Employee Motivation: A Leadership Imperative

Jensen, Joshua D.

doi:10.5430/ijba.v9n2p93

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“…Both independent variables have a significant positive relationship with employees' motivation especially working in the education sector. Senior managers play a direct role in employees' motivation and they help them to achieve organizational goals (Jensen, 2018). According to the study of Barrick et al, (2015), employees are directly influenced by the senior managers' decisions and actions.…”

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“…As per the study of Olusadum and Anulika (2018), the most challenging task for organizational experts and managers is to utilize and motivate their human resources. Moreover, senior managers play an important role in motivating their employees and to achieve organizational goals (Jensen, 2018). Fiaz and Saqib (2017) proved that a supportive leadership style helps to increase the motivation of employees.…”

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“…Further, they proved that employee motivation has a significant relationship with employee performance. As per the study of Jensen (2018), leaders play an important role in motivating their employees, to achieve high performance and organizational goals. Senior management support, employee empowerment/ involvement, the teamwork of employees and open corporate culture are the cultural factors that are directly linked with total quality practices in the organization (Adebanjo & Kehoe, 1999).…”

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Impact of Senior Management Support, Employees' Involvement, and Open Corporate Culture on the Motivation of Employees: An Empirical Study

Kausar

2020

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This study is aimed to investigate the impact of senior management support, employees’ involvement and open corporate culture on the motivation of employees in the education sector of Pakistan. To collect the primary data, a self-administrated questionnaire is used while for secondary data collection research journals and articles are used. The sample size of this study consists of two hundred employees (hundred from public and hundred from private institutes). SPSS is used for measuring the association between variables and to see the impact of senior management support, open corporate culture, and involvement of employees on the motivation of employees. Correlation analysis and regression analysis are used to test the hypothesis of the research model. The motivation of the employees mainly depends upon senior management support and employees' involvement in decision making. Findings of the results support hypothesis 1, 2 & 3 while disproving hypothesis 4. Senior management support and employees’ involvement in decision making have a significant and positive impact on the motivation of employees. And the open corporate culture has no meaningful impact on employees’ motivation.

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Impact of Senior Management Support, Employees' Involvement, and Open Corporate Culture on the Motivation of Employees: An Empirical Study

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2020

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“…Motivation is a term subjected to multidimensional definitions. It alludes to conditions that decide why individuals do or cease from getting things done (Jensen, 2018). Motivation is for the most part separate as a standout amongst the most compelling indicators of individual conduct and a key expert of performance for basic part of conduct.…”

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The Role of Employee Motivation Factor on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Education Sectors in Kurdistan

Abdulrahman

2019

IJABS

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The research examines the role of motivation factors on organizational performance and particularly education sectors in Erbil. The study aims to determine the factors employee motivation that the most has role in education sector's outcome. A quantitative research method employed to find out the most and the least employee motivation factors. However, the researcher distributed hard copy of surveys to the both administrative and academic staffs of education sectors in Erbil. From 200 surveys only 189 surveys have been fulfilled correctly. The findings revealed that recognition is the most influence motivation factors on education sectors' outcome on the other hand job security is the least most influence motivation factors on education sectors' outcome.

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“…Popli and Rizvi (2016) pointed out that the leader's behavior influences employee engagement resulting to organizational efficiency. A critical element to building confidence and increasing employee engagement, is to have people at the top who can inspire belief in the organization's future (Jensen, 2018). Leaders who ensure that employees know what to expect, have the resources to complete their work, are allowed to participate in growth, receive feedback and are encouraged to give their contribution, have a highly engaged workforce (Saumya & Ritu, 2015).…”

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Influence of intellectual stimulation on employee engagement in parastatals in the energy sector in Kenya

Change¹

2019

IJRBS

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Employee engagement continues to pose a challenge to parastatals. Consequently, governments have adopted the transformational leadership style as an effective method of enhancing employee engagement. Nevertheless, it is still unknown whether the establishment of transformational leadership dimensions has boosted employee engagement in the Kenyan energy sector parastatals. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of intellectual stimulation on employee engagement in parastatals in the energy sector in Kenya. Also, the study sought to determine the moderating influence of employee motivation on the relationship between intellectual stimulation and employee engagement. This study targeted the 10 parastatals within the energy sector in Kenya with a population of 315 middle-level managers. The study adopted a positivist research philosophy to examine the influence on intellectual stimulation on employee engagement and data was collected using structured questionnaires. A correlational research design was conducted with the purpose of determining the strength of the relationship between parameters of intellectual stimulation and employee engagement.The findings showed that employee engagement has a statistical significant relationship with creativity and innovation, r(166) = 0.540, p < 0.01; job design, r(166) = 0.452, p < 0.01 and employee involvement, r(166) = 0.512, p < 0.01. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that employee motivation positively and significantly moderates the relationship between intellectual stimulation and employee engagement, R2= .409, F(2, 159) = 55.115, p <.05; β = 0.259, p <.01. The study concluded that creativity and innovation, job design, employee involvement, and employee motivation positively enhance employee engagement.

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Employee Motivation: A Leadership Imperative

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

Impact of Senior Management Support, Employees' Involvement, and Open Corporate Culture on the Motivation of Employees: An Empirical Study

Impact of Senior Management Support, Employees' Involvement, and Open Corporate Culture on the Motivation of Employees: An Empirical Study

The Role of Employee Motivation Factor on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Education Sectors in Kurdistan

Influence of intellectual stimulation on employee engagement in parastatals in the energy sector in Kenya

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