Employee motivation strategies and workplace performance

Mazoor, Q. (2012). Impact of Employees Motivation on Organizational. Business Management and Strategy, 1-13.

Quaratul-Ain Manzoor is affiliated with the Department of Management Sciences at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. In 2012, he published an article in the journal Business Management and Strategy that addressed the factors that effects employee motivation and examining the relationship between organizational effectiveness and employee motivation. The audience for this journal article could include students, academic professionals, or professionals in the business community. The author wishes examine the way that empowerment and recognition may have positive effects on employee motivation and ultimately organizational effectiveness.

The study makes the assumptions that employee motivation is necessary for the organization to progress or achieve success. Thus the main focus of this article is the contributing factors that can facilitate higher levels of employee motivation towards organizational goals. The literature review identifies many factors related to employee performance such as performance appraisals, employee motivation, employee satisfaction, compensation, training and development, and job security. The literature review also provides a background on organizational effectiveness. Various definitions are provided about different perspectives on organizational effectiveness. These definitions include various forms of the effective utilization of resources to meet organizational objectives.

The main objective of the study is to analyze the impact of employees' motivation on organizational effectiveness. The sub-objectives of the study are (Mazoor, 2012):

To determine the factors that increase employees motivation

To examine the relationship between employees motivation and organizational effectiveness

Employee motivation is the independent variable that is measured through recognition and empowerment and the dependent variable in the study is organizational effectiveness.