An Empirical Study on the Factors That Affect Employee Motivation and Their Relationship with Job Performance

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1 International Journal of Management Sciences Vol. 1, No. 4, 2013, An Empirical Study on the Factors That Affect Employee Motivation and Their Relationship with Job Performance Lubna Javed 1, Nida Javed 2 Abstract This paper focuses on the importance of motivating the employees to get superior work behaviors in order to accomplish organization's goals. Motivation is caused in employees through various extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Today the employees in Pakistan seem to be demotivated because of various reasons. This study focuses on the identification of factors of motivation and the relation of motivation with job performance. The main findings of this study revealed that positive working environment, opportunity of gaining quality experience, alignment of skills and job done by the employees and benefit packages have a significant effect on the motivation and the job performance Key words: Motivation, work performance and rewards. 1. Introduction: Motivation in employees always remains an important factor when it comes to success and attainment of organization s goals. Motivation level in employees has decreased in Pakistan due to many reasons like financial means, poor staff management in organizations, lack of training and direction, a misbalance between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards, growing joblessness, speedy globalization, and bad economic conditions. To know the factors that cause motivation and their relation to the employee and organization s performance is the aim of this study. A survey technique is used to collect data Background to the Study Human resource is the most essential asset of any organization and managing and using assets affectively is one of the main functions of any organization. Motivating employees remains an important part in the function of managing the assets for the organization s performance. Baron (as cited in Shafi, 2011) emphasized that job performance and motivation are strongly connected. Without using and managing the human resource in a right way, it is difficult for the organizations to attain the goals as DeCenzo and Robbins (2005) also emphasize on the point that without the human resource, organizational targets cannot be achieved The word motivation is not simple and easy to understand. Different people have different definitions to the single word of Motivation. Motivation can be defined as the human behavior which is thrilled, aimed and is continuous ( Meija, Barkin & Cardy,2004) whereas, Tyson (2006) argues that motivation is a force inside the human beings which pushes them to behave in variety of ways. Tyson (2006) also agrees to the point of Meija et al. that one of the motivational behavior s characteristics is its certain direction. Similarly, Robbins and Judge (2008) agree that motivational process reports how much a person tries hard and for how long he tries to achieve a bendeficial goal. Motivation in employees serves as a competitive advantage in many of the successful organizations Now, there remains a question as to how motivation should be induced in the employees as Robbins, Judge and Sanghi (2007) assume that the question is not that if a person is motivated or not but its important to know the factors that motivate the employees.as the human resource is the most essential asset of an organization, their motivation should be the focal point for the managers to get superior work behavior and performances. As DeCenzo et al. highlight the goal of motivation function that is to provide a supporitve atmosphere of encouragement that pushes the skilled,updated, competent, knowledgable employees to put more efforts to attain the organizational goals.this study concludes the relation of motivation and employee s performance and the factors behind the motivational force in the employees. There are few important theories for the understanding of motivation and its factors. Three of them are Abraham Maslow theory, Fredrick Taylor theory and Herzberg two-factor theory. 1 Lecturer, Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Saud University 2 Research Scholar 2013 Research Academy of Social Sciences 114

2 International Journal of Management Sciences According to Frederick Winslow Taylor s main idea, monetary value can be a more important source of motivation and according to his theory of scientific management, there should be a special Training, control and supervision on the employees, breaking of bigger tasks to smaller tasks in order to get the work done. Another important and renowned theory of Abraham Maslow helps out the managers in understanding the level of employee s needs to be fulfilled in order to get them motivated. If a particular need is satisfied, the individual steps to another need to get motivated. According to Maslow s theory, there is a hierarchy of needs and once lower level of need is satisfied, higher level of need is generated. In employee s motivation context, managers should know the level of need of an employee to get them motivated because an employee who has physiological needs