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How and Why Employee Motivation Changes during High Growth

Zidén, Daniel LU and Engström, Oscar LU (2020) BUSN09 20201
Department 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.
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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
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
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  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}},
}