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Analysis of Employee Motivations and Causes in the Workplace
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Abstract
Employee motivation refers to an employee’s drive to complete work-related tasks. Employee motivation is an essential factor that every employer needs to secure to encourage the completion of tasks in a dignified and effective manner. Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence employee motivation. The paper shows that factors internal to the employee influence their reaction to their external workplace factors that can determine how motivated they are to deliver the mandates. The paper considers the two aspects of the attribution theory, situational and dispositional, which shows that a person’s internal factors determine how they react to the external environment and respond to motivation. This paper also considers how deviant behavior explains the origins of human behavior to show how internal factors can affect how employees respond to motivation. Internal and external organizational factors can also affect the effectiveness of the company’s motivation strategy. The theories help establish that any motivational intervention should consider an employee’s factors to ensure its success and positively impact the company and its operations.
Keywords
Employee motivation, Attribution theory, Citizenship
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Xie,X. (2024). Analysis of Employee Motivations and Causes in the Workplace. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,72,308-312.
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