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THE INTEGRATED DYNAMICS OF MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE IN

THE WORKPLACE

This study is concerned with work motivation as a dynamic process. It strongly says that
the relationship between people and their work environment affect motivation to work and
perform. It contemplates that there were dynamics of motivational factor that strongly affects
how the employees perform at work such as global, contextual & situational aspect of
motivation. The study aims to know how individuals perceive and respond to work situations and
how organizations contribute to the employees for performance improvement. In a nutshell, the
potential for change in motivation may take place in the work environment and within the
individual, or even more powerfully by addressing both levels of motivation.

The piece was convincing. I agree that every employee in an organization has different
motivation in their work performance. As defined, motivation is what propels a person to do
something. It affects how individuals carry out his/her duties and thus affects the over-all
performance of the firm. Motivation like relatedness in a job meaning she/he is motivated to
work hard because he/she likes her job/profession where he/she will be able to relate to others.
One may be motivated to work effectively and efficiently when organizations create pleasant
work environments that are conducive for building effective relationships with employees. When
people are doing their jobs effectively, morale in the office gets a boost but when employees
aren't motivated to get the job done as indicated, this can bring down an entire organization. It is
very important to foster a positive, energetic work environment. One may be motivated by
incentives, rewards & recognition, performance feedback & job resources & support and other
motivational factor.

I agree to the idea that an employee should have first psychological need satisfaction or
basic need satisfaction. The organization should look at it first then after that focus on contextual
level. A person may have different motivation but they have similar say when it comes to
psychological needs. The contextual levels then follow like incentives and rewards.

Thus, it is very important to determine what motivates employees in an organization so as

to avoid negative impact to the organization’s over-all performance. Like for instance when
employees do not perform effectively, consumers or customers feel that the company is apathetic
to their needs, and will seek help elsewhere or buy elsewhere. Imagine if the person who created
customer reports was always late in completing them. The client services department would
always be waiting, looking unprofessional and perhaps incompetent which contributes big loss to
the firm. This piece is very helpful to every organization as a whole since it suggests multiple
solutions and strategies on how to motivate employees such as focusing on individual’s
opportunities for growth and development to bring about performance improvement. This is
much related to my workplace, like for example when an employee does not feel acknowledged
by the higher ranks of his/her work, that person may lose the willingness to perform much more.
Consideration of every motivational factor by the organization is a must to improve performance.