THE IMPACT OF OCCUPATIONAL FACTORS ON THE MOTIVATION OF EMPLOYEES

Abstract

Motivation is another dimension of human behaviour that leads to organizational development. The main aim of this study is to find out the impact of occupational factors on the motivation of employees. There are four specific objectives of this study namely, to determine whether compensation has an impact on employee motivation, to determine whether the provision of training has an impact on employee motivation, to determine whether working condition has an impact on employee motivation and to determine whether recognition has an impact on employee motivation. The study was conducted as a quantitative study with a sample of 100 software engineers in an Information Technology Company Sri Lanka. There is a strong and positive relationship between the Compensation, Training, Working Condition and Recognition with staff motivation depicting that when the organization increases the compensation, training opportunities, working facilities and rewards the staff motivation has also increased significantly.