Exploring the Relationship Between Employee Motivation and Performance in Small-Scale Enterprises in Gurugram and Manesar City, Haryana

Abstract

The goal of this study is to provide a contribution to the ongoing discussion on the ways in which employee motivation may influence the amount of innovative work behaviours that workers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are likely to engage in. Idea creation, promotion, and realisation are the three sub-dimensions that are investigated by the writers as they investigate the relationships between employee motivation and employee performance. Additionally, the authors investigate the potential moderating effects of openness to experience and conscientiousness on the relationships between employee motivation and employee performance, as well as each of the sub-dimensions of innovative work behavior respectively. The results showed that there was a favourable correlation between employee motivation and performance, as well as each of the subdimensions of performance, which included idea development, promotion, and product realization. All of the sub-dimensions, including idea generation, idea promotion, and concept realisation, were controlled by openness to experience. This was the case for the correlations between employee motivation and employee performance. However, the association between employee motivation and employee performance was not moderated by conscientiousness between employees. These findings have practical consequences since they show that supportive work environments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that assist employees build their motivation can have a favourable effect on the discretionary performances of employees.