The impact of performance management towards employee motivation to perform: evidence based on a manufacturing company in Sri Lanka

Abstract

According to previous researchers, motivation is a trigger in the human personality that will drive a person to accomplish a particular objective. Motivation has turned into a basic component in employee performance management in many organizations. (Amar, 2004) The current study revolves around researching the effect of performance management on employee motivation. In the organizational, performance management intends to ensure the performance of a happy employee aligned with the achievement of the organization’s objectives. The overall performance and the success of an organization and the employee motivation are closely related. (Bohlander & Snell, 2010). Hence it is the responsibility and the duty of an organization to motivate the employees to perform at their maximum potential. Performance management system can be different from one organization to another. However, Performance planning (PP), performance review (PR), performance monitoring (PM), and performance assessment (PA) can be considered as the basic elements of a performance management system. The current study is based on a new Performance Management Scheme introduced in ABC company which provides thermal systems to the market, in which aims to analyze how the new scheme has impacted on the employee motivation to perform better.