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    Report on

    Application of Motivational Concepts

    In Airtel

    Submitted by: Rownok Rahman Joy 10204113

    Protiti Khan 11304018

    Rezwone Chowdhury 10204021

    Zayed Ashraf 10204108

    Ali Imran Khan 10204091

    Shawlee Tasreen Shiblee 07310029

    Submitted to: Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin

    Course Instructor, MGT201

    BRAC Business School

    BRAC University

    Date of submission : 15th December, 2011

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    Letter of Transmittal

    15th

    December, 2011

    To

    Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin Course Instructor, MGT201

    BRAC Business School

    BRAC University

    Subject: Submission of Term Paper

    Dear Sir,

    It gives us immense pleasure to submit our report on Application of Motivational Theory in Airtel Bangladesh. This report was assigned to us as a completion of the course Organizational Behavior, MGT201. At every phase of making this report, we tried to enhance our knowledge about the

    policies that prevail in the industrialization of the countrys economy. This report will try to give the picture of our efforts and seriousness.

    We would be keen to assist for interpreting our report or any other further

    clarification if required. We will appreciate your valuable inquiries and suggestions

    on the report.

    Sincerely yours,

    Rownok Rahman Joy

    10204113

    Protiti Khan

    11304018

    Rezwone Chowdhury

    10204021

    Zayed Ashraf

    10204108

    Ali Imran Khan

    10204091

    Shawlee Tasreen Shiblee

    07310029

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    Acknowledgement

    We are grateful to many individuals for the completion of the report

    Successfully. First of all, we would like to take this opportunity to express

    our heartfelt gratitude to our honorable course instructor Dr. Md. Jafar

    Uddin, Lecturer, BRAC Business School, BRAC University, for giving us

    the opportunity to experience of preparing a report on Industrial Policy of

    Bangladesh. We also like to extend our gratitude to her for expert

    supervision, constant guidance and inspiration during the preparation of the

    report. A chance like this was a golden opportunity for us to get in touch

    with the real business world. We would like to thank Mr. Mehadi Hasan Bin

    Ghani, Executive HR of Airtel, for his immense cooperation in providing us

    with information on the subject of our report which has helped us greatly in

    the completion of the term paper. Lastly, our heartiest thanks go to our other

    group members who were involved and helped directly and indirectly in

    preparing this report. Without them this report would not be made possible.

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    Executive Summary:

    Airtel is one of the most go-ahead industries currently in Bangladesh. We took the

    term paper with Airtel which stands as a famous name in telecom industry. We

    proud to work with Airtel and this experience will surely help us in our future

    assignments as professional. By this term paper we are learning much about

    application of Motivational Concepts in Airtel Bangladesh. And we got wonderful

    experience during our working period to make this term paper. Last of all I thank

    our friends who were always inspired us during the working period.

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    Chapter Page no.

    Chapter One 9

    1.1 Introduction/Background- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -10

    1.2 Objective of the report- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- -12

    1.3 Methodology- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - -13

    1.4 Limitations- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - --13

    1.5 Mission & Vision- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - --- - - -14

    Chapter Two 15

    Literature review

    2.1 What is motivation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -16

    2.2 Motivational theories - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -18

    2.3 History and explanation of Maslows Hierarchy of needs - - - - - - - - 22

    2.4 Empirical studies on employees motivation using Maslows model- -25

    2.5 Airtels Motivation-- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - 28

    2.6 Organizational Citizenship- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -38

    2.7 Finding and Analysis- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - 39

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    Chapter Three 40

    3.1 Recommendation- - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - -- - 41

    3.2 Conclusion- - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - 41

    Appendix - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - 42

    Bibliography - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - 44

    Questionnaire- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- -- 47

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    ABSTRACT

    The main purpose of this study was to assess the role of work motivation on employee

    performance. This study in an assessment of this purpose used deductive approach in

    which a qualitative survey was carried out among employees of Airtel. The survey was

    intended to get their responses on what they feel are the best factors that could motivate

    them in future. In this light the study sets to identify the most ranked factors among

    the ten motivational factors. The analysis from the empirical findings showed that Job

    satisfaction was the most ranked factor for both sub groups that made up the sample

    survey. However a study from previous researches used in this study showed that

    different results could be obtained from different groups of already working employees.

    This study therefore can be seen as an introduction to a more detailed study to be carried

    by future researchers on the field of employees motivation.

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    Chapter: 01

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    1.1- Introduction

    Company Overview

    airtel Bangladesh Ltd is a GSM-based cellular operator in Bangladesh. Airtel Bangladesh is the sixth mobile phone carrier to enter the Bangladesh market, and

    launched commercial operations on May 10, 2007. Warid Telecom International LLC, an

    Abu Dhabi based consortium, sold a majority 70% stake in the company to India's Bharti

    Airtel Limited for US$300 million. Bharti Airtel Limited will take management control

    of the company and its board, and rebranded the company's services under its own airtel

    brand from 20 December 2010. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory

    Commission approved the deal on Jan 4, 2010.In January 2010, Bharti Airtel Limited,

    Asias leading integrated telecom services provider, acquired 70% stake in Warid

    Telecom, Bangladesh, a subsidiary of the UAE-based Abu Dhabi Group. Bharti Airtel is

    making a fresh investment of USD 300 million to rapidly expand the operations of Warid

    Telecom and have management and board control of the company. This is the largest

    investment in Bangladesh by an Indian company. Dhabi Group continues as a strategic

    partner retaining 30% shareholding and has its nominees on the Board of the Company.

