WORKPLACE BEHAVIOUR, MOTIVATION, AND LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS: AN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR STUDY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.69980/ah18gj27Keywords:
Workplace behaviour, Employee motivation, Leadership dynamics, Job satisfaction, Organizational behaviourAbstract
The correlation of workplace behaviour, motivation, and the dynamics of leadership is critical to enhancing the effectiveness and well-being of organisations and employees. This paper explores the links between workplace behaviour, employee motivation, and leadership-related organizational practices based on the data on the human resources at an employee level. It utilized a quantitative and cross-sectional research design based on the use of an open-access dataset that included anonymized records of 15,787 employees. Job satisfaction was used to measure employee motivation and workload indicators, working hours and organizational tenure were used to measure workplace behaviour. The performance evaluation, promotion, compensation and departmental affiliation were used as the measures of leadership dynamics. To investigate the relationship between the study variables, descriptive, correlational and comparative studies were performed. The results suggest that job satisfaction levels are less in high work load and long tenure periods implying that behavioural requirements can destroy worker motivation. Conversely, employee satisfaction was positively correlated with promotion and compensation practices in leadership, indicating the motivation value of reward and career progression systems. The performance assessment was associated more closely with the behaviour related to productivity than motivational results, which suggests a possible discrepancy in the priorities of managers. The research has added to literature on organizational behaviour by showing how leadership relations anchored in organizational practices influence employee motivation and behavior at the workplace. The results have a practical implication on how to design managerial systems that facilitate performance and employee well-being.
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