Employee Motivation and Organizational Output: Relational Mapping in Selected SMEs

Mr. Hyder Kamran; Ms. Mughirah Shehryar

Mr. Hyder Kamran, Lecturer
Ms. Mughirah Shehryar

Keywords: employee productivity, motivation, , organizational output, SMEs, regression

Abstract

Amidst a challenging and competitive environment, Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have
stood out as the major support to the developing nations in enhancing their economic as well
as social conditions. These labor dependent industries focusses mainly to retain their
employees by the means of motivation. Employees’ motivation levels are considered to have a
direct impact on their productivity (Veliu, Manxhari, & Ujkani, 2015).
In recent years Pakistan has experienced several highs and lows with respect to its SMEs(Dar,
Ahmed, & Raziq, 2017). Therefore the present study seeks to identify the relation between
employee’s motivation and their overall work performance in selected SMEs of Karachi. Using
regression analysis, the present study encountered that there exists a relation between
employees’ motivation and the overall work performance at their organization but fails to
establish the positive relation between them. Lastly the study presents few implications and
limitations of this research.

Author Biographies

Mr. Hyder Kamran, Lecturer

College of Business, University of Buraimi, Sultanate of Oman

Ms. Mughirah Shehryar

College of Business, University of Buraimi, Sultanate of Oman

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