    The new funding is being utilized for expansion of the network, both for coverage,

    capacity, and introduction of innovative products and services. As a result of this

    additional investment, the overall investment in the company will be in the region of

    USD 1 billion. This is Bharti Airtels second operation outside of India. The company

    launched its mobile services in Sri Lanka in January 2009 on a state-of-the-art 3.5G

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    network. On July 19, 2007, the company crossed the 1 million customers mark in the first

    70 days of operation. Airtel Bangladesh had 5.045 million subscribers as of june 2011.

    Based on the NGN (Next-Generation) network, Airtel Telecom's operational activities in

    Bangladesh aim to achieve a new and modern corporate identity, which is congruent with

    the dynamic changes taking place in the telecom industry today. With a reflection of a

    new strategy, our aim is to be perceived not only as a telecommunication operator of

    voice services, but also as a universal provider of comprehensive communications

    services for both residential and business customers.

    The subscriber base of over 2 million users in our first year of operation alone serves as a

    testament to Airtel telecom's customer-driven business mandate. These achievements

    have only been possible due to Airtel's uncompromising commitment to provide

    maximum network coverage and clear connectivity at the most affordable price.

    Airtel(Bangladesh) aims to succeed in competition with other telecom companies. If

    they are to achieve their ambitious strategic goals, the company has to expect even higher

    standards of performance from their employees. It will, however, only be feasible for

    them to meet these expectations if Airtel offers its employees attractive conditions in

    which to perform. It is one of Airtels strategic objectives to be a highly attractive

    employer. Such an employer ensures that the success of the company is equated with the

    personal success of its employees.

    The quality and efficiency of the work performed within a company depends above all on

    the quality of its management and organization. Although Airtel is a new company in

    Bangladesh and the management structure is not that complex as the other telecom

    companies but still their approach has been effective. Both of these factors encourage a

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    readiness to perform much more than incentives which, while rewarding performance, do

    not in themselves provide motivation. Because people have a fundamental urge to

    achieve things, performance is an essential factor in personal development. Through

    performance, goals are achieved; when the individual achieves goals, their ability to

    identify with their work is strengthened. Performance translates into success.

    Moreover, the people at Airtel are not merely part of an organization; they are part of a

    community of performers. For example, the person we interviewed has told us that, how,

    his idea regarding online application for the recruiting process of Airtel has been

    positively taken with the organization. After his meeting with his immediate senior, he

    was given a go ahead regarding his project and he was well appreciated for his interest in

    the organization. Acknowledging performance and commitment is the basis for

    appreciating what employees do and keeping them loyal to the company.

    The paper analyzes the employee recognition program, the employee involvement

    program and the basic motivational tools in motivating the employees.

    1.2 - Objective of the report The primary objective of the report is to identify how Airtel Bangladesh is applying the

    concepts of Motivational theories in the organization as well as the effectiveness of the

    motivational programme used by Airtel compared to other motivational programmes that

    are discussed in the study of organizational behaviour. Moreover in this report we tried to

    gain some practical knowledge about how the internal environment of an organization i.e.

    the employees are responding to the application of such motivational programmes in the

    organization.

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    1.3 - Methodology In this report, our findings are to analyze the process how Airtel motivate

    their employee. To do so we at first describe the company and organizational structure

    and the usual ways of how a company can identify the needs of an employee in an

    organization. Then we have discussed and analyzed the various motivational programmes

    that are in use at Airtel Bangladesh. In the final stage we have included our overall

    analysis on the use of motivational theories by Airtel and this has been followed by a

    recommendation which includes our opinion i.e. our suggestions to Airtel based on our

    knowledge of Organizational Behaviour we have acquired through this course.

    We have mostly used the data from different websites and newspapers. Along with the

    secondary data we also interviewed some personals from the company to better our

    understanding about Airtel. In terms of analysis we have relied on relevant discussion of

    our text book.

    1.4 - Limitations

    In seeking information to write this report we faced some limitations of the information

    which were kept confidential. The most important problems are as follows:

    Lack of the sufficient information

    Airtel is a private organization in Bangladesh and due to organization

    limitation they usually do not provide sufficient information on their overall

    plans and strategies regarding their organizational structure etc.

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    Research Limitation

    As we have to prepare the report on motivational programmes of the

    organization we have to evaluate their employee management skill. In this

    situation we did not get sufficient information regarding how the managers

    supervise the employee or how a team leader works in a group in this

    organization.

    1.5 - Mission:

    Establish and sustain as a consumer centric organization

    Provide high quality and innovative communication services, through state of the

    art infrastructure and a team of professionals

    Continuously develop, motivate and empower our people

    Achieve profitable growth for all our stake holders

    Vision:

    To become the essential communications provider in Bangladesh of high

    quality voice and innovative data services by offering affordable products

    and services to all market segments and to become an integral part of their daily lives.

