Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation : Aligning employees to organization mission and goals

Executives often wonder how to motivate their employees and tie them to the organizations mission.
Sometimes looking at studies helps us understand the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of employees and how organizations can influence and encourage engagement for greater company performance. Read The Effect of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Employees (Public) and consider the basic key points below. While it is related to public employees the ideas would carry over into the private sector.

Let me also say that in experience many organizations do not do a great job of stating and infusing the values of their mission into everyday working life. As they get busy with the hustle and bustle of life the bigger purposes can get lost and employees pick up on that as there are difference between the official goals and unofficial goals. Ensuring alignment in official and unofficial ways is important.

Findings:  

-349 questionnaires

- Extrinsic motivation was considered more significant than intrinsic

-Positive significant relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations with employee engagement

-Extrinsic motivation was stronger on employee engagement

Recommendations:

-Find ways to motivates and drives employees.

-Utilize motivational techniques with each employee.

-Communicate organizational purpose

-Find alignment between employee and organizational visions.