THE IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
THE IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

Summary/Abstract: Human resource management means an organization and administration of human resources related to the performance of all work inside and outside the company. The employees of a company have a certain attitude regarding the tasks they perform and this behavior should be closely followed by the companies because it is essential to the overall organizational success of the company itself. Consequently, the top managers of companies and senior executives, today have related the main challenge to the motivation of employees to achieve the intended success in the market. The concept of motivation and what constitutes human motivation has been addressed for centuries since Aristotle, but over the years science has given some new and different knowledge about it. When Frederick Herzberg researched the sources of employee motivation during the l950s and l960s, he found that "Things that make people happy and motivated at work are different compared to the things that make them unhappy." Therefore, through this paper we will try to present what are the factors that motivate employees and push them towards success and to give conclusions and recommendations on how companies in Kosovo should manage human resources and apply of effective theories of motivation. The main purpose of this research is to highlight the role of motivation theories in staff performance in Kosovar companies. Applying modern human resource motivation strategies increases their efficiency and helps managers to more easily lead the company. In this paper we surveyed 35 small and medium enterprises in Kosovo, to research how much they apply contemporary theories of motivation for employees in the workplace. We will present the results of the research based on 35 surveys we have conducted with senior managers of Human Resources of SMEs in Kosovo.

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