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    Chapter: 02

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    Literature review

    In this section I will describe and explain the concepts, models and theories that are

    relevant in the field of motivation and necessary to facilitate a comprehensive analysis

    and understanding of the research question .It may be useful to conceptualise the term

    financial motivation and what its concepts are. A broader definition of motivation will be

    introduced.

    2.1- What is motivation?

    According to Greenberg and Baron (2000 p190) this definition could be divided into

    three main parts. The first part looks at arousal that deals with the drive, or energy behind

    individual (s) action. People turn to be guided by their interest in making a good

    impression on others, doing interesting work and being successful in what they do. The

    second part referring to the choice people make and the direction their behaviour takes.

    The last part deals with maintaining behaviour clearly defining how long people have to

    persist at attempting to meet their goals. Kreitner (1995), Buford, Bedeian &Linder

    (1995), Higgins (1994) all cited in Linder (1998,p3) defined motivation as the

    psychological process that gives behaviour purpose and direction, a predisposition to

    behave in a purposive manner to achieve specific unmet needs, an unsatisfied need, and

    the will to achieve, respectively. Young (2000, p1) suggest that motivation can be defined

    in a variety of ways, depending on who you ask .Ask someone on the street, you may get

    a response like its what drives us or its what make us do the things we do.

    Therefore motivation is the force within an individual that account for the level,

    direction, and persistence of effort expended at work.

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    Halepota (2005, p16) defines motivation as a persons active participation and

    commitment to achieve the prescribed results.

    Halepota further presents that the concept of motivation is abstract because different

    strategies produce different results at different times and there is no single strategy that

    can produce guaranteed favorable results all the times.

    According to Antomioni (1999, p29), the amount of effort people are willing to

    put in their work depends on the degree to which they feel their motivational needs will

    be satisfied. On the other hand, individuals become de-motivated if they feel something

    in the organization prevents them from attaining good outcomes. It can be observed from

    the above definitions that, motivation in general, is more or less basically concern with

    factors or events that moves, leads, and drives certain human action or inaction over a

    given period of time given the prevailing conditions. Furthermore the definitions suggest

    that there need to be an invisible force to push people to do something in return. It

    could also be deduced from the definition that having a motivated work force or creating

    an environment in which high levels of motivation are maintained remains a challenge

    for todays management. This challenge may emanate from the simple fact that

    motivation is not a fixed trait as it could change with changes in personal,

    psychological, financial or social factors. For this thesis, the definition of motivation by

    Greenberg & Baron (2003) is adopted, as it is more realistic and simple as it considers the

    individual and his performance. Greenberg & Baron defines motivation as:

    The set of processes that arouse, direct, and maintain human behaviour towards

    attaining some goal. (Greenberg &Baron, 2003, p190) Bassett-Jones &Lloyd (2005,

    p931) presents that two views of human nature underlay early research into employee

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    motivation. The first view focuses on Taylorism, which viewed people as basically lazy

    and work shy, and thus held that these set of employees can only be motivated by

    external stimulation. The second view was based on Hawthorn findings, which held the

    view that employees are motivated to work well for its own sake as well as for the

    social and monetary benefits this type of motivation according to this school was

    internally motivated.

    2.2 - Motivational theories

    Even though much research been conducted on the field of financial motivation and

    manyresearchers and writers have proposed theories on the concept of financial

    motivation, and its role in enhancing employees performance in every organisation some

    of these models have been widely used and accepted by todays organisations leaders. In

    this thesis discussion on some of the motivational theories will include Alders (ERG

    theory), Maslow (Need theory), Vrooms (Expectancy theory), Adams (Social equity

    theoty), Taylor (productivity theory), Herzberg (Two factor theory), Mac Gregory (theory

    X and Y), Geogopalaus (path goal theory) and skinner (Reward theory). To better

    understand this discussion a summary of the theories is presented and an indebt

    discussion on Maslow and ERG theories on which I base my thesis overlooked.

    Alder asserts in his Existence relatedness and growth theory commonly known as the

    ERG theory that there are three basic human needs: Existence, relatedness and growth,

    which must be meet by an employee to enable him, increase performance. Maslow

    (1943) suggests that human needs can be classified into five categories and that

    these categories can be arranged in a hierarchy of importance. These include

    physiological, security, belongings, esteem and self-actualisation needs. According to

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    him a person is motivated first and foremost to satisfy physiological needs. As long as the

    employees remain unsatisfied, they turn to be motivated only to fulfil them. When

    physiological needs are satisfied they cease to act as primary motivational factors and the

    individual moves up the hierarchy and seek to satisfy security needs. This process

    continues until finally selfactualisation needs are satisfied. According to Maslow the

    rationale is quite simple because employees who are too hungry or too ill to work will

    hardly be able to make much a contribution to productivity hence difficulties in meeting

    organisational gaols.

    Vroom (1964) proposes that people are motivated by how much they want something and

    how likely they think they are to get it he suggest that motivation leads to efforts and the

    efforts combined with employees ability together with environment factors which

    interplays resulting to performance. This performance interns leads to various outcomes,

    each of which has an associated value called Valence.

