Employee Motivation
Employee motivation is all about how engaged and empowered the employee feels towards achieving the goals in an organisation. There are two main types of employee motivation.
a. Intrinsic Motivation: The motivation that comes from an individual from within.
b. Extrinsic Motivation: Stimulated motivation of the individual by external factors such as rewards and recognition.
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| Figure1: 3 Types of Motivation (Source: Vengage Inc, 2021) |
A study has stated that employees have five levels of needs “physiological, safety, social, ego, and self- actualizing, from which, lower-level needs had to be satisfied before the next higher-level need which would then motivate employees” (Maslow, 1943 cited in Lindner, 1998).
Lindner (1998) has further stated that job satisfaction is influenced by motivators or intrinsic variables such as achievement and appreciation, whereas, work unhappiness is caused by hygiene or external factors such as income and job security. The study further stated that Herzberg's work categorized motivation into two factors: motivators and hygiene (Herzberg, Mausner, & Snyderman, 1959 cited in Lindner, 1998).
What can be done to motivate employees for employee retention?
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| Figure2: Employee Motivation (Source: Shahare, 2019) |
As concluded by Lindner (1998) in his study, regardless of which theory is being used, exciting work and good compensation appear to be crucial factors in center employees' motivation. Further he has stated that options such as job expansion, job enrichment, promotions, internal and external stipends, monetary and non-monetary rewards should be taken into consideration by leaders.
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| Figure3: Four emotional drivers, corresponding levers and actions (Source: Nohria et al., 2008) |
This will help increase the motivation of the employees who will then proactively provide their contribution towards achieving organisational goals, and this will ultimately help retain the skilled and experienced staff within the organisation for a longer period of time.
As per Nohria et al., (2008), for each of the four emotional drives that employees need to fulfill, companies have a primary organizational lever to use.
The table attached here with is taken from Nohria et al., (2008) study, which provides a link between the said drivers with its corresponding levers, and has provided the actions to be taken by an organisation.
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| Figure4: Employee Motivation (Source: JC Sweet & Co, 2021) |
The study concluded that “employee motivation is influenced
by a complex system of managerial and organizational factors” (Nohria et al.,
2008). Therefore, it is essential that the organisations work on their existing
policies and employee rewarding schemes which would help retain skilled and
experienced employees with thin the organisation as they already feel engaged
and empowered towards achieving the organisational objectives.
Conclusion
As explained in the above study, the employee motivation should be considered by the employers in organisations, in order to retain the skilled and experienced staff within the organisation. Since the individual requirements differ from person to person, it is the responsibility of the leaders in the organisation to identify the requirements of each individual and work towards embracing and empowering them through motivation, to retain a satisfied and motivated workforce within the organisation. Having a set of motivated employees in an organisation help turn the impossible to possible.
References
J.C. Sweet & Co, (2021) Managers Who Create Growth Opportunities See Greater Employee Engagement. [ONLINE]. Available at: https://www.tbmpayroll.com/2017/12/11/managers-create-growth-opportunities-see-greater-employee-engagement/ [Accessed 15 December 2021].
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