to be fulfilled will not be motivated if a manager will make a strategy which focuses on his social needs to be fulfilled to get him motivated. According to Herzberg, there are two factors that motivate employees in a work place which are motivators and hygiene factors. Motivators are the factors whose presence causes satisfaction and absence causes no satisfaction. Motivators are so called the intrinsic rewards. Motivators include; recognition, sense of achievement, growth and promotional opportunities, responsibility and meaningfulness of the work where as the hygiene factors are those factors which are essential for a working environment to have. Presence of hygiene factors prevents dissatisfaction in employees and their absence causes dissatisfaction. Hygiene factors include; pay/salaries, company policies and administrative policies, physical working conditions, status, interpersonal relations and job Security. In the employee motivation context, Two-Factor theory guides the managers to assure the sufficiency of hygiene factors to avoid dissatisfaction and meanwhile, the nature of work should also be focused to be exciting and rewarding enough to grab the attention, hard work and superior and productive actions of the employees. This theory also emphasizes upon jobenrichment to motivate the employees. Employee s skills and competencies should be used to its maximum. Essentially successful work behaviors can be produced if the managers consider motivators and hygiene factors to be an important tool. Statement of the Problem Today many of the employees seem to be de motivated with their work or job. This de motivation leads organizations towards the failure and bad performance. Manzoor, Awan, and Mariam (2012) state that employees of all areas are dealing with stress and hence their performance is getting effected. According to Broni and Nanyele (2012), accompalishing and managing good performance of employees to accompalish organizational goals is a difficult job for the managers Furthermore, Buchanan (as cited in Broni, 2012) finds that psychologists of the organizations are trying very hard for at least 50 years to get along with the relationship between motivation and job performance. To overcome this problem, many organizations are tailoring effective strategies and techniques. Objectives of the Study There are two objectives of this study which are as follows: Research Questions Hypothesis Significance of the Study i. To investigate the factors of motivation in Pakistani employees. ii. To investigate the relationship between employee s job performance and motivation. i. What are the factors that affect employee s motivation? ii. What is the relationship between employee s job performance and motivation? There is a relationship between employee motivation and job performance The concept of motivation in employees is grabbing a lot of attention and space in the strategic human management environment of the organizations. Tella, Ayeni, and Popoola (2007) emphasized on the need of making employees satisfied and dedicated to the work they do in order to get them motivated at different stages. The findings of this study will help the organizations to know the factors of motivation in employees and the relation between employee motivation and work performance. So this study will be useful for the managers to make effective strategies for employee motivation, an important tool to attain the organization s goals as Tella et al. (2007) suggest that by knowing the motivational sources of people, managers can set tasks and rewards accordingly. 115

3 Limitation and Delimitation of the Study L. Javed & N. Javed This study is delimited to the employees studying in one Private University of Karachi. Sample size and time frame had been the two major limitations of this study. Sample size of 50 couldn t get easily generalized over the entire population of Karachi s professionals. Time frame of four months along with other courses to study was quite short to gather more detailed data to make the study more interesting. 2. Review of Related Literature The literature review in this study will discuss the argumentative comments of different researchers on the theories of motivation and the affect of motivation on the performance of employees. These results from this literature review will help managers in designing solutions and methodologies to motivate the employees. According to the study conducted by Eisenberger, Rhoades, and Cameron (1999), factors such as good performance, high perceived self-determination, and performance-reward expectancy positively impact employees intrinsic motivation. In other words, if employees expect to be rewarded for performing a task well, their motivation will increase to perform it well. However, Mayo (as cited in Riley, 2012) states that Fredrick, in his theory ignored the point of meeting employees social needs in order to get them motivated. However, Tella et al. explains that Taylor also introduced incentive systems to produce better performance, dedication, and contentment in workers. In support of Mayo and contradiction to the Fredrick Theory, Al-Harthy (2008) proves that motivation caused by appreciation has exceeded salary and benefit packages with a