    Adams (1965) on his part suggests that people are motivated to seek social equity in the

    rewards they receive for high performance. According to him the outcome from job

    includes; pay, recognition, promotion, social relationship and intrinsic reward .to get

    these rewards various inputs needs to be employed by the employees to the job as time,

    experience, efforts, education and loyalty. He suggests that, people tend to view their

    outcomes and inputs as a ratio and then compare these ratios with others and turn to

    become motivated if this ratio is high.

    Taylor (1911) observed the soldering by employees, which is a situation whereby

    workers work less than full capacity. He argued that soldering occurs due to the fact

    employees fear that performing high will lead to increasing productivity, which might

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    cause them to lose their jobs. This slow paces of work where promoted by faulty systems

    however this situation is not what prevails with contemporary employees who

    organisations evaluate them through their performance.Herzberg suggested that there are

    factors in a job, which causes satisfaction. These he called intrinsic factors (motivators)

    and other factor he refers to as dissatisfies (hygiene factors). According to him if the

    motivational factors are met, the employee becomes motivated and hence performs

    higher. Mac Gregory suggested that there exist two sets of employees (lazy and ambitious

    employees) With lazy employees representing theory X, hard and ambitious workers

    representing Y. According to him the lazy employee should be motivated to increase

    performance in an organization Geogopalaus path Goal theory of motivation states that, if

    a worker sees high productivity as a path leading to the attainment of one or more of his

    personal goals, he will turn to be a high producer. But if he sees low productivity as the

    path leading to the attainment of his goal he will turn to be a low producer and hence

    needs to be motivated.This discussion on the above motivational theories explains the

    fact that the concept ofemployees motivation has been a critical factor addressed by

    previous authors as what determines the core competence of every organisation in

    achieving a competitive position.

    According to Bassette-jones & Lloyd (2005,p.932) expectancy, equity, goal setting and

    reinforcement theory have resulted in the development of a simple model of motivational

    alignment. The model suggest that once needs of employees are identified, and

    organizational objectives and also satisfy employee needs .If poorly aligned, then low

    motivation will be the outcome.

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    According to (Wiley, 1997,p264) modern approaches to motivation may be organised

    into three related clusters: (1) personality-based views (2) cognitive choice or decision

    approaches and (3) goal or self-regulation perspective; where personality-based views

    emphasise the influence of enduring personal characteristics as they affect goal choice

    and striving. Workplace behaviour is posited to be determined by persons current need

    state in certain universal need category. Cognitive choice approaches to work motivation

    emphasise two determinant of choice and action; expectations, and subjective valuation

    of the consequences associated with each alternative. These expectancy value theories are

    intended to predict an individual choice or decision. Goal framework to work motivation

    emphasise the factors that influence goal striving which focuses on the relationship

    between goals and work behaviour. The assumption is that an employees conscious

    intentions (goals) are primary determines of task-related motivation since goals direct

    their thoughts and action. It is worth noting that an in-depth review of all the different

    theories mentioned above, is beyond the scope of this thesis. However, the personality-

    based perspective of work motivation within which Maslow need theory of motivation

    and Alders ERG theory falls will provide the main support and serve as a foundation for

    the research reported in this thesis. Specifically, as organisational scholars have paid a

    great deal of attention to the idea that people are motivated to use their jobs as

    mechanisms for satisfying their needs. This thesis intend to use Maslows hierarchy of

    need theory of motivation as a foundation to identify the factors that motivate todays

    employees, and in the process determine a ranking order of factors that motivates these

    employees, the original Maslow theory will be looked at more detail hereof.

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    2.3- History and Explanation of Maslows

    Hierarchy of Need Theory

    The motivation to work published by Maslow probably provided the field of

    organizational behaviour and management with a new way of looking at employees job

    altitudes or behaviours in understanding how humans are motivated. Probably the best-

    known conceptualisation of human needs in organisations has been proposed by this

    theory. Abraham Maslow was a clinical psychologist who introduced his theory based on

    personal judgement, which was generally known as the need hierarchy theory. According

    to him if people grew in an environment in which their needs are not met, they will be

    unlikely to function as healthy individuals or well-adjusted individuals. This idea was

    later applied to organisations to emphasise the idea that unless employees get their needs

    met on the job, they will not function as effectively as possible. Specifically Maslow

    theorised that people have five types of needs and that these are activated in a

    hierarchical manner. This means that these needs are aroused in a specific order from

    lowest to highest, such that the lowest-order need must be fulfilled before the next order

    need is triggered and the process continues. If you look at this in a motivational point of

    view Maslows theory says that a need can never be fully met, but a need that is almost

    fulfilled does not longer motivate. According to Maslow you need to know where a

    person is on the hierarchical pyramid in order to motivate him/her. Then you need to

    focus on meeting that persons needs at that level (Robbins 2001) According to

    Greenberg and Baron (2003,p192) the five needs identified by Maslow corresponds with

    the three needs of Alderfers ERG theory. Where as Maslow theory specifies that the

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    needs be activated in order from lowest to highest Alders theory specifies that the

    needs can be activated in any order. His approach is much simpler than Maslows. Alder

    specifies that there exist three main needs as opposed to five postulated by Maslow. This

    human basic needs include existence, relatedness and growth. These needs according to

    Alder need not necessarily activated in any specific order and may be activated at any

    time. According to him Existence needs corresponds to Maslows physiological needs and

    safety needs. Relatedness needs corresponds to Maslows social needs and growth needs

    corresponds to esteem and self-actualisation needs by Maslow Below is a summary of

    these needs that in this thesis are divided into Deficiency needs (psychological, safety,

    social needs) and Growth needs (esteem, self-actualisation needs).

