Analyzing Factors Motivating Employees and Their Job Experiences

This report delves into the various factors that motivate employees to work, highlighting that money isn't the sole driving force. It examines economic needs, personal fulfillment, emotional reasons, and the importance of motivation in fostering a positive and valued work environment. The report discusses motivation theories such as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, detailing psychological, safety, love/belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization needs. Key motivators like salary, work environment, and promotion opportunities are explored, along with positive factors such as growth opportunities and modern performance management. Negative factors like workplace toxicity and conflicts are also addressed, emphasizing the need for open communication and employee engagement. The conclusion underscores the significance of motivation in the workplace and suggests strategies for overcoming negative influences to enhance employee confidence and efficiency. Desklib provides access to similar reports and study tools for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Various factors which motivate employees to work...................................................................3
Positive and negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles......................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Money is not the only reason for which the individual is willing to work. As for all the
person the major source of income is work it can also be managed in order to carry off the
livelihood and also to maintain the standard of living. This not only helpful to earn money but it
also helps to maintain a positive environment and also to gain new friends and colleagues.
People usually work because of so many treasons which can be economic problems, potential
purpose, emotional reasons, inertia and many more. The most important method through which
people can manage working is by motivation as this is the key factor and when the person is
motivated towards its working they feel positive, respected and valued. It can also make them
satisfied with the job (Baporikar, 2021). In this report there are different kind of factors that
helps in motivating the employees in work and will also cover the negative and the positive
experience faced by the employees in the jobs.
TASK
Various factors which motivate employees to work
Motivation is considered to be the initiated direction through which the the person feel
satisfied and positive towards that particular work. This is considered to be an important element
in which the social, emotional and the biological forces can be applied in their general behaviour
and techniques. It provides the general method through which the person can feel satisfied in
their daily life (Rita, and et. al., 2018). Their are so many theories through which the motivation
can be implemented in order to manage a positive approach in the individual some of which are
like:
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs Theory
This is an important five tier models through which the step by step needs and the
requirements of the person is being analysed, it covers a pyramid shaped structure in which the
hierarchy of needs is been given. In order to manage the satisfaction people tends to make the
certain needs that are needed to be achieved which are mentioned there under: Psychological needs- This is the first and the basic requirements which are been used by
the human as as includes the food, shelter, clothing, water and all the basic amenities that
are being needed so as to manage the growth. Without this the human body will not be

able to work properly. Once this is achieved then the person goes to another need and
step. Safety needs- In this the individual use to manage and focus on implementing all the
general needs through which the growth and the family safety is concerned. As their main
aim in this is to provide full safety to their person and also to control, order and also to
predict the requirements of the society and their belongings. As this is achieved they
move towards another target. Love and Belongings needs- This is an emotional connect need in which all the
interpersonal nature, affiliation, connectivity is being concerned as this involves all the
intimacy, trust, friendship and all the acceptance etc. this make them feel satisfied by
getting the trust and warmth from the person. When the individual gets this need they will
them focus on managing and working for another level(Ahmed, 2019). Self esteem need- In this need their involves all the dignity, achievements, trust in the
person and this also involves the status, recognition, prestige for the person. Through this
the person usually want to get more attention and power in their hands and also a reliable
status and work. After this the individual can move towards another level.
 Self actualization need- This is the most important need in which the person seems to
have immense pressure and in this they are well aware about their potential and their
capabilities so through this they focus on managing and gaining the peak experience. It
makes them to work accordingly and also to fulfil all the desires that comes on that part.
Their are different factors through which the employees can be motivated towards their
work and general areas they are like: Salary- When the person gets the surplus amount of salary from the particular company,
that will automatically make them to work as in favour of them. Mostly, the person use to
work so as to mange their living and their expenses and in that case when they are able to
manage their living through implementing and generating all the ideas through which
they can standardized their living will motivate them (Gómez-Barrón and et. al., 2019).
Good pay and bonus makes the person to feel satisfied and also happy towards the
working areas, this also make them to make the work and the task that are been given to
them with proper dedication and enthusiasm.

 Work environment- This is also an important factor as when the person use to manage
the work they need good environment and also a better terming transparency through
which they can focus on the work properly. As for all the employees it is important to
gain a proper management and also a safe, friendly and transparent environment. This
conducts all the employees to focus more on their working and also feel more confident
towards the company and their culture. Promotion- This helps in motivating the employees as when the person knows that their
performance will reflect and make them to achieve the milestones on which they want to
go will automatically make them work harder. So the rewards, promotion anchors an
important competence in the managerial work. All the individual focus on the
independence, autonomy, authority through which they can gain more power and position
will make them to push their levels. It make them motivated towards the working and
they try to give best to them(Mutha and Srivastava 2021).
Positive and negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
Some of the positive factors in the jobs which can motivate the employees towards
managing the working are like: Growth opportunities and development of skills- No person in today's time want to have
a monotonous routine in which they are trying to do same job daily as no one want to
stuck on that same routine and life and it is important to have growth curve in all the
persons working patterns. So the company should try to give proper job training and
development through which the new methods and the ideas can be governed to them.
This will make them to ficus on positive attitude in their behaviour.
 Modern performance management- This includes all the new reward system along with
that the feedbacks through which the employees will able to know about their mistakes
and the issues. This also involves all the working nature and general patterns in which the
reviews and the compensation can be implemented. In order to gain the production the
company can manage positive feedbacks fro the good performance of the employees
which will motivate them and make them to work harder.
The negative factors in the job roles are like: Toxicity in the working areas- Immense pressure of work, continuous pressure by
seniors, bullying and many more are the reason through which the toxicity can be created

in the workplace and this will make the employees who are been working to survive with
difficulty. As this makes the employees to feel dissatisfied with the job role and they
were not being able to manage the work and feel demotivated. It makes the employees to
feel lower their confidence.
 Conflicts between the workforce- it can be seen that in most of the areas there arises so
many conflicts between the employees and the staff and this affects the productivity and
the growth of the company as it imparts the major issues like absenteeism and high staff
turnover and this can affect the general working of the company(Chowdhury and
Chaudhury 2020).
In order to manage the work and to remove the negative factors companies can try to do
certain things which are like: Opportunities to express- As all the individual can there by manage the general working
and they should get the right to give the ideas to all the teams and managements. Other
then that company should also make some teams in which all the problems of the
employees are being heard.
 Employees engagement- This involves that performance management and all the
conflicts can be removed and the employees will feel valued, positive and satisfied by the
engagement in different tasks.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above report that, motivation is important in all the
workplace areas as this makes the person to feel confident and make them to work more
efficiently. It can be seen that their are so many factors through which the employees can gain
the motivation they are like salary, promotion etc. whereas, the negative factors complies are like
toxic environment, conflicts in the workplace which can affect the working of the employees.
Further this can overcome through various recognition, engagement of employees and many
more.

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