Abstract:
Employee motivation in higher education institutions is a significant issue. Higher education institutions are facing the challenge
in motivating their skilled employees. The objective of the study is to examine the factors strongly affect employees’ motivation at
Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL). The study used quantitative research method and a 37 items questionnaires
were distributed among 120 employees at IUKL. ANOVA and Multiple Linear Regression test were used to analyze the research
question. The major findings of the study show that the R squared of 51.1 implied 4 predictor variables explained 51.1% of the
variance in the employee motivation at IUKL. The ANOVA test revealed that F-statistics (30.035) and the corresponding p-value
was highly significant (p.011) or lower than the alpha value of .05. The multiple linear regression analysis shows that the largest
beta coefficient is .307, which was for Work and Relationships. It means that such variable Work and Relationships makes the
strongest contribution with a t-value 5.520, and p-value .000 in explaining the dependent variable employee motivation. The
second most influential predictor variable is Job security and Environment which is significant at p.001 and the t-value is 3.485.
The third most influential predictor variable is Rewards and Recognition which is significant at p.003 and the t-value is 3.079.
However, the t-value and p-value for the predictor variable Salary and Benefits are consecutively -.426 and .671 show a
negative influence on Employee Motivation. The study recommends that the higher education institution to monitor Salary and
Benefit as it shows negative influence on the employee motivation.