significant 10 % point difference. Similarly Chen, Wu and Chen ( 2010) state that factors like encouraging work environment which makes the work interesting, the feeling of accompalishment through demanding task, are usually neglected by the manager. However, the researcher of this study observed that financial motivational sources also bring most constructive individual s creative behavior. In addition to the above discussion of motivation, Tella et al. with respect to the Abraham Maslow s theory declares that, motivation is what pushes the employees in accomplishing and satisfying the needs as Hansmann (2010) states that Maslow assumes humans to be continuously motivated by needs. If a particular need is satisfied, the individual steps to another need to get motivated. Furthermore Hansmann (2010) clarifies about Maslow s theory that along with the hierarchically arranged needs, Maslow emphasized on the need for the consideration and knowledge of the needs which has an impact on interest and motivation. Now, when the researcher has mentioned as to what is motivation and how it s been effected through different factors or what are the different factors gathered from different theories of motivation effect motivation in employees, researcher moves on to the importance of motivation in employees to perform better and accomplish organizational goals along with personal goals. According to Adewunmi, Omotuyole and John (2011), Job satisfaction and motivation are major determining factors that assist in channeling the employee efforts towards the attainment of organizational goal. Similarly, Tella et al. (2007) consider motivation as a factor which affects the individual s performance, However, there are other important factors also which should be considered for example individual s ability and compitency, funds and working situations. In addition to this, Chen et al. (2010) indicate that creative behavior at special levels is been effected by the motivation while doing the job. However, Meija et al. (2004) highlight that manager should have a clear understanding of work motivation because employees with higher motivation produce a superior quality product or service than employees who lack in motivation. So, the researcher concludes that motivation in employees is brought through a combination of both, the extrinsic and the intrinsic rewards. Organizational performance and its goal s achievement depend upon the will and motivation of employees to achieve the personal goals aligned with the achievement of the organizational goals. Without motivation, employees will be doing jobs just for the sake of necessity but not for the success of organization which will finally result in dissatisfaction and decreased loyalty at ends, the manager and the employee. 116

4 3. Research Methodology International Journal of Management Sciences This study aims to find out the factors that affect employee motivation and the relation of motivation with employee performance. Quantitative data collection technique was used. Primary and secondary data was collected in this study. Primary data was gathered through survey with structured and closed-ended questionnaires whereas the secondary data was collected through various past studies. Primary data collection technique was used to collect an accurate and reliable data for analysis and the secondary data was collected for the purpose of gathering some background knowledge. Survey technique was selected to get a good amount of data within the given span of time. The collected data will fulfill the purpose of this study by presenting the factors that motivate the employees and the relation of motivation with the performance. Population and sampling Technique The population involved in this study was the business students studying in one private university of Karachi, Pakistan. University s evening students was the sample used for this study. Random sampling technique was used in this study to collect the data. The sample size was 50.University s evening students were selected because of the reason that mostly evening students are professionals. Research Instrument The instrument was adapted from unpublished masters theses of one private university of Karachi, Pakistan. Research instrument used in this study is a five point Lickert scale close ended structured questionnaire in which option 1= strongly Disagree, 2= Disagree, 3=Undecided, 4= Agree and 5=Strongly Agree. Instrument consists of 19 items. There were two sections of the instrument, A and B. Part A consisted of demographics which include gender, age, profession and living area, Part B consisted of 19 items. The items were included on the basis of their connection with the topic. It was made sure that the items in the instrument answer the research questions and are easily understandable for the respondents. Instrument s Reliability Items in the instrument constantly proceed towards the answers for the research questions. Responses to the items in the instrument constantly served the main purpose of this study i.e. to know the factors of motivation and the relation between motivation and performance of an employee. It took five visits with the field expert in total to ensure that the instrument s items