EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION IN AN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT…
Motivation is a psychological process that moves a person towards a goal. It is very important since all our behaviors, actions, thoughts and beliefs are influenced by an inner drive to succeed. According to Armstrong, “ motivation is concerned with the factors that influence people to behave in certain ways ” Amstrong(2006) In an organizational level, motivation is commonly used to achieve a high level of performance through their employees. It is not an easy process, since the needs of people, are personalized and hard to satisfy all equally. It is the responsibility of the management to identify the needs of different people and the motivational method to be applied to get maximum output from the employees. According to Maslow (1954), everyone is motivated to satisfy five basic needs and he has aligned those in a hierarchy. When it comes to an organizational level, different types of motivational tools have to be used in different stages of employment to motivate employees