Impact Of Job Design And Motivation On Employee’s In Public Sector, Putrajaya

  • Zarina Begum Ebrahim Faculty of Business And Management Universiti Teknologi Mara, Melaka, Malaysia
  • Khairul Nizam Zakaria Faculty of Business And Management Universiti Teknologi Mara, Melaka, Malaysia
Keywords: Motivation, Job Design, Skill Variety, Task Identity, Task Significance, Autonomy, Feedback, Public Sector

Abstract

Designing interesting jobs are becoming a major concern among employers as one way of enhancing the employees motivation. This study seeks to find the Impact of Job Design on Employees Motivation amongst employees in public sector at Putrajaya. The sample sizes of 350 respondents were randomly selected to participate in this study. The results of the study revealed that, elements of Job Design which is Skill Variety, Task Identity, Task Significance, Autonomy, and Feedback is significantly correlates with employees motivation. However, among the five elements, only Skill Variety, Task Identity, Autonomy, and Feedback have most impact on employees motivation. Based on the yielded results, several recommendations were pointed out which is, employers need to focus on the areas in which affects the employees motivation most and improve the areas which are not. Future study should also be conducted in the private sector on the similar area of study or different sector.

Published
2019-06-01