    Factors Explanation: Physiological needs are the need at the bottom of the triangle and include the lowest

    order need and most basic. This includes the need to satisfy the fundamental biological

    drives such as food, air, water and shelter. According to Maslow organisations must

    provide employees with a salary that enable them to afford adequate living conditions.

    The rationale here is that any hungry employee will hardly be able to make much of any

    contribution to his organisation.

    Safety needs: this occupies the second level of needs. Safety needs are activated after

    physiological needs are met. They refer to the need for a secure working environment

    free from any threats or harms. Organisations can provide these need by providing

    employees with safety working equipment e.g. hardhats, health insurance plans, fire

    protection etc. The rationale is that employees working in an environment free of harm

    do their jobs without fear of harm.

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    Social needs: This represents the third level of needs. They are activated after safety

    needs are met. Social needs refer to the need to be affiliated that is (the needed to be

    loved and accepted by other people). To meet these needs organisations encourage

    employees participation in social events such as picnics, organisations bowling etc

    Esteem needs: this represents the fourth level of needs. It includes the need for self-

    respect and approval of others. Organisations introduce awards banquets to recognise

    distinguished achievements.

    Self-actualisation: This occupies the last level at the top of the triangle. This refers to

    the need to become all that one is capable of being to develop ones fullest potential. The

    rationale here holds to the point that self-actualised employees represent valuable assets

    to the organisation human resource. Most research on the application of need theory

    found that although lower-level managers are able to satisfy only their deficiency needs

    on the jobs, managers at the top level of organisations are able to satisfy both their

    deficiency and growth needs (Greenberg &Baron 2003 p.194) this view was supported by

    Shipley & Kiely (1988, p.18) Shiply & Kiely (1988,p.18) argue that as need satisfaction

    is an attitude, and that it is perfectly possible for a worker to be satisfied with his/her

    need, but not be motivated the reverse of which holds equally true. Hence, need

    satisfaction and motivation are not synonymous and both need fulfilment and un-

    fulfilment can have negative as well as positive influence on motivation.

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    2.4 - Empirical studies on employee motivation

    using the original and adapted Maslows model

    If any person has to come up with the question that is there any need for employees

    motivation? The answer to this type of question of-course should be simple-the basic

    survival of every organisation be it public or private limited before, today and in the

    foreseeable future lies in how well its work force is motivated to meet the objectives of

    the organisation. This explains why the human resource department in todays

    organisation is became a focus of its core functions. I think that motivated employees are

    needed in this rapidly Business world where the principal-agent conflict is the issue

    confronting most managers. Most organizations now consider their human resources as

    their most valuable assets (a strategic or competitive advantage). Therefore, in order to

    effectively and efficiently utilise this strategic asset, I believe managers and the

    organisation as a whole, must be able and willing to understand and hopefully provide the

    factors that motivate its employees within the context of the roles and duties they

    perform. This is because highly motivated employees are the cause of high productivity

    levels and hence higher profits for the organisation. Having noted this rationale the next

    question one may ask is what factors motivate todays employees? According to Wiley

    (1997, p265) at some point during our lives, virtually every person may have to work. He

    claims that working is such a common phenomenon that the question what motivates

    people to work is seldom asked. Wiley went on to say that we are much more likely to

    wonder why people climb mountains or commit suicide than to question the motivational

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    basis of their work,. Therefore, exploring the altitudes that employees hold concerning

    factors that motivate them to work is important to creating an environment that

    encourages employee motivation. From the much amount of literature available on

    employee motivation, it is clearly evident that a lot of surveys regarding employees and

    what motivates them have been undertaking. These employee motivation surveys have

    been conducted in many different job situations, among different categories of employees

    using different research methods and applications. One of the very first survey to be

    conducted was on industrial workers by (Hershey & Blanchard, 1969) over the years,

    similar or different survey employees have been carried out see (Kovach, 1987, 1993)

    (Wiley, 1995), (Lindner, 1998, 1999). According to a research carried out by Kovach on

    industrial employees who were asked to rank ten job rewards factors based on personal

    preferences where the value 1 represented most preferred and 10 being the least

    preferred. The results were as follows (1) full appreciation of work done (2) feeling of

    being (3) sympathetic help with personal problems (4) job security (5) Good wages and

    salaries (6) interesting work (7) promotion & Growth (8) employees loyalty (9) Good

    working conditions (10) tactful discipline During the periods of (1946, 1981 & 1986)

    when employee surveys were carried out, supervisors were at the time asked to rank job

    rewards, as they taught employees would rank them. The rankings by the supervisors

    were relatively consistent for each of the years. These rankings were as follows: (1) Good

    wages (2) Job security (3) promotion and Growth (4) working conditions (5) interesting

    work (6) personal loyalty to employees (7) tactful discipline (8) full appreciation (9)

    sympathetic help with personal problems (10) recognition (Kovach 1987 p.49-54)

