Impact of Employee Motivation on Job Satisfaction

The present research study aims to investigate impact of employee motivation on job satisfaction. Employee motivation refers to the readiness to put forth effort in the pursuit of a goal. (Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology) Job Satisfaction is the feelings that an employee exhibits towards his job and the nature of work. This can be both positive and negative emotions (Singh, J. K., & Jain, M. 2013). The hypothesis of this present study was that there will be a positive correlation between employee motivation and job satisfaction.122 individuals who participated in the study out of which 44 were females and 78 were males. To assess employee motivation and job satisfaction Generic job satisfaction scale (Macdonald, S., & Maclntyre, P. 1997). and work extrinsic and intrinsic motivation scale (Tremblay et al, 2009) was used. Pearson Correlation Analysis revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between employee motivation and job satisfaction. Pearson correlation value 0.344 and significance level 0.000. This research can be utilized by the organizations to identify motivating factors for employees and make plans according to employee motivation. It can used to make the required changes in an organization and retain employees for a longer time.