Assessing the Role of HRM in Motivating Employees Based on Performance

Abstract

Organizations strive daily to remain viable in the market space due to the high level of competition occasioned by the new entry of firms, therefore, leveraging on the high and better engagement of the human resource unit effectively and efficiently. The HR input facilitates the growth process of an organization hence their performance cannot be trivialized. Motivational schemes are crucial in the successful management of personnel in the organization. Motivating employees is a key expected role of HR managers in the discharge of their managerial function at any organization because it has a direct and positive impact on performance therefore this research work objective is to explore the key functions of HRM in motivating employees based on performance. This study was conducted under the framework of the FMCG sector in Lagos, Nigeria. It was observed that some organizations do not motivate employees based on performance but rather based on familiarity, sentiment, emotions, nepotism, ethnicity, religion, longevity at the workplace, and gender therefore, leading to a high level of job attrition and underperformance at the workplace. With the survey questions, a questionnaire was used to garner data from the selected 60 respondents. The findings of this research revealed that when an organization charged the HRM unit to use performance as the aim of employee motivation, it will not only improve their commitment level but also enhance performance for organizational goal achievement.