EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION

Employee Motivation



Employee Motivation

Outline of the Study

This research proposal tends to discuss the issue of employee motivation at workplace. A critical review of key factors or indicators in the motivation of employees in an organization will be discussed within this research proposal. For the purpose of exploring the levels of employee motivation at workplace, I have chosen the world renowned company Nokia. The basic aim of this research is to address the issues and motivational factors of employees at organization. With respect to the subject, I have consulted the basic theories of motivation like Maslow Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg's Two Factor Theory to identify the motivational factors at job.

Aims and Objectives

The primary aim of this research proposal is to address the issue of employee motivation at Nokia. In this regard, senior management is required to take a look into it, and consider the following raised questions in company, which are stated as follow:

1.What are the factors that are beneficial in boosting Employee's motivation?

2.Why company requires motivated employees?

3.What Nokia currently do to motivate its employees?

4.What is the relationship between employee motivation and performance at work?

5.How Organizational culture and Job nature impacts employees' satisfaction?

6.What measures can Nokia take in order to improve the level of motivation within employees?

Hypothesis

The main hypothesis of the research is to assess the relevance of the key motivational factors or indicators with the performance at work within the organizational culture prevailing at Nokia. Therefore, the following hypothesis is identified;

H0: The presence of key motivational factors impact the performance at work within the organizational culture of Nokia.

H1: The presence of key motivational factors does not impact the performance at work within the organizational culture of Nokia.

Literature Review

The word motivation has originated from a Latin word “mover” which means to move. The typical definition of motivation states that it is a process that helps in arising, energizing, directing and satisfying an aim-oriented behavior and good performance. It is a result of the combination of external and internal factors that cause a certain work oriented behavior in favor of company (Lathans, 1998. p.36). The common facts about human beings are that motivation is a factor that is already built in our systems; it is just required to be aroused and activated (Podmoroff, 2005 Pp. 100-105).

Motivation has a temporary duration, it does not stay for a longer period of time that's why managers and leaders are required to nourish and sustain motivational levels in employees after a certain time period on regular basis. Motivational employees are the key asset to a company, managers should utilize the managerial tools to motivate employees and direct their performance in order to achieve organizational goals (Armstrong, 2008 Pp. 34-50). There are several theories and assumptions already presented with regard to motivation among employees but unfortunately each theory has both positive and negative points so as a result we cannot produce a general motivation theory (Boulder, n.d. Pp. 5-9).

Motivation factors as per Herzberg are intrinsic motivational factors like, achievement, recognition, work, responsibility, advancement and ...