are related to study objective and serve the purpose of study. Approval to collect data was given after important changes in the instrument s consent part, demographics section, five point Lickert scale format and in the part of source of instrument. Ethical Consideration Before the collection of data, respondents consent was taken. They were been informed the reason and intention of this study. It was made sure that the respondents confidentially should be maintained and there should be no harm to the respondents in any case. Even in the instrument, all the factors which might affect respondent s confidentiality were considered and eliminated. Research Procedure Quantitative data collection technique was used in this study. Among many primary data collection techniques, survey technique was selected. The targeted population was the students of one private university of Karachi, Pakistan. The sample was the evening students of the private university. Research instrument used in this study is a five point Lickert scale close ended structured questionnaire. After checking the reliability of the instrument, permission was taken for the data collection. Data was collected from the respondents by using the random sampling technique. The data was collected in two visits. After the data collection, the collected data went through a process of physical cleaning. The response rate 88%.After the physical cleaning the remaining data went through a process of keying it into IBM SPSS, Statistical Product and Service Solutions, version 20.Frequency,cross tab and mean reporting tables were used to report the findings and then to analyze the data. 4. Data Analysis and Statistical Tool Descriptive means, frequencies and cross tabulations were obtained and examined through IBM SPSS, Statistical Product and Service Solutions, version 20 to analyze the factors of motivation in employees and their relation with the performance of employees. 117

5 Findings L. Javed & N. Javed Findings of this study showed the responses of the employees studying in private universities of Karachi, Pakistan; every item of the instrument was evaluated on the basis of gender. Data from the respondents was gathered through the survey technique by using the five point Lickert scale questionnaire where 1= Strongly Disagree; 2 = Disagree; 3 = Undecided; 4 = Agree; and 5= Strongly Agree Table 1: Demographics of the employees studying in private universities Demographics f % Gender Male Female Age less than 18 years 18-23years 24-27years 28-31years 32-35years Over 36years Part of country Rural Urban Table 2: Items in the instruments 1 I first look towards the extrinsic rewards the intrinsic rewards while selecting a job 2 Attractive benefit packages boost my motivation to work hard 3 Learning opportunities motivate me more than attractive benefit packages 4 My financial needs are the main motivating factor for good performance in a job 5 Job security motivates me to perform higher 6 I am eager to gain quality experience 7 Better learning opportunities motivate me more than attractive salaries 8 I feel motivated if job requirements are aligned with my skills. 9 If I am granted autonomy, I will be motivated 10 A good relationship with whom I work is a motivating factor 11 My financial appraisal is an important way to help me to continuously improve 12 Appreciation and recognition motivate me more than financial benefits 13 The personality of my supervisor comforts me more than the monetary benefits 14 A positive working environment is important for me to perform well on my job 15 I make sacrifices today to benefit my future 16 Promotion in future attracts me more than the job security 17 My motivation directly effects my performance level 18 I perform well whether I am satisfied and motivated with my job or not 19 I believe motivation and performance are strongly interrelated Source: Adapted from, Khan. H. (2011). Impact of incentives on employee motivation. Unpublished Master s Theses, IQRA University, Pakistan Table 1 shows that among 44 respondents, 37 were male respondents and 7 were female respondents according to gender. There was no respondent of the age below 18. There were 7respondents with the age of 18-23years, 29 respondents with the age of 24-27years, 4 respondents with the age of 28-31years, 2 respondents with the age of

6 Items Strongly Disagree=1 Disagree=2 Undecided=3 Agree= 4 Strongly Agree=5 International Journal of Management Sciences 35years and 2 respondents with the age of over 36.The table further demonstrates that all the 44 respondents were professionals or business persons. With respect to the part of country where the respondents live, 6respondents live in rural part and the rest of the 38 respondents live in urban part of the country. Table 3: Responses of the students studying in private university of Karachi on the basis of gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%) 1 3(8.1) 1(14.3) 4(10.8) 2(28.6) 10(27.0) - 14(37.8) 4(57.1) 6(16.2) - 2 2(5.4) 1(14.3) 3(8.1) - 3(8.1) - 13(35.1) 4(57.1) 16(43.2) 2(28.6) 3-1(14.3) 7(18.9) - 4(10.8) 1(14.3) 22(59.5) 4(57.1) 4(10.8) 1(14.3) 4 1(2.7) 1(14.3) 4(10.8) 2(28.6) 3(8.1) 1(14.3) 19(51.4) 3(42.9) 10(27.0) - 5 4(10.8) 1(14.3) 5(13.5) 1(14.3) 3(8.1) - 