Job satisfaction and employee performance in an organization is interrelated. Job satisfaction can be described as a psychological state of an individual working in an organisational environment. It is strongly related to one’s feelings and commitment toward the job that the person is doing. It also relies on certain intrinsic and extrinsic elements which revolve around a quality of job delivered by an employee. To achieve organisational goals and objectives job satisfaction and employee satisfaction goes hand in hand in recent times. Employees in an organisation can only be satisfied if they are satisfied with their job and other organisational deliverables. This research study strongly aims of the vivid factors of job satisfaction and employee satisfaction. There are a few elements that affect employee satisfaction, likely the benefits of the job, pay of the job, work environment, relationship with the supervisors or manager and the other employees. Employee satisfaction strongly banks on the organisational deliverables as well which can be plans of incentive, security plan of the employees, active interpersonal communication and favourable atmosphere of the environment where the employees are working and positive approach towards Human Resource Management (HRM).
This research study is based on the job performance of an employee in an organisation and the satisfaction of employees which is later followed by the performance of the job. Employee satisfaction is also related to the environment an employee is working in and the relation between the boss and the employees (Abbas 2014). There are a few elements that affect employee satisfaction, likely the benefits of the job, pay of the job, work environment, relationship with the supervisors or manager and the other employees. This research study widely talks about the structure of the organisation that is directly related to employee satisfaction.
Research Aims:
Objectives of the Research:
Job Performance
Job Performance connotes how well a employee functions in an association. The great execution prompts the development of the association and awful execution prompts the poor improvement of the association. In any case, execution isn’t same as the result. The execution of the employee is the way they have comprehended their activity, and are satisfying them. but rather how they have learnt the aptitude of their activity is the thing that issues here. According to Atmojo (2015), the execution additionally relies upon the inside elements, similar to their eagerness, their readiness to carry out the activity, their demeanours and conduct. Be that as it may, other outside powers, likewise work here, similar to the work culture, the colleagues, and the supervision of the seniors. The workplace, if is loaded with grimy legislative issues, it occupies the consideration of the representative. These influence the dedicated employee, which influences them to lose their productivity, corrupting their activity execution. The representatives when don’t get the due kudos for their diligent work, they get debilitated, and it influences them to lose enthusiasm for their work. According to the perspective of Cullen et al. (2014), this hence influences their working procedure, which does not draw out the best from them. The supervisor when discovers that the profitability of the representatives are diminishing, they in this way present different preparing programs, motivational procedures to energize the employees, and help them carry out their activity productively. Employment execution is the consequence of the diligent work one is putting in their regular occupation. The representative if isn’t putting forth a valiant effort; it influences their activity execution adversely. It doesn’t give them a chance to enhance their work, which thus does not give the association a chance to develop. According to Bhave (2016), if the representative is working hard, giving their best to their assigned occupations, it is making a decent effect at work execution of the employee. The general job performance does not just suggest the development and position of the representative in the association; however it likewise encourages the business to develop.
Factors considered for job performance
The general population in the higher position in the lodging business when discovering that the representatives are putting their earnest attempts to their designated occupations, or are inadequate with regards to some required aptitudes; they at that point present different preparing abilities and motivational projects. According to Bowling et al. (2015), this at that point urges the representatives to work harder and all the more proficiently, addressing the necessities of the hierarchical objectives. Be that as it may, before executing these projects, the explanations for their poor occupation execution must be distinguished. There are numerous variables that influence the activity execution and they are as per the following-
Abilities and information: Sometimes it may happen that the representatives don’t have the required aptitude or learning that is required for the said work. They, along these lines, think that it is hard to carry out their activity legitimately, and it sets aside a considerable measure of opportunity to comprehend the genuine activity. Their wastefulness does not give them a chance to exceed expectations in the working environment, and this, subsequently, influences the whole association.
Elucidation of the activity part: Many representatives are not exactly mindful of their activity parts; they are not ready to comprehend their parts and obligations towards their activity, either because of their absence of aptitudes and information or because of their lack of engagement in the activity. They at that point don’t get the motivation to work further.
Work atmosphere: The work culture is imperative for the representatives since when a positive and amicable condition is made in the workplace, it facilitates the employee giving them certainty and eagerness to work harder. While, as remarked by Breevaart et al. (2016), a negative mood, where the representatives are occupied with legislative issues, condemning and controlling others, there the consideration and enthusiasm to work get overflows out.
States of mind of the employee: The execution of the activity relies upon the readiness of the representative to work. The employees, in the event that they are not keen on learning and developing, their execution will never make strides.
