Abstract:
Motivation which is the core construct in organizational practice and research plays
a critical role in achieving business goals and objectives. Employee motivation
reflects the level of energy, commitment, and creativity that an employee brings
to its jobs. Motivation strategy is considered as a force that drives the employees
towards attaining specific goals and objectives of the organization. Motivation
strategies play vital role in enhancing employees’ productivity. A growing
body of research reveals that contemporary motivation strategies have stronger
influence on employees’ performance. The main argument of this scholarly article
is “contemporary motivational strategies have greater impact on employees’
performance”. Contemporary motivation strategies which mostly focus on
psychological aspect of employees are typically more effective at motivating
employees over the long term. The sub argument of this article is “when there is
a significant positive relationship between contemporary motivation strategies
and employees’ performance, social recognition and employee involvement in
decision making highly influence on employees’ performance than other strategies”.
Thorough literature review shows that contemporary motivational strategies–the
strong determinants of employees’ performance have significant– positive effect
on employees’ performance. Empirical evidence also impressively proves that
social recognition and employee engagement are more effective in increasing
employees’ performance than other motivation strategies.
