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Factors Influencing Motivation And How It Affects Employee Performance

Abraham O. A

Subject area: Management and Commerce  ·  Area of research: Entrepreneurship

Abstract

The factors influencing motivation and demotivation of employee of organizations are key to understanding why some are motivated, while others are not. In today's competitive and challenging market place, entrepreneurs, leaders and management of businesses pass through many issues in being able to run their organizations successfully. It should however, not draw all their attention away from the focusing on their greatest assets (people) and motivate them the right way, to enable them put in their best. The purpose of this research and study is to identify which elements would impact the motivation and performance of employees within the organization. The researcher has conducted extensive analysis on the industry to learn about factors that would influence employee motivation and how it would affect the performance of the employees, which was done through evaluating and assessing various theories and ideas relating to motivation of the employees. This study would emphasize looking into other aspects that would influence employees' motivation, and the external and internal factors that drive employee motivation in the various companies in the UAE.

Keywords

Factors, Motivation, Demotivation, Employee, Performance

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Abraham O. A "Factors Influencing Motivation And How It Affects Employee Performance" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 3 Issue 2 2019 Page 702-713
Abraham O. A "Factors Influencing Motivation And How It Affects Employee Performance" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, vol. 3, no. 2, Aug. 2019
Abraham O. A (2019). Factors Influencing Motivation And How It Affects Employee Performance. Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 3(2).
Abraham O. A "Factors Influencing Motivation And How It Affects Employee Performance" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, vol. 3, no. 2, Aug. 2019.
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