Impact of Employee Motivation on Organizational Productivity

Abstract

Nowadays, motivation is gaining an importance in organizations due to its impacts on profits of the organization. Employee motivation boost up the performance of an employee and overall effectiveness of the organization. Lack of motivation can often lead to poor organizational performance with low effectiveness of the workers. The core elements in running a highly productive organization are highly motivated and satisfied employees. The primary objective of the research is to identify the specific motivation factors, both intrinsic as well as extrinsic, based on theories of motivation, which have a compelling effect on job performance, effectiveness of the organization and ultimately levels of productivity at a workplace. The study adopted both primary and secondary research methods to collect, analyze and determine the impact of motivation factors on organizational productivity. A well structured online survey was used a main research tool which was administered to 100 respondents. Following the survey, the data was investigated through statistical graphs and charts. The results revealed that both intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors of motivation such as personal and professional growth, incentives and financial benefits and opportunity to growth as well as recognition have significant effects on effectiveness which leads to increase in productivity levels. Furthermore, this study recommended organizations need to emphasize upon examining the factors which motivate each employee to ensure their effectiveness rises.