10(27.0) 2(28.6) 15(40.5) 3(42.9) 6 1(2.7) 1(14.3) - - 5(13.5) - 14(37.8) 3(42.9) 17(45.9) 3(42.9) 7 2(5.4) 1(14.3) 5(13.5) - 6(16.2) 1(14.3) 16(43.2) 4(57.1) 8(21.6) 1(14.3) 8 1(2.7) 1(14.3) 1(2.7) - 1(2.7) - 20(54.1) 2(28.6) 14(37.8) 4(57.1) 9 2(5.4) 1(14.3) 2(5.4) - 6(16.2) 1(14.3) 22(59.5) 4(57.1) 5(13.5) 1(14.3) 10-1(14.3) 3(8.1) - 4(10.8) - 24(64.9) 5(17.43) 6(16.2) 1(14.3) 11 1(2.7) 1(14.3) 3(8.1) - 5(13.5) 1(14.3) 13(35.1) 5(71.4) 15(40.5) (2.7) 1(14.3) 8(21.6) - 8(21.6) - 13(35.1) 4(57.1) 7(18.9) 2(28.6) 13 3(8.1) 1(14.3) 10(27.0) 1(14.3) 5(13.5) 1(14.3) 16(43.2) 3(42.9) 3(8.1) 1(14.3) 14-1(14.3) 1(2.7) - 3(8.1) - 17(45.9) 3(42.9) 16(43.2) 3(42.9) 15 3(8.1) 1(14.3) 3(8.1) 2(28.6) 4(10.8) - 11(29.47) 1(14.3) 16(43.2) 3(42.9) 16 2(5.4) - 5(13.5) 2(28.6) 2(5.4) 2(28.6) 16(43.2) 2(28.6) 12(32.4) 1(14.3) 17 1(2.7) - 3(8.1) 1(14.3) 4(10.8) - 14(37.8) 3(42.9) 15(40.5) 3(42.9) 18 5(13.5) 2(28.6) 9(24.3) 2(28.6) 5(13.5) 1(14.3) 18(48.6) 2(28.6) (10.8) 1(14.3) 1(2.7) - 4(10.8) - 18(48.6) 3(42.9) 10(27.0) 3(42.9) According to table no.3, the responses to statement no.1 i.e. I first look towards the extrinsic rewards the intrinsic rewards while selecting a job, showed that 7 male and 3 female respondents disagree while 20 males and 4 female respondents agree and 10 respondents are indecisive about the statement. For statement no.2 i.e. attractive benefit packages boost my motivation to work hard, 5male respondents and 1 female respondent disagree while 3 respondents were indecisive and 29 male and 6 female respondents agree. For statement no.3 i.e. learning opportunities motivate me more than attractive benefit packages, 7male respondents and 1female respondent disagree to the statement; 5respondents are indecisive about the statement while 26 male and 5 female respondents agree to the statement. For statement no.4 i.e. 5male and 3 female respondents disagree, 4 respondents are indecisive about the statement while 29 male and 3 female respondents agree to the statement. For statement no.5 i.e. job security motivates me to perform higher, 9male and 2 female respondents disagree with the statement, 3 respondents are indecisive while 25 male and 5 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.6 i.e. I am eager to gain quality experience, 1 male and 1 female respondent disagree, 5 respondents are indecisive about the statement while 31 male and 6 female respondents agree to the statement. For statement no.7 i.e. better learning opportunities motivate me more than attractive salaries, 7 male respondents and 1 female respondent disagree, 7 respondents are indecisive about the statement while 24 male respondents and 5 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.8 i.e. I feel motivated if job requirements are aligned with my skills, 2male respondents and 1 female respondent disagree with the statement, 1 respondent is indecisive about the statement whereas 34 male respondents and 6 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.9 i.e. if I am granted autonomy, I will be motivated, 4male respondents and 1 female respondent disagree, 7 respondents are indecisive about the statement while 27 male respondents and 5 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.10 i.e. a good relationship with whom 119

7 L. Javed & N. Javed I work is a motivating factor, 3male respondents and 1 female respondent, 4 respondents are indecisive about the statement while 30 male respondents and 6 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.11 i.e. my financial appraisal is an important way to help me to continuously improve, 4male respondents and 1 female respondent disagree, 6 respondents are indecisive about the statement while 28 male respondents and 5 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.12 i.e. appreciation and recognition motivate me more than financial benefits, 9male respondents and 1 female respondent disagree, 8 respondents are indecisive about the statement while 20 male respondents and 6 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.13 i.e. the personality of my supervisor comforts me more than the monetary benefits, 13 male respondents and 2 female respondents disagree, 6 respondents are indecisive about the statement and 19 male respondents and 4 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.14 i.e. a positive working environment is important for me to perform well on my job, 1 male respondent and 1 female respondent disagree with the statement and 3respondents are indecisive about the statement while 33 male respondents and 6 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.15 i.e. I make sacrifices today to benefit my future, 6 male respondents and 3 female respondents disagree with the statement, 4respondents are indecisive about the statement and 27 male respondents and 4 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.16 i.e. I make sacrifices today to benefit my future, 7 male respondents and 2 female respondents disagree with the statement, 4respondents are indecisive about the statement and 28 male respondents and 3 female respondents agree with the statement i.e. my motivation directly affects my performance level, 4 male respondents and 1 female respondent disagree with the statement, 4respondents are indecisive