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There has been an argument about the motivational factors of the employees of a company as long as companies have existed. So many theories have been put forward and so many objections have been there. But one thing has been a granted truth. That is employees are the most important part of an organization.

There has always been a huge debate about the idea that money can be a motivator. In so many famous and respected theories of employee satisfaction you will not find money as a motivating factor. Again so many managers of good companies have admitted the fact that money does motivate some of the employees. We also find another factor that motivates employees and that is job satisfaction and happy employees.

The idea that money motivates employees is not completely true again it’s not invalid. Actually it varies person to person. If you have 500 employees in your company then you might find 200 of them are motivated by money and other 300 are not. The mind set and requirement of those 200 are different from the 300. Also the level of motivation will differ within those 200. That means if you increase the salary of 200 people by $3000, you will see a different level of increment in production among them which means same money motivates them differently. Some are highly motivated and some are just motivated. Another set of scholars say that, there are two types of factors such as motivating factors and demotivating factors. Money can reduce demotivation but cannot motivate. So it can be said as the neutralizing factor. But that is not all. But before going to that, let us talk about the other factor that motivates the workers.

Employee satisfaction or employee happiness is unanimously accepted factor of motivation. An employee is likely to be more productive if they are happy and satisfied with their job. There are ways to make them happy with the job. Giving them importance, respect enough space, a chance to have a say in important decision making process and incentives can work wonders in motivating the employees and make them more responsible and sincere to their work. When it comes to incentive, you will have to make the employees feel that they are appreciated for their effort. This can be expressed by giving them some gifts. May be a holiday at a great destination at companies cost. It can be money but it does not have to be money. Read the mind of the employee and find out what would satisfy him more and go with it.