Apparatuses and assets: Incentives, rewards, acknowledgments affect the execution of the representatives, as the different instruments and assets persuade them to work harder. This goes about as vitality promoters that inspire them, to work harder.
Concept and significance of motivation for employee satisfaction
Employee motivation, as the term recommends is the procedure or process by which a representative can be persuaded by the seniors. In any case, the motivation can be given through rousing and empowering words, or it can be given through motivators, rewards for their hard works. As indicated by Dugguh & Dennis (2014), some of the time, leaves, refreshments likewise make a decent effect on the viability of crafted by the representatives. They turn out to be more dedicated to their works, conveying accomplishment to the association, even at the season of contracting.
In each association, one next to the other with clients, the fulfilment and joy of the representatives remain the key factor in conveying development to the association. As indicated by Fabi, Lacoursière & Raymond (2015), the representatives if are not treated well by the chiefs, the representatives won’t not want to work. This can lead them to leave the activity. The effective employees accordingly are empowered by money related impetuses or different prizes. Additionally, the wasteful, untalented representatives are likewise propelled through empowering words, preparing projects, et cetera. Annoying them can make a terrible effect on the psyche, working style of the employee. This can likewise prompt the awful name and notoriety of the association, or the supervisor. Notwithstanding, according to Fu & Deshpande (2014), the administrators are additionally very much aware of the reality, that no two individuals will be roused by the same motivational systems. That is the reason, the driving components that propel every one of the representatives are discovered by the administrators. Some may get roused by rewards, acknowledgment, similar to ‘representative of the month’ or motivators, and some may favour more opportunity to go through with their family and companions. The supervisors, for the last sort of individuals, actualize programs that give adequate time to go through with the relatives, incorporate different leaves et cetera. Here and there, an agreeable and loose condition in the work environment is additionally attractive. According to the perspective of Huang et al. (2016), the representatives when, are recognized for their right and fair work, it as a human instinct, influences them to rest easy. Thus, for their blunders, the directors redress them and help them to do their work all the more successfully. Their criticisms and protests in regards to the workplace or the conduct of the seniors likewise assist the directors with finding out the purposes for the de motivation of the representatives.
Factors affecting Employee motivation
Different elements influence motivation bringing about the compelling work of the representatives.
Strengthening: The HR are best used through strengthening; the capacity to take one’s choices. The workers when to feel that they are essential to the association, and their suppositions, perspectives are fundamental for the choices makings; they are then been enabled. As contended by Khamisa et al. (2015), on the off chance that they are overlooked, or their suppositions are not given significance, it can demoralize them. Enabled representatives, can put their earnest attempts to the work, giving best and imaginative thoughts. They feel more dedicated towards their work, with an awareness of other expectations.
Cooperation: The whole association is seen as a group, in this manner when one representative falls flat at work, the whole association comes up short, to give the aggregate exertion of the achievement. In a group of representatives, when few of the workers are languid, include in governmental issues, or are occupied with tormenting the persevering ones, it influences the whole group contrarily. In any case, when one part works with commitment, it rouses alternate representatives too.
Ceaseless preparing: According to Korschun (2014), each worker isn’t very much prepared and educated in their individual fields. Rather than demoralizing them, they are furnished with spurring words, and different preparing programs. This will enhance them, and will likewise assemble information that isn’t known to them.
Prizes and acknowledgment programs: Employees work for their money related pick up this is one of the main impetus that keep the representatives perform. In this manner, when they are acquainted with prizes, acknowledgments, or some other non-financial materials, they are urged to work all the more, proficiently.
Theory Related to Job Performance
Campbell’s theory of job performance
Figure 1: Campbell’s theory of job performance
(Source: Pan 2015)
Campbell alongside some different scientists spread a hypothesis to gauge the execution of the workers. The conduct and the activity of the representatives that are estimated meets the hierarchical objectives. These exhibitions are multidimensional and these measurements incorporate the accompanying activities.
Decisive information: according to LePine et al. (2016), the information workers should have with respect to their occupations and the activity parts. For example the certainties, standards, objectives of the distributed activity, of the association etc
Procedural learning: One applies the characteristic abilities while doing their occupations, similar to the psychomotor aptitude, physical abilities, and the aptitudes to deal with their employments. Their abilities to collaborate with the colleagues are additionally included here. These two sorts of information rely upon the capacity, identity, encounter, training of the workers, and that is the reason these change from individual to individual.
