The Roles of Motivation in Improving Productivity in Organization

Abstract

Procuring high productivity is one of the most pivotal goals of an organization. Motivation , an incentive factor that has the potential to enhance employee loyalty and performance, can also contribute to increasing productivity when properly utilized by managers. It presents current theories of motivation and outcomes of empirical study to enunciate how employee motivation generates higher productivity in organization. This study investigates the impact of employee motivation on productivity and organizational commitment in the higher education sector. The data is collected using an online survey from 242 employees from public universities in northern Malaysia. During the analysis of the data, SPSS and structural equation modelling are used for generating the results. The findings show that employee motivation has a significant positive effect on employee productivity. Additionally, the effect of employee motivation on organizational commitment is positive and statistically significant. Finally, the results prove that organizational commitment has a significant positive effect on employee productivity. These results carry extreme significance to policy makers in the education sector with regards to the importance of employee motivation if they intend to enhance organizational productivity and competitiveness