THE NEED FOR A MOTIVATED WORKFORCE TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY

Year 2025, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 105 - 135, 30.01.2025

Augusto Umba Manuel Maria

https://doi.org/10.58375/sde.1541276

Abstract

This research particularly refers to motivation of the workforce in the business context. The research provides systematic and exhaustive knowledge that contributes extensively to the area of people management research. It gains a exclusive attention for organizations within the context of people management as it provides useful scientific information about how an organization can keep its workforce motivated for greater labor productivity. By drawing on suitable scientific literature, it is desired to provide useful information about how to motivate workpeople in the workplace and why it is essential. In this way, the research aims to analyze motivation as a crucial factor to improve productivity. In order to theoretically study the topic of the research and develop it, firstly, a general literature review is conducted by searching the relevant scientific literature that describes the topic under study. The research consists of two main points of analysis. The first main point of the research deals particularly with motivation in the workplace, describing all the interesting scientific concepts and theories about motivation in the business context. The second main point of the research copes particularly with productivity, aiming to describe all relevant scientific concepts and theories about productivity in the business context. The other points of the research deal with other interesting subjects related to the topic of the research in general. In order to reach the objective of the research, conceptual research is conducted by theoretically reviewing the scientific literature that generally conceives the topic of the research. In this study, conceptual research is defined as a methodology in which research is conducted through observation and analysis of currently available information about a given topic.

Keywords

Motivation, Labor Force, Productivity

VERİMLİLİĞİN ARTIRILMASINDA MOTİVASYONA SAHİP BİR İŞGÜCÜNE İHTİYAÇ

Abstract

Bu araştırma özellikle işletme kapsamındaki işgücünün motivasyonuna değinmektedir. Araştırma, insan yönetimi araştırmaları alanına geniş ölçüde katkı sağlayan sistematik ve kapsamlı bilgi sağlamaktadır. Bir şirketin daha yüksek bir işgücü verimliliği için işgücünü nasıl motive tutabileceği konusunda faydalı bilimsel bilgiler sağladığı için insan yönetimi kapsamındaki şirketler için özel bir ilgi görmektedir. Uygun bilimsel literatürden yararlanılarak işyerinde çalışanların nasıl motive edilebileceği ve bunun neden hayati önem taşıdığı konusunda faydalı bilgiler sağlanması istenmektedir. Böylelikle, araştırmada genel olarak motivasyonu üretkenliği artırmada önemli bir faktör olarak incelemek amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma konusunun teorik olarak çalışılması ve geliştirilmesi amacıyla öncelikle, çalışılan konuyu açıklayan ilgili bilimsel literatür taranarak genel bir literatür taraması yapılır. Araştırma iki ana analiz noktasından oluşmaktadır. Araştırmanın ilk ana noktası özellikle işyerindeki motivasyonla ilgilenmekte olup işletme kapsamındaki motivasyonla ilgili tüm ilginç bilimsel kavramları ve teorileri açıklamaktadır. Araştırmanın ikinci ana noktası özellikle üretkenlik ile ilgili olup işletme kapsamındaki üretkenliğe ilişkin tüm ilgili bilimsel kavramları ve teorileri tanımlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmanın diğer noktaları genel olarak araştırma konusuyla ilgili diğer ilgi çekici konuları ele almaktadır. Araştırmanın amacına ulaşabilmek için genel olarak araştırma konusunu kavramsallaştıran bilimsel literatür teorik olarak incelenerek kavramsal bir araştırma yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada kavramsal araştırma, araştırmanın belirli bir konu hakkında mevcut bilgilerin gözlemlenmesi ve analizi yoluyla yürütüldüğü bir metodoloji olarak tanımlanmaktadır.

Keywords

Motivasyon, İşgücü, Verimlilik

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