Employee Motivation & Job Satisfaction
Job satisfaction and motivation are two relatively broad concepts, however extremely important for individual employees, companies, and society, for employees, job satisfaction and motivation are important with respect to experiencing mastery and happiness (Scheers & Botha,2014). In order to do that highly satisfied work force is an absolutely need for achieving a high level of performance advancement of an organization, A satisfied employee can motivate to extend more effort to improve the performance (Pushpakumari,2008).
Where there is motivation, there is satisfaction with the Job: employees to feel more satisfied, a variety of incentives-material or moral should be offered by administration (Mashaqbah,2018).
In figure 01 explain,the satisfaction of one need leads to the feeling of another need, motivation is the goal directed behavior which leads to goal full-fillment & satisfaction, people feel job satisfaction when they receive positive feedback after job well done (Bajpai & Rajpot,2018).
Figure 1.0 – Need vs satisfaction.
(Source: Bajpai & Rajpot,2018).
Job satisfaction is the positive feeling about the work, a person who has high level job satisfaction can positively contribute to the organization & lead with the vision to achieve organization targets (Hidayah & Tobing,2018).
Figure 2.0 – Employee job satisfaction impact of Organizational performance.
(Source: Miah,2018)
Motivation will come from the gratification of the work itself or from the wish to achieve more money or being promoted, it also comes from the sense of satisfaction gained from completing something, or achieving a successful outcome (Elanga,2013).
The Company which I work is leading Glove Manufacturing company in Sri Lanka and which is highly concerned about employee motivation & job satisfaction. General workers of the company are receiving incentives monthly basis along with salaries based on month wise plant performance, Incentive % calculate based on the month performance of each Global business units. At the month end all employees are highly satisfied with the extra payment & motivate for next month to achieve higher % of incentive.
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Agreed, Every successful organization is built by a committed employee base, and the commitment is the outcome of motivation and job satisfaction. It is the energy that compels employees towards organizational goals (Varma, 2017). Job satisfaction is a fulfilling expression consequential of the consideration of one’s activity (Azash et al., 2011). Motivation also the positive influence of performance at the individual and group level that affecting the organizational performance (Risambessy et al., 2012).
ReplyDeleteYes Nivethini,motivation & job satisfaction are the key factors for performance achievement of any organization that influence workers to have maximum utilization of efforts to achieve organizational objectives(Rahman & Fatema & Ali,2019).
DeleteAdding to that job satisfaction have a direct impact on the productivity level of the employees. when the level of satisfaction is high they work well towards to achieve organizational objectives (Malik, Ahmad, Saif & Safwan, 2010)
ReplyDeleteYes Chanaka, A satisfied employees devotes himself to work & perform better & feel safe in the organization, productivity level is high,positively works to achieve organization objectives(Dzluba & Ingaldi & Zhuravskaya,2020).
DeleteWell said Sandun. The success of an organization will depend on the employee’s level of motivation in using their talents and abilities and employing them in the right areas. A positive motivation philosophy will support employees to achieve goals, gain positive perspective, create the power for change and build self-esteem and capability which will ultimately increase the productivity, quality and service of an organization. The organizations should concentrate on building positive team spirit, increase the sense of belonging and implement effective reward schemes to avoid creation of poor working morale (Osabiya, 2015).
ReplyDeleteSatisfaction can be defined as a emotional oriantation,greatly influencing employee motivation which influence productivity, many studies found employee motivation influences job satisfaction(Davidescu & Apostu & Paul,2020).
DeleteYes Sandun, And the job satisfaction depend what dgree they reach the basic needs best example can identify Maslow's need hierarchy.
ReplyDeleteThis theory says that humans are motivated by needs which are in hierarchical order from basic to higher order needs; humans address these consecutively starting with physiological, security, affiliation, esteem and topmost self-actualization (Rollinson 2008).
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ReplyDeleteAgree with you on the facts highlighted on the job satisfaction. Many studies have demonstrated an unusually large impact on the job satisfaction on the motivation of workers, while the level of motivation has an impact on productivity, and hence also on performance of business organizations. There is a considerable impact of the employees perceptions for the nature of his work and the level of overall job satisfaction. Financial compensation has a great impact on the overall job satisfaction of employees (Aziri, 2011)
ReplyDeleteAgree Chamara, job satisfaction & job preformation has positive correlation, when the job satisfaction is high job performance also high,that's why organization try to improve employee motivation for high satisfaction(Shaju & Subhashini,2017).
DeleteI agree with you. According to the (Jakobi, 2013),One of the critical factors to increase employee motivation are recognition and delegation. That will be a positive impact on the performance of the organization as well.
ReplyDeleteEmployee engagement is critical to any organization. Expanded on early work by differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Competence, autonomy, and psychological relatedness which are psychological needs, motivate the individual to initiate behavior essential for psychological health and well-being of an individual and if satisfied may lead to optimal function and growth (Ryan, 2015). The basic needs of satisfaction have been found to directly relate to dedication of employees (Vandenabeele, 2014).
ReplyDeleteYes,Employee engagement directly impact for organization success & often confused with happiness & satisfaction,real meaning of employee engagement is employee’s psychological investment in organization(Nasution & Absah,2019)
DeleteAgreed. Rewards and recognition programs keep high spirits among employees, boosts up their morale and create a linkage between performance and motivation of the employees. The basic purpose of recognition and reward program is to define a system to pay and communicate it to the employees so that they can link their reward to their performance which ultimately leads to employee’s job satisfaction (Danish and Usman, 2010)
ReplyDeleteYes Uddika,reward system can highly useful for employee motivation, that motivated employees automatically drive for job satisfaction & reach for the organization goals(Lee & Yang & Li,2017).
DeleteMotivation is usually said to have a relationship with job satisfaction (Aziri, 2011). However, the difference between the two is; 'Job Satisfaction is an emotional response that will result in broad behavioural actions towards working environment; while Motivation is behavioural actions that may return with specific emotional response' (Kian et al., 2014, p.100).
ReplyDeleteYes Arjun, job satisfaction is the emotional state that results from the achievement of job values, that will change on person to person, reason is each individual has different criteria for measuring job satisfaction(Abuhashesh & Dmour & Masa’deh,2019).
DeleteI do agree Sandun. Satisfaction refers to the overall positive feelings people have about an organization; It can be measured informally by listening to people talk or by asking them how they feel about the organization. It can also be measured through focus groups or by administering attitude surveys to employees, customers, and/or vendors. (Curtis.W.C. and Philip.L.H. 2001).
ReplyDeleteYes, Job satisfaction is closely linked to that individual's behavior in the work place, organization is measuring this using various techniques(Aziri,2011).
DeleteAgree Sandun, employee satisfaction is based on basic hygiene factors such as, salary, safety, job training and resources provided by the company to attract new employees and retain existing employees with good brand value. Job satisfaction creates the foundation for employee motivation with high level of involvement and passion towards completing daily tasks (Armstrong, 2014).
ReplyDeleteYes, Job satisfaction further defined happiness with one’s work, Job satisfaction is the key ingredient that leads to recognition, income, promotion and the achievement of other goals that lead to a feeling of fulfillment(Kaliski,2007).
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