    The results from the supervisor survey indicated that their ranking had not changed over

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    the study period with regards their collective perception of factors that motivate

    employees. This shows that they had a very inaccurate perception of what motivates

    employees but also that they did not realise the importance of the need theory

    In a survey by Wiley (1997, p.278) in which approximately 550 questionnaires were

    administered to person employed at different industries and divided into 5 subgroups, or

    categories namely: (occupation, gender, income levels, employment status and age) they

    were asked to rank 10 factors according to the level of importance each is in motivating

    them to perform best with the most important factor ranked 1 and the least important

    ranked 10th. The survey concluded with the following collective rank order by

    respondents: (1) Good wages (2) full appreciation of work done (3) job security (4)

    promotion (5) interesting work (6) company loyalty to employees (7) Good working

    conditions (8) tactful discipline (9) recognition (10) sympathetic help with personal

    problems. The results from a representative sample of the labour force in seven different

    countries by Harpaz (1991 p.75) showed that the two most dominant work goals were

    interesting work and Good wages; He further concluded that these two factors were

    consistent across different organisational levels, between genders and age groups.

    Quinn (1997) also cited in Harpaz (1991 p.311) concluded, When the ratings of twenty

    three job related factors (including the need factors) were carried out, the conclusion

    reached was that no single factor was pre-eminently important. He further pointed out

    that, The most aspect of the worker job was that of sufficient resources to perform a

    task. From the above studies presented so far, the rankings by different subgroups have

    shown semantic differences in the importance placed on different motivational factors.

    For example (Kovach, 1987,Wiley, 1997 and Harpaz, 1990) .The discrepancies in these

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    research findings supports Nelsons (2001,p.2) positional view that what motivates

    employees differs and may change for the same employee over time. It is appropriate at

    this level to give a brief summary of the previous researches in this thesis. Even though

    the original need hierarchy theory was presented some 50 years ago, some of its if not all

    factors remain of significant importance to employees today. The large number of earlier

    and recent studies investigating employee motivation using sometimes the original or

    modified version of Maslows theory, may continue the appreciation of this theory and

    the issue of employee motivation. The literature also shows that where the original theory

    was lacking (short comings or criticised for), has been greatly taken into consideration.

    Researchers have taken issues such as differences in gender, age, income, culture &

    countries etc and how these may affect or influence employee work motivation

    extensively. The commonality between these previous researches is the agreement that

    certain factors are more important as motivational factors than others and that these

    factors may change from one employee to another. These previous studies have also been

    taken using different methods, from surveys, questionnaires, face-face interviews, but

    their outcomes have not differed significantly. A possible explanation could be due to the

    fact that even though these studies were carried out using different methods and target

    population, the motivators factors remain same. The literature used in this thesis covers a

    wide range of time period, highly relevant and useful for addressing the purpose of this

    thesis.

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    2.5 - Airtels Motivation: Airtel's operational activities in Bangladesh aim to achieve a new and modern corporate

    identity, which is fitting with the energetic changes taking place in the telecom industry

    today. The aim is to be perceived not only as a telecommunication operator of voice

    services, but also as a universal provider of complete communications services for both

    residential and business customers.

    The tools required to recognize the needs of the employees:

    Prioritizing employee recognition, we can ensure a positive, productive,

    innovative organizational climate. People who feel appreciated are more positive about

    themselves and their ability to contribute. Employee recognition programs cover a wide

    spectrum of activities. They range from a spontaneous and private thank you on up to

    widely publicizes formal programs in which specific types of behavior are encouraged

    and the procedures for attaining recognition are clearly identified.

    When an employee has done his work properly, his effort is appreciated. For example,

    the project head or his immediate senior sends the employee, an email which addresses

    his involvement and determination in accomplishing the task that was assigned. The mail

    is CC to the department head and also all the members in the project. The email works as

    recognition for the task being well done. Airtel has a company magazine which is issued

    quarterly every year, where the employees accomplishment is acknowledged to the

    entire organization. In May 2008, one year after the launch of Airtelin Bangladesh, the organization

    organized an award ceremony for the employees. This was addressed to all the employees

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    who were there in helping the launching of the company in the Bangladesh market. Some

    of the employees where given medals for there outstanding performance and many got

    certificates for their devotion towards the organization. The certificate was signed by the

    CEO of Airtel. For instance, twice a year Airtel has their appraisal of the employees to

    judge their performance and evaluate them based on their given requirement of the

    organization. This appraisal helps them in their advancement in the organization and also

    identifies whether they need any sort of training to improve their performance. The

    decision is based on their performance which they have performed throughout the year.

    The major element that decides their advancement is how many times there work was

    appreciated by the senior. As we have already said before, that they get written

    acknowledgement from their manager which accounts for their advancement.

    These are some of the reinforcement programs that are offered to the employees :

    Consistent with reinforcement theory, rewarding a behavior with recognition immediately

    following that behavior is likely to encourage its repetition. According to the theory,

    recognition can take many forms. It could be in the form of personally congratulating an

    employee in private for a good job, sending handwritten note or an email message,

    acknowledging something positive. Public recognition can motivate employees who have

    a strong need for social acceptance.

