Employees involvement, Linking Employees Involvement Programs and Motivation Theories.

By Saadullah Jaffar BBA 37 & Raqeebullah BBA 17

Employee Involvement.
Employee involvement is a participative process that
uses employees input to increase their commitment to
the organization success.

The logic is that, if we engage workers in decisions

that affect them and increase their autonomy and
control over their work lives, they will become more
motivated, more committed to organization , more
productive and more satisfied with their jobs.
Employees Involvement Programs.
Participative (or Participatory) Management:
A process in which subordinates share a significant
degree of decision making power with their immediate
superiors.

It increases job satisfaction, motivation, self-esteem,

and loyalty towards the organization.

examples: TOYOTA , Microsoft, British Airways.

Employees involvement Programs:
Representative Participation: A system in which
employees participate in organizational decisions making
through a small group of representative employees.

It is the most widely legislated form of employee involvement

around the world.

The two most common forms are “work council” and “board
representatives”.

 to redistribute power within organization.

Linking Employees involvement Programs
and Motivation Theories.
Theory X and Y: Theory X with the more traditional
autocratic style of managing people, while Theory Y is
consistent with participative management.

Two Factor Theory: employees involvement programs

could provide intrinsic motivation by increasing
opportunities for growth, responsibility, and
involvement in work itself. The opportunity to make
and implement decisions and then see them workout.
Linking Employees involvement Programs
and Motivation Theories
It can also help in to satisfy and employee needs for
responsibility , achievement, recognition , growth and
enhanced self-esteem.
And extensive employee involvement programs clearly
have the potential to increase employee intrinsic
motivation in work tasks.