An Empirical Study Of The Factors Effecting Motivation And Their Effectiveness On Employee Performance
Sachini Upathissa
Department of Economics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Keywords: Motivation, Employee Performance
Abstract
The study is on the factors of motivation and their effectiveness on employee performance. And it is emphasised on the non-managerial staff of the tea factories in Pelmadulla divisional secretariat in Ratnapura district. The main objective of this analysis is to identify the factors of motivation and their effectiveness in employee performances. Employee performance is a vital factor in achieving organizational goals as well industrial goals. In the introduction, it explained the identified problem of lack of motivation among employees in the tea factories. According to that most of the workers are very stressed with the job environment and less morale among them. The present study carries out a detailed analysis on identified motivation factors in the literature. Thereby motivation theories and the concept of employee performance were also reviewed. A field survey with questionnaires for non-managerial staff is conducted by using simple random sampling and snowball sampling method. Further conducted interviews with employees, tea factory managers, factory owners to identify and collect data on the present status of employee performance. Further, the secondary data was collected through reliable Books, websites, journal articles and company reports. According to the research findings that all the variables analysed as per the developed hypothesis have a positive relationship to employee performance. The regression analysis also proved the impact of independent variables on the dependent variable. Finally, the researcher has proposed possible recommendations to enhance employee performance in the tea factories.