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be good and the motivated employees will motivate other employees at the work place. Motivation of employees is one such function which every manager has to performs as a friend and motivator of his subordinates. It is an integral part of management process itself. Thus motivation of employees is essential and motivated employees are an asset to an organization [11]. Job Satisfaction: Job satisfaction is defined as any combination of psychological, physiological and environmental circumstances that causes a person truthfully to say I am satisfied with my job [12]. Job satisfaction is a positive effect of employees towards their job or job situation[13]. Job satisfaction has to do with the way how people feel about their job. That is why job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction can appear in any given work situation [14]. Job satisfaction can also be defined as the extent to which a worker is content with the rewards he or she gets out of his or her job, particularly in terms of intrinsic motivation [15]. Job Satisfaction is essentially the extent to which someone likes his or her job [16]. Job satisfaction is

Role of Motivational Activities in Determining Employee Motivation and its Impact on Job Satisfaction of Public Sector Executives: An Empirical Study

Sony Kumari Ph.D. Research Scholar, University Department of Cmmerce and Business Management, Ranchi University, Ranchi, India

Abstract: The present study aims at examining the role of motivational activities in determining employee motivation and their effects on jobs satisfaction of executives in Indian public sector organization. Study is basically based on primary data collected from 50 sample executives using well structured questionnaire. The cross sectional data of variables prepared for each of 50 respondents on the basis of the five point response category of Likert type. Two- tailed t-test and F-test are employed for testing the hypotheses implied in the hypothesized research models. The IBM SPSS 20 and Microsoft Excel 07 have been used for data processing and data analysis. The empirical results revealed that the broad motivational activities like pay & perks, career & development, work life & culture and welfare facilities significantly determines the level of employee motivation of executives. The results also established that employee motivation is an important antecedent of job satisfaction. The limitations of the study also indicated. Keywords: Employee Motivation, Executives, Job Satisfaction, Motivational Activities, Public Sector Organization.

I. INTRODUCTION

In a fast changing global business environment it has become necessary to empower the human resource and make strategy for motivating and satisfying the employees for achieving the business goals. Under the circumstance, the study of motivational activities which determines the level of satisfaction in the organization, is important not just to handle the turnover but also to get rid of adverse effects of dissatisfaction like absenteeism, low performance, lower morale and less orientation towards organizational objectives which is caused by the lack of motivational activities or inadequate efforts in providing those activities. It is the organizational behavior represented by the organizational senior management which effects the level of motivation and satisfaction through its beliefs, principle and underlying values which are closely followed by organization [1]. Motivation also positively influences performance at individual and group level ultimately affecting the organizational performance [2]. It is not possible for any division to solely motivate and satisfy employees without support of the senior management active participation and interest [3]. Higher management have to take clue of dropping performance may not be due to the external factor of motivation but could be effect of dissatisfaction from the tasks and the output achieved [4]. It is suggested that they have to focus on developing jobs which involves employee and motivates and fulfils the daily expectation [5]. Today`s business environment is such that more or less most of the resource are available and could be acquired but the talented human resource is not easily available and if found takes time to develop and effectively perform for which human resource management activities play a critically important role in developing such employee base and optimal utilization. It is the key factor to create a competitive edge [6]. Impact of motivational activities on the overall achievements of CCL has already been examined and established[7]. Hence it is imperative to examine the role of motivational activities and facilities in influencing employee motivation and subsequent benefits thereof.

II. OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study is to examine the role of motivational practices in determining employee motivation and its impact on job satisfaction in the case of a public sector organization namely Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Ranchi, Jharkhand, one of the subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL), a single largest coal producing company in the world.