Inspiration: These are simply the activities took after by the enthusiasm to work, and giving endeavours appropriately. The representatives if does not perform well, it will influence their execution.
H1: Positive Hypothesis
In a given organisation job performance of an employee can be motivated through various strategies that are adopted by organisations to empower employees to give them all the benefits they deserve. In this way any organisation can retain employees for years to keep the organisation up and running. Organisations can bring in many reforms in the organisational structure like a dedicated payroll team to look after the payments of the employees, security measures, health benefit in the organisation and interpersonal skills. These strategies will keep the employees motivated which in turn will enhance employee satisfaction.
H0: Negative Hypothesis
If in an organisation employees are not motivated or there is no proper organisational structure it can hamper job performance which can have a dull employee satisfaction. Without a dedicated payroll team can hamper the pay scale structure of an organisation which in turn can affect the employees of the organisation. Security measures, if absent in an organisation can hamper the employee satisfaction. Health benefit plans if not introduced can hamper job performance on a large scale. Lastly, if poor interpersonal skills are absent in an organisation, the relationship between an employee and the boss can degrade with time and it gets harder to retain employees in the organisation.
Methodology in an examination is essential as there is an essential prerequisite to talk about manners by which the accompanying exploration is held. It has been gained that specific hierarchical appraisal is positive with look into plans, methodologies and techniques that includes better unmistakable determination of high quality dessert creation. The accompanying exploration approach and proposition is permitting to execute the whole research with pertinent wellsprings of information.
Research Design
Descriptive: The unmistakable plan discovers the responses to the issues identifying with what, when, where, who and how of the exploration. Be that as it may, according to Lazaroiu (2015), this outline does not reply to the why the issue occurred. It answers the status of the marvel.
Exploratory: This outline is utilized around then when no other or exceptionally inquire about has occurred previously. As indicated by Lee ,Back and Chan (2015), the exploratory research, in this manner, investigates for the future examination or research work. The researcher has utilized the clear outline here, which has experienced a point by point examination. The examination of the worker inspiration was required to discover the general execution of the representatives. The informative outline was disposed of as the time had come expanding, through the exploratory plan would not have helped much the specialist. That is the reason, in the given constrained time, distinct outline comprehended the wonder in an efficient way.
Proposed data collection and analysis techniques
There are diverse systems and apparatuses for the gathering of information. For example the quantitative and the subjective strategies are connected in the exploration relying upon its inclination. As pointed out by LePine et al. (2016), the subjective information accumulation includes an individual meeting top to bottom, watching the human conduct, it winds up both time and cash devouring. That is the reason the quantitative information accumulation process have been picked, that includes an individual meeting, either through phone, mail, web or through reviews utilizing polls. The review utilizing surveys have been utilized as a part of this case, discovers various types of information that even builds the nature of information.
Organisation of the study
Figure 2: Organisation of the study
(Source: Self created)
Data Analysis and findings
In this research work, the specialist has set certain inquiries identified with the point of research. These answers by the example measure was taken have accumulated the fluctuated data with respect to the activity execution affected by inspiration. Likewise, the conclusions have been made in regards to the theme.
Q1) How far do you agree that motivation improves the job performance?
Options |
Response percentage |
Number of respondents |
Total respondents |
Strongly agree |
30% |
15 |
50 |
Agree |
36% |
18 |
50 |
Neutral |
10% |
5 |
50 |
Disagree |
10% |
5 |
50 |
Strongly disagree |
14% |
7 |
50 |
Table 4.1: Impact of motivation on job performance
Figure 4.1: Impact of motivation on job performance
Q2) How far are you satisfied with employee motivation strategy implemented in your organisation?
Options |
Response percentage |
Number of respondents |
Total respondents |
Strongly satisfied |
10% |
5 |
50 |
Satisfied |
18% |
9 |
50 |
Moderately satisfied |
8% |
4 |
50 |
Dissatisfied |
24% |
12 |
50 |
Strongly dissatisfied |
40% |
20 |
50 |
Table 4.2: Employee motivation strategy satisfaction
Figure 4.2: Employee motivation strategy satisfaction
Q3) What are the factors that affect work performance
Options |
Response percentage |
Number of respondents |
Total respondents |
Poor skills and knowledge |
20% |
10 |
50 |
Job role not clear to the employees |
16% |
8 |
50 |
Work ambience |
20% |
10 |
50 |
Attitude of the supervisors |
22% |
11 |
50 |
Lack of motivation |
22% |
11 |
50 |
Table 4.3: Factors that affect work performance
Figure 4.3: Factors that affect work performance
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