{"id":24097,"date":"2023-01-24T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/?p=24097"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:00:34","slug":"role-of-motivation-in-employee-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/role-of-motivation-in-employee-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of motivation in employee retention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Great Resignation did not just happen because the employees globally decided to quit their jobs as a collective action. It is the result of a change in priorities triggered as the pandemic took over the world, and people lost their lives, health, loved ones, jobs, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4.3 million individuals quit their jobs in December of 2021 voluntarily making employee retention<strong> <\/strong>a challenge for the HR professionals within organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When 40% of people in the workforce are seeking new opportunities and are unhappy with their existing jobs, it really is alarming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Why is employee retention happening?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is an ease of exploring job opportunities through online mediums, more options surfacing for freelancing, and ease of moving between industries which implies that employers need to re-evaluate their motivation strategies for employee retention<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To know how to retain employees, it is important to first identify the causes behind quitting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the most common causes in different industries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Extended employment in challenging environments (as identified by Mckinsey)<\/li><li>Unimaginable workload with no time for leisure<\/li><li>Lack of support from management and\/or colleagues<\/li><li>Lack of professional growth<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"602\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/4BLBtJDAYcFs9Eix1uXt1CRp2pRBx-5IcnF19NUUaOCI0O1-ZSPU3cjPBHPo3Fhm3e4xQ59I6cBjdhbVpcGQEQH-AB0NU8L0n9hMXzOWDj13w_wZamqkTLVHGzNluiFlSJMTKabFRMCzvGaHjXIcJlXtD782mB87skT7g7-azdnxeRCyFsc59uha74uGmA\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2>What role does motivation play in employee retention?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Motivation is what drives human behavior, whether it is intrinsic or extrinsic. In simplest of words, employees quitting from a job itself is a behavior which is driven by some intrinsic or extrinsic motivation such as seeking better work-life balance or better opportunities, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So to retain employees, the employers need to ensure that there are factors that motivate an employee to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>How can companies use motivation for employee retention?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizations seeking to prosper; can not be complacent to or ignore the stooping rate of employee retention<strong>. <\/strong>And neither assume that employees will stay with them due to the cutthroat competition in the market. Employee retention<strong> <\/strong>should be a focus, especially for employees with in-demand skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What organizations need to do foremost is to understand that they need to motivate employees with what employees need and not what employers think the employees need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving on, here is how organizations can use motivation for employee retention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>This one is cliche\u2019 but offers a competitive wage to start with. It may feel like a huge expense at the moment but the right talent can take your organization forward.<\/li><li>Re-evaluate the company\u2019s mission or sense of purpose. Humans need a sense of purpose to attach themselves with and this is what drives intrinsic motivation within employees,<\/li><li>Do not just stop at a competitive wage but look at the whole package being offered.<\/li><li>Offer Flexibility. If nothing else, the pandemic has shown people that a great number of jobs can be done with flexible settings.<\/li><li>Offer professional growth and the capacity to grow in one\u2019s role.<\/li><li>Simple ask! Ask your employees what it is that they value.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A helpful tool could be our <a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/employee-retention-tool\/\">employee retention software<\/a>. It allows you to create an inclusive and rewarding workplace that your employees love and cherish. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more in our related articles such as <a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/why-employee-retention-is-important\/\">Why employee retention is important<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/what-is-good-employee-retention-rate\/\">What is good employee retention rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to find the right employees who love doing their job therefore the role of motivation in employee retention is quite high. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":24098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[37],"tags":[974],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention-1024x538.jpg",992,521,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"lana","author_link":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/author\/lana\/"},"comment_info":14,"category_info":[{"term_id":37,"name":"Management","slug":"management","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":37,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":171,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":37,"category_count":171,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Management","category_nicename":"management","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":974,"name":"Company Culture","slug":"company-culture","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":974,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw"}],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":37,"label":"Management"}],"post_tag":[{"value":974,"label":"Company Culture"}]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention.jpg",1200,630,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention-300x158.jpg",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention-768x403.jpg",768,403,true],"large":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention-1024x538.jpg",992,521,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention.jpg",1200,630,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/efectio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/efectio-motivation-in-employee-retention.jpg",1200,630,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"lana","author_link":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/author\/lana\/"},"uagb_comment_info":14,"uagb_excerpt":"It is important to find the right employees who love doing their job therefore the role of motivation in employee retention is quite high.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24101,"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions\/24101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}