about the statement and 29 male respondents and 6 female respondents agree with the statement. For statement no.18 i.e I perform well whether I am satisfied and motivated with my job or not, 14 male respondents and 4 female respondents, 6 respondents are indecisive about the statement and 18 male respondents and 2 female respondents strongly agree with the statement. For statement no.19 i.e. I believe motivation and performance are strongly interrelated, 5 male respondents and 1female respondent disagree and 4 respondents are indecisive about the statement whereas, 28 male respondents and 6 female respondents strongly agree with the statement. Table 4: Mean Ratings of factors of motivation and their relation with professionals studying in private university Mean Ratings Overall Motivational factors and their relation with performance Gender Mean Male Female Ratings Priority of extrinsic rewards over the intrinsic rewards in the selection of a job Motivation to work hard through benefit packages Motivation through learning opportunities is greater than the motivation through benefit packages Financial needs are the main motivating factor for good performance in a job Job security motivates to perform higher Eager to gain quality experience Learning opportunities motivate more than attractive salaries Motivated if job requirements are aligned with skills Having autonomy causes motivation Motivation because of good relationship with working partner Mean Ratings Overall Motivational factors and their relation with performance Gender Mean Male Female Ratings Financial appraisal, an important factor in continuous improvement Appreciation and recognition motivate more than financial benefits Priority of supervisor s personality over the monetary benefits in making an employee comfortable A positive working environment affects positively on job performance

8 International Journal of Management Sciences Making sacrifices today to benefit future Promotion in future attracts more than the job security Motivation directly affects the performance level Performance is not affected by motivation Motivation and performance are strongly interrelated Table 4 shows the overall mean ratings of factors of motivation and their relation with the performance of the employees studying in private university of Karachi.37 male and 7 female participated in this study. The table clearly shows that the male respondents have significantly higher mean ratings on items: priority of extrinsic rewards over the intrinsic rewards in the selection of a job (3.43), motivation to work hard through benefit packages (4.03), financial needs are the main motivating factor for good performance in a job (3.89), eager to gain quality experience (4.24), motivated if job requirements are aligned with skills (4.22), having autonomy causes motivation (3.70), motivation because of good relationship with working partner (3.89), Financial appraisal, an important factor in continuous improvement (4.03), a positive working environment affects positively on job performance (4.30), making sacrifices today to benefit future (3.92), promotion in future attracts more than the job security (3.84) and performance is not affected by motivation (2.97), almost equal on items: motivation through learning opportunities is greater than the motivation through benefit packages ( m=3.62; f=3.57), job security motivates to perform higher ( m=3.73; f=3.71) and learning opportunities motivate more than attractive salaries ( m=3.62; f=3.57). Table 5: Overall mean ratings of the factors of motivation and their relation with the performance of employees in Rank Order. Motivational factors and their relation with performance Overall Mean Ratings A positive working environment affects positively on job performance 4.25 Eager to gain quality experience 4.20 Motivated if job requirements are aligned with skills Motivation directly affects the performance level 4.07 Motivation to work hard through benefit packages 4.00 Financial appraisal, an important factor in continuous improvement Motivation because of good relationship with working partner 3.86 Making sacrifices today to benefit future 3.84 Motivation and performance are strongly interrelated 3.82 Promotion in future attracts more than the job security 3.75 Financial needs are the main motivating factor for good performance in a job 3.73 Job security motivates to perform higher 3.73 Having autonomy causes motivation 3.68 Learning opportunities motivate more than attractive salaries 3.61 Motivation through learning opportunities is greater than the motivation through benefit packages Appreciation and recognition motivate more than financial benefits 3.52 Priority of extrinsic rewards over the intrinsic rewards in the selection of a job Priority of supervisor s personality over the monetary benefits in making an employee comfortable Performance is not affected by motivation 2.89 Female respondents have higher mean rating than male respondents on items: appreciation and recognition motivate more than financial benefits (3.86), priority of supervisor s personality over the monetary benefits in making 121

