Understanding Employee Motivation

There were times when employees were consideredrequirements and motivation factors of employees.
to be another addition to enhance the production ofThe publication of the Hawthorne Study facilitated the
services or goods. However, a lot has changed now.understanding of factors that helped in motivating
Elton Mayo conducted a research during the yearemployees.
1924 and 1932 altered the way of thinking aboutThere are several reasons that employees require to
employees. This research was known as Hawthornebe motivated first, an organization can easily survive
Studies.when employees are motivated. Studies have proved
According to this study, employees require much morethat motivated employees are more productive.
than just money. The study introduced the humanManagers must under the factor that motivates
relations approach to a company’semployees with respect to the roles they perform.
management. The main focus was given to the basic