The Impact of Workers Motivation on Effective Performance in an Organization

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VII, July 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

The Impact of Workers Motivation on Effective Performance in an Organization

Esther James
Department of Business Management Education, Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, Nigeria

Abstract: – This study seeks to find out the Impact of Workers Motivation on Organizational Performance. Specifically, it is to establish the presence of a reasonable incentive scheme to motivate the workers, to find out if workers’ performance can be increased without any incentives being offered and to recommend any other ways of motivating workers for optimum performance. Conclusions and recommendations on how to improve the living standard and Impact of Motivation on an Organizational Performance were given.

Keywords: Incentives, Motivation, Productivity, Morale, Job Satisfaction, Fringe Benefits.

I. INTRODUCTION

Motivation is a concept in administration is used as a driving need or satisfaction that encourages workers to work harmoniously, effectively, efficiently and harder in their anticipation for higher rewards. Motivation is therefore derived from the word ‘’motive” when it is constructed or drive or force that leads to certain behavior directed towards some goal. This energetic behavior is assumed that there is some kind of needs, wants or desires to be fulfilled. The term’ ‘need” and want to suggest a lack of something which attainment of the goal will presumably satisfy. In a nutshell motivation on influence is a force that gives rise to behavior.
Several factors could be responsible for either the low or high performance of employees in an organization. Such factors include principally motivation, mal – Administration (management), environment or the setting of the organization. However, existing theories such as Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy, Herzberg, M.C is an ‘’Achievement theory to mention but a few on motivation couple with this research findings, would no doubt create an understanding of the relationship between motivation and performance.

II. CONCEPT OF MOTIVATION

Motivation is that emerging force that induces or completes and maintains behavior. It is an internal state that energizes, activate or moves and that direct or channel behavior towards goals, it is also a general term applying to the entire class of drives, desire, needs, wishes, and similar force, likewise, to say that manager motivate their subordinates is to say that they do those things which they hope will satisfy these drives and desire and induces the subordinate to act in a desired manner.

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