9 L. Javed & N. Javed an employee comfortable (3.29), motivation directly affects the performance level (4.14) and motivation and performance are strongly interrelated (4). Table 5 shows the ranking order for the importance of factors of motivation and their relation with the performance for the employees studying in one private university of Karachi. It is clear from the table that positive work environment has strong impact on the job performance followed by the eagerness of gaining quality experience than the aligning of job requirements with the skills. Both the male and female employees studying in one private university of Karachi strongly believe that motivation directly affects the performance level and benefit packages cause motivation followed by the financial appraisal for continuous improvement, motivation because of good relationship with working partner, readiness for sacrificing today to benefit future. Both the male and female employees studying in one private university of Karachi believe that motivation and performance are strongly interrelated. Moreover, the ranking order is been followed in the way like Promotion in future and financial needs, autonomy, learning opportunities rather than the benefit packages, appreciation and recognition more than the financial needs, priority of extrinsic rewards over the intrinsic rewards while selecting a job. Priority of supervisor s personality over the monetary benefits in making an employee comfortable has not got higher rating and the item with the least rating is that of performance is not affected by motivation. Discussion The findings of this study follow the framework of Herzberg two-factor theory which is discussed earlier in the literature review which states that employees are motivated by two factors. One is motivator, the intrinsic rewards and the other is hygiene factors which are the extrinsic rewards hence the motivation in employees studying in one private university of Karachi prove to be a balanced package of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards because according to table no.5, the job performance and motivation are significantly affected by positive working environment, opportunity of gaining quality experience, alignment of skills and job done by the employees and also through benefit packages. Similarly it is proved by Sofat (2012) in her study of motivation on employee performance and Organizational, factors that affect employee motivation are salary, job protection, promotion and appreciation as well as consideration, bonuses and independence. This is similar to the previous study by Eisenberger, Rhoades, and Cameroon (2009) which determined that rewards/pay for performance increase motivation among employees. The findings also showed that 80% employees consider performance to be directly affected by motivation. This result is similar to the study of Sofat (2012) in which 90% of the employees agreed to the point that motivation and performance are related and therefore the organizational productivity is also affected with the level of motivation. In addition to this Manzoor (2012) in her study of Impact of employees motivation on organizational effectiveness concludes that motivated employees are good for a company s future overall performance and for the outcome of all their assigned tasks. It is evident with the higher mean rating of the male on item no.1, 2, 4, and 11 and lower mean rating on item no.12 and13 in table no. 4 that male employees value extrinsic rewards and benefits more for motivation rather than the intrinsic reward however, the male employees are more motivated with the learning opportunities also. Both male and female employees are motivated if their job is aligned with their skills. Bull (as cited in Danish and Usman, 2010) state that employees feel satisfied and motivated when they participate in difficult tasks where they practice their expertise and talents. However, intrinsic rewards have their own contribution in the motivating process for employees. Following the framework of Abraham Maslow s theory which is discussed in the literature review and the findings of Hansmann (2010), this study shows that employees are motivated by needs which are evident from the strong positive responses on item no.4 in table no.3. Job security motivates both the male and female employees almost equally. Male employees are more eager to gain quality experience as shown in table no.4 with higher mean rating on item no.6.male employees are more motivated than the female employees if they are granted autonomy as shown in table 4 on item no.9.male employees, on item no.10 in table no.4 show significantly higher mean rating on the point of motivation because of good relationship with working partner because males need to socialize more than the female employees. Chances of promotion affect the motivation level in male employees more but it also affect on employees regardless of their gender as Danish and Usman (2010) identify that there is a positive relation between opportunities of promotion and the motivation at job. Appreciation and recognition affects the employees motivation but it has a significant effect on the female employees. As, Danish et al. further examine a positive relation between recognition and motivation. 122

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