The Role of Motivation on Employee Performance in an Organization

Authors

  • N. Kuppuswamy  Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi, Tamil Nadu, India
  • V. Saminathan  Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi, Tamil Nadu, India
  • M. Udhayakumar  Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi, Tamil Nadu, India
  • L. Vigneash  Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi, Tamil Nadu, India
  • P. Gopalakrishnan  Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Job Security, Good salary, Good Communication Skills, Engineering Students, Organizational Behavior, Attributes, Motivation.

Abstract

This paper gives the analysis of the relationship between Job security, Equal treatment of employees, Rewards, Job satisfaction, Management styles, Team spirit, and recognition by the students of the department Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science Engineering of Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi, Tamilnadu by using self-designed questionnaires containing 20 attributes. The sample size was 157 so 157 questionnaires were distributed and only 40 were selected. Analysis was done using Microsoft excel and the result concludes that there is a significant positive relationship between students' motivation and their career growth. Job Security, Equal treatment of employees, and Good salary were selected by the above Engineering students. Hence it may be concluded that the motivation is the very important factor in estimating the behavior of the individual.

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Published

2017-06-30

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How to Cite

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N. Kuppuswamy, V. Saminathan, M. Udhayakumar, L. Vigneash, P. Gopalakrishnan, " The Role of Motivation on Employee Performance in an Organization, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.396-402, May-June-2017.