest that in every business or in every organisation including
Reckitt Benchiser Group, it is quiet important and effective to have an employees appreciation
and values of what motivates them the most and how work is simply required. The motivation
level, appreciation, values and the abilities simply motivates them for the better work and
loyalty. Several dimensions and factors to work within gives a positive impact and outlook for
the work under motivation and the enhancement of responsiveness towards the ability to work.
The individual responsiveness helps the organisation in directly link towards the increase in
profit and organisation responsiveness .
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It can be simply suggest that traineeship is very important and significant for the growth.
The business organisation, training is very important and effective because it helps employees to
work with enough motivation and job satisfaction. In some other words, it can be simply suggest
that enhancement of several skills and work factor needs great motivation and achievement in
improving the goals and the objectives of employees as well as organisation.
An organisation should simply look beyond the incentives of economical aspects and the
career opportunities for the social lifestyle and the social opportunities for those who are working
in Reckitt Benchiser Group. It can be simply suggest that the career opportunities provide ethical
and effective social lifestyle to all the employees so that they can simply get all the economic
incentives and the growth opportunities. Organisations must have highest level of social
opportunities and the facts in achieving goals and objectives. The social opportunity which
simply carry forward the leads in employees and the goals achievements. One of the major point
in the social opportunity including confidence boosting, the motivation level and the goals of an
organisation Reckitt Benchiser Group. The social opportunity simply accepted as a special part
of the social group. It can be said that the staff has an acute need and the contribution is
worthwhile, quiet appreciated and acknowledged.
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