    How the needs of an employee are met

    The employee needs are indentified from the work that they have performed. Each

    employee has their own task assigned to them and they have their seniors to whom they

    have to account for the task progress. If the senior feels that the employee is not working

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    to his full potential or is being unable to perform the task, he will have a face to face

    meeting with the employee to identify the latters needs. Since the span of control is

    small in the organization, the manager can afford to have one to one meeting regarding

    employee needs. This gives a positive feeling towards the organizational culture and is a

    part of belongingness.

    The need can be of many types. For example, an employee is not satisfied with the

    environment of the work place, are in conflicting terms with the coworkers, the work

    demands certain skill that the employee does not have and so on. To solve such problems,

    the manager can address the employee by counseling him, assigning him other works

    which he finds comfortable. Most important thing that the senior has to do is to make the

    employee feel that he is a part of the organization and his work can account for attaining

    the organizational goals.

    Moreover, the needs can be attained by providing training to the employees where it is

    needed. This training can help improve their performance in the organization and in some

    situation they send their employees to local as well as foreign conferences, which

    broaden their horizon. The need can also be met by providing workshop to employees to

    better understand their work.

    As employees are overworked and stressed out, this environment makes recognition

    program particularly attractive. Recognition provides a relatively low-cost means to

    stimulate employee performances.

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    Employee recognition programs currently in use:

    In the Customer Service Department of Airtel: The names of the three best performers of

    a month are put up on the Business Board that the company maintains. This helps the

    company to recognize, during the appraisal, if an employee would fit a position of

    Supervisor. Moreover, after measuring their performance each day, the best performer of

    the day is being selected and his/her name is e-mailed to all the employees in the

    department. Thus, he/she gets recognition for his/her hard work each day. The number of

    times an employee was recognized to be the Performer of the day is counted and the

    employee with the greatest value is therefore the Employee of the month.

    Every three months Airtel issues magazine for their employees, which works as a

    recognition tool for the organization. Here the success of an employee is recognized. For

    instance, a project was undertaken within the organization and it became a great success

    and to acknowledge the work of those individuals, an article would be published on the

    magazine. This works as a moral booster for the employee and their work is being

    recognized by each and every one in the organization. Moreover if an employee gets

    married or has a baby, then they are also acknowledged in the magazine by the entire

    staff of the company. Or something that happened in the company which is worth

    knowing for the employees, it can be found on the magazine. It is a method of

    communication for the employees. Moreover, there is another method through which an

    employees work is appreciated and it is done through email which is send to the fellow

    worker. It is to show that the employees commitment to his work was noticed and was

    being appreciated by the organization. Such appreciation works as a motivator for the

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    employee. The employees also get immediate response when they face problems

    regarding their jobs. These responses depend on the needs they have to accomplish the

    specific job.

    The responses could be through:

    training based

    counseling

    Training is required for the employees who lack knowledge about a particular task of

    their respective jobs whereas counseling is done to the employees who do not feel

    interested to work maybe because of the working environment or conflict with colleagues

    etc.

    Motivational program those are currently available in Airtel

    Motivational programs are designed to encourage an individual intensity and stabilizing

    the persistence level towards attaining organizational goals.

    Airtel runs many motivational programs to influence the job performance of its

    employees. Among them is the promotion of the high skilled or high performing workers

    who strive to excel in their job outcome. For Airtel, age is not an issue to increase the

    grade level and even in many cases employees are rewarded with double promotion. But

    in contrast, a government employee cannot be promoted or be a manager at the age of 25

    even if the employee has all the qualities. This is because of age issue which becomes a

    big obstacle for the promotion and compensations. Promotions are easy interpreters of

    work appreciation for an employee. It directly motivates the individual to perform better

    and grow in the organization.

    Training is another method which motivates the employees to learn and enhance their

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    knowledge of the job. It helps to provide more impacts to the work and get better job

    outputs in terms of rewards, benefits and recognition. Airtel classified training into two

    parts, skill based training and personal training. They appraise the employee twice a year

    and from the assessment they identify who might require training and lastly places them

    accordingly into the two groups.

    International conference helps to diversify knowledge, expand employees flexibility and

    gives few privileged ones a chance to represent Airtel. These selective employees show

    more loyalty and dedication to the organization. They also avail the scope to learn from

    more experienced entrepreneurs managers and along with that can share their own

    stories. It is assumed to be a very effective mean of motivation as they can now know

    different methods to manage stress, pressure and keep up with the competitive

    environment. Employees tend to become more flexible regarding job rotation, job

    enlargement, transfers, schedule, etc. Many times employees might have to attend offices

    on weekends to meet the work load; therefore this sort of flexibility comes after the

    international seminars. When the privileged group returns from their tour, they are shown

    more respect which on the other hand encourages the other employees to work harder to

    attain these types of benefits.

    Airtel also motivates by providing counseling to their employees. When their employees

    performance level decreases or if the employees face some problem then the team leader

    directly discusses the problems and tries to solve them. The leader eases his or her

    influential power to inspire the employee and also shows a way to overcome the road

    blocks. Through this method employee can share any form of grievance, inequality,

    inability etc. Any personal troubles or cultural differences can come to the knowledge of

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    Airtel through this manner.

