Importance of Employee Motivation
There are several reasons why employee motivation is important. Mainly because it allows management to meet the company’s goals. Without a motivated workplace, companies could be placed in a very risky position (Yang, 2008). Motivated employees can lead to increased productivity and allow an organization to achieve higher levels of output. Imagine having an employee who is not motivated at work. Employee will probably use the time at their desk surfing the internet for personal pleasure or even looking for another job. This is a waste of your time and resources (Kuvaas & Dysvik, 2009). Note that this is based on one employee. Try picturing the majority of employees doing the same thing. This is not a position anybody wants to be in.
Benefits of Motivated Employees
Employee motivation is highly important for every company due to the benefits that it brings to the company. Benefits include: (Barber and Bertz ,2000).
1. Increased employee commitment
When employees are motivated to work, they will generally put their best effort in the tasks that are assigned to them.
When employees are motivated to work, they will generally put their best effort in the tasks that are assigned to them.
2. Improved employee satisfaction
Employee satisfaction is important for every company because this can lead towards a positive growth for the company.
Employee satisfaction is important for every company because this can lead towards a positive growth for the company.
3. Ongoing employee development
Motivation can facilitate a worker reaching his/her personal goals, and can facilitate the self-development of an individual. Once that worker meets some initial goals, they realize the clear link between effort and results, which will further motivate them to continue at a high level.
Motivation can facilitate a worker reaching his/her personal goals, and can facilitate the self-development of an individual. Once that worker meets some initial goals, they realize the clear link between effort and results, which will further motivate them to continue at a high level.
4. Improved employee efficiency
An employee’s efficiency level is not only based on their abilities or qualifications.For the company to get the very best results, an employee needs to have a good balance between the ability to perform the task given and willingness to want to perform the task. This balance can lead to an increase of productivity and an improvement in efficiency (Grant , 2008).
An employee’s efficiency level is not only based on their abilities or qualifications.For the company to get the very best results, an employee needs to have a good balance between the ability to perform the task given and willingness to want to perform the task. This balance can lead to an increase of productivity and an improvement in efficiency (Grant , 2008).
According to the Andretti(1995), Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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Hi Sumedha , Well explained Blog on Importance of Employee Motivation . The three components of motivation are
ReplyDelete1.Direction – what a person is trying to do; 2. Effort – how hard a person is trying; 3. Persistence – how long a person keeps on trying.Motivating other people is about getting them to move in the direction you want them to go in order to achieve results (Arnold et al ,1991 cited in Armstrong and Taylor , 2014) . Motivating yourself is about setting the direction independently and then taking a course of action which will ensure that you get there. Motivation can be described as goal-directed behaviour. People are motivated when they expect that a course of action is likely to lead to the attainment of a goal and a valued reward – one that satisfies their needs(Armstrong and Taylor , 2014) .
Hi Sumedha, you have managed to widely cover information related to Employee Motivation. In order to understand motivation one must understand human nature itself. However, motivation is the main factor to eliminate the negative employee turnover percentage within companies (Vnoučková and Klupáková, 2013). Shah and Asad (2018) have mentioned that inherent motivation is a significant feature to increase the motivation level of employees and their intention to stay in the company,
ReplyDeleteYou have nicely expressed the internal motivation which needed for an employee. Yes it is, the initial motivation should be developed from the basic needs. As you have taken the Maslow’s hierarchy to explain the motivation factor, it clearly describes the major levels of motivation. Motivation is one of the major factors which directly help the organization to reach its goals. When it comes to the motivation, my opinion is that the employees need to be trained for their work along with the motivation. According to Shahzadi et al (2014), the training is highly important to achieve the goals. Therefore in those situations, motivation will be a strong factor to come along with the training. I believe this combination should be there in any organization.
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ReplyDeleteIt is very clear that you have explained the importance of the employee motivation and motivated employees can lead to increase the productivity and keep the organization to achieve their high level of goals. And also you have nicely explained the 4 benefits of employee motivation and how to increase the employee motivation. As stated in your blog, most of the banks are providing special benefits for banking staff. In addition to their special benefits, Seylan Bank is giving opportunity to participate for foreign and local training sessions to increase the employee’s satisfaction and also employee development. Banking employees are highly benefited employees who motivated with their benefits and opportunities to increase their job satisfaction.
Hi Sumedha! Very nice blog and well described the organizational motivational factors. Employee motivation is one of the key factors in an organizational success. (Chiu et al,2002) highlighted that organization implements merit pay system to reward employees for meeting specific goals, which can affect employee motivation levels.
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