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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...
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.
To collect data relative to the research question the author uses experiments conducted by other studies. The author cites studies that show a significant correlation between job satisfaction and job recognition. There is also evidence to suggest that a lack of appropriate recognition reduces job satisfaction. The author also discusses how empowerment permits employees to formulate a greater role in the decision making process. By empower employees, not only do you give them more room to navigate without bureaucratic oversight, but you are also able to foster higher levels of organizational commitment. The author concludes his secondary research by tying all of these factors and making the statement that Recognition and empowerment play an essential part in enhancing employee motivation towards organizational tasks which will likely have a positive outcome on organizational performance.
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Mazoor, Q. (2012). Impact of Employees Motivation…
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Mazoor, Q. (2012). Impact of Employees Motivation on Organizational. Business Management and Strategy, 1-13.
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