How and Why Employee Motivation Changes during High Growth
(2020) BUSN09 20201Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- The purpose of this research is to complement existing research within organisational growth and work motivation by focusing particularly on the employees at HGFs. The aim is to study what factors determine employee motivation, to what extent and, how it changes as the firm increases in size. The study is operationalised through the employment of Self-Determination Theory, and the empirical findings and analysis of the study are synthesised in accordance with relevant past literature.
- Popular Abstract
- The main empirical findings show that the fulfilment of need satisfaction decreases as the firm increases in size. The three needs, autonomy, competence and relatedness, have shown different levels of satisfaction at different points in time, therefore full internalisation has not been reached for neither of the interviewees, in either of the firms. Sense of autonomy is generally high although it seems to become limited when the firm increases in size. Alongside the increase in size, types of monetary compensations become increasingly important to the employees. Theoretical implications include that SDT has been complemented with an additional, fourth category, referred to as Alignment and contextual factors. The application of Milestones... (More)
- The main empirical findings show that the fulfilment of need satisfaction decreases as the firm increases in size. The three needs, autonomy, competence and relatedness, have shown different levels of satisfaction at different points in time, therefore full internalisation has not been reached for neither of the interviewees, in either of the firms. Sense of autonomy is generally high although it seems to become limited when the firm increases in size. Alongside the increase in size, types of monetary compensations become increasingly important to the employees. Theoretical implications include that SDT has been complemented with an additional, fourth category, referred to as Alignment and contextual factors. The application of Milestones has been proven a successful example when applying SDT in order to understand changes in employee motivation. Practical implications are foremost directed to managers working in HGFs. Indications show the importance of providing clear guidelines and goals to maintain higher levels of need satisfaction amongst employees throughout growth. (Less)
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- author
- Zidén, Daniel LU and Engström, Oscar LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- BUSN09 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Motivation, Employee, Self-Determination Theory, Organisational growth, High-Growth Firms, Milestones, OIT Continuum
- language
- English
- id
- 9018660
- date added to LUP
- 2020-07-08 11:44:41
- date last changed
- 2020-07-08 11:44:41
@misc{9018660, abstract = {{The purpose of this research is to complement existing research within organisational growth and work motivation by focusing particularly on the employees at HGFs. The aim is to study what factors determine employee motivation, to what extent and, how it changes as the firm increases in size. The study is operationalised through the employment of Self-Determination Theory, and the empirical findings and analysis of the study are synthesised in accordance with relevant past literature.}}, author = {{Zidén, Daniel and Engström, Oscar}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{How and Why Employee Motivation Changes during High Growth}}, year = {{2020}}, }