Employee Motivation

Employee motivation Employees in both public and private sectors require motivation from their organizations to perform in the most favourable way in their job role and obtain job satisfaction. Money is one of the main motivational factors while other factors can be identified as rewards, recognition, appreciation, positive company culture, professional development, career development opportunities, flexible work schedules, job security and work environment. (Bender and Heywood, 2006) Well performing employees have been incentivized with monetary compensation, which historically has been the most used and accepted way to motivate and encourage employees to perform better (Pink, 2011).  Importance of employee motivation for an organization  Workers motivation has consistently been the main problem for company top management. (Feinstein, 2000) Because motivation factors within the company have a direct influence on labour productivity. Employees who are interested in their job r...

Job satisfaction or enjoyment is the degree of positive influence that a worker feels towards the workplace (Munyewende et al., 2014). It may be general satisfaction with the job role and responsibilities or with specific dimensions of the workplace, such as promotions, salary, and relationships with coworkers (Blaauw et al., 2013).  Job satisfaction can be identified as the fulfilment through promotions, recognition, salary, and the achievement of goals (Ausloos and Pekalski, 2007). George and Jones (2008) defined job satisfaction as a collection of positive feelings that employees have towards their job. A productive and successful work environment can be developed by addressing and enhancing the motivational factors that impact employee job satisfaction (Munyewende et al., 2014). Herzberg's motivation-hygiene two-factor theory Herzberg's motivation-hygiene two-factor theory (also known as dual-factor theory) states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause j...