Intrinsic Motivators in the Indian Manufacturing Sector: An Empirical Study.

A company needs employees working towards its goals for its success. Employees should also have a desire to remain in the company. Such commitment comes from motivation. Motivation has a direct effect on performance. Motivation is of two types—intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation comes from within and is self-satisfying. External motivators like monetary and nonmonetary rewards cause extrinsic motivation. We used a questionnaire-based survey to examine the intrinsic motivational state of the employees working in companies from the manufacturing sector (both private and public) in India. The respondents of the survey include males and females, married as well as unmarried, in the age group of 20 to 62 years, with varying qualifications. Three intrinsic motivators: perceived competence, perceived autonomy and perceived relatedness were chosen for the study. There are two dimensions of employee performance at the workplace-in role and extra role. In the study, in-role performance has been taken as a measure of overall motivation of employees. Descriptive statistics as well as regression analysis were used to find the effects of intrinsic motivators on the performance of the employees. Our study suggests a strong link between intrinsic motivators and the performance of employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]