    Another current move Airtel took was the introduction of transportation facility for the

    women who work late at night, usually due for roasters. And, also for the call-centre and

    customer department which operates till late night, transportation is provided to ensure

    security to the women worker and to improve their performance instead of worrying the

    whole time about safety and transportation obstacles. Airtel is currently giving a lot of

    thought for the working mothers; therefore they are planning to launch day care facility

    so that they can invest more time on their mental skills of the job.

    The elements used to motivate an employee

    Motivational elements are categorized as Career development, Morning meetings,

    medical bills, magazines and lot more by Airtel. These elements act as intrinsic factors in

    achieving job satisfaction among the workers. It helps the worker feel good or bad about

    the job. Herzbergs two-factor theory proposes that an individuals attitude towards work

    can help to determine his or her success level. In the same manner, Airtel employees can

    be grouped as job satisfied employees; and it also reflects in the success level the telecom

    company attained in such a short period of time, by becoming the third player in its

    market.

    Career development allows employees to grow in their respective field of work. It

    provides them the chance to expand their knowledge limit and move up in the hierarchy.

    Mr. Saiful Islam expressed how he is exposed to varieties of chances to diversify his C.V.

    in here. He also compared his work experience of Grameen Phone with Airtel, and

    concluded that, last 2 years helped him to advance his designation which might not have

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    been possible if he stayed back in Grameen. As they have already reached a matured

    stage so there was less opportunity of development for the new comers. The significance

    of this factor plays a big role in motivating the employees.

    Airtel has a unique policy to use all the ideas, creativity and views of their staffs by

    holding a morning meeting, department wise. On this meeting Heads of the department

    introduce a new dimension and then the rest of the team member contributes their thought

    about it. This is an integral part for the organizational citizenship that the workers feel. It

    is perceived by the employees that their voices are counted before authorizing any new

    plan or order. Through the morning meetings employees can also share the obstacles

    they face during their work. Another direct factor is the publication of Magazines which

    is done quarterly. It records all the important events occurred in the organization,

    employee promotions, transfer, marriage or new born babies pictures. Basically, everyone

    feels like a family when these magazines are delivered to their desktop.A huge portion of

    the medical bills are taken care of by the Airtel organization. It makes the life of

    employees more secure and helps to relieve them from the burden of medical expense

    and concentrate on the work. It motivates them to keep working harder as the percentage

    discounted also depends on the grade level.

    Motivation for Low Skilled Employees

    In case of low skilled employees, respective line managers need to sit one to one with

    such employees and figure out reasons why they are not being able to perform as

    expected. After discussion, line manager needs to figure out their challenges and how it

    can be overcome. In most of the cases, trainings are arranged so that such employees can

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    be brought up to the mark. The line manager needs to explain them their importance in

    the company and urge them to put additional effort to enhance their required skills.

    If an employees skills are not up to the mark for a particular department, he/she is

    sometimes given the opportunity to move to other departments for which he/she has

    adequate skills.

    Motivation for Top Performers

    This refers to that group of people who are already skilled and are doing their work pretty

    well and has the capability to grow further in the company. Airtel prefers to send this

    group of people for training which are based on Personal Development and on

    Leadership. They are also being sent to different International Training Programs and

    seminars which broaden their view and give them complete new dimensions as to how

    their respective tasks could be done. Through such seminars these employees also come

    across top performers of several other institutions from around the globe.

    These steps taken by the company has proved to be very beneficial because the

    employees take it as a privilege to be a part of such International Programs. This

    enhances their self esteem and thus they strive to work harder.

    Effectiveness of Current Motivational Programs

    As a telecom operator, Airtel has several divisions (e.g. Sales, Customer Service, IT,

    Engineering etc). Each division has its own motivational program/s.

    Customer Service: Recently, as a motivation enhancement program, customer service

    division arranged a day out where all the employees were taken out of Dhaka for the

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    entire day. Top performers of the department were provided medals and certificates. Such

    programs are arranged quite frequently by Customer Service to motivate and rejuvenate

    employees and increase bonding between the employees.

    Sales: As a motivation program, employees of sales division are assigned monthly and

    quarterly sales targets and are provided with bonus on achievement. This motivates the

    employees to push harder for additional sales which contribute to addition of subscriber

    base and enhancement of revenue.

    Such performance based programs are designed and implemented by individual

    departments which both provides motivation to the employees and also contributes to the

    overall success of the organization.

    2.6 - Organizational Citizenship

    The factor which acts as the most important motivational tool and has a huge influence

    on employee performance is the organizational citizenship.

    Airtel portrays an internal structure which gives space to its employees to experiment

    with new ideas, provides them a creative field to bring in innovation and change. This

    means that an employee has more scope to bring out their talent and thus has a greater

    scope to grow.When an employee feels that his/her idea is being accepted by the

    management and is put into practice, the employee feels honored and endeavor for a

    better performance. This not only increases his/her productivity but also the productivity

    and performance of the company as a whole.Airtel, being a 4.5 year old company, has an

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    employee base, the majority of who are employed in the company since its pre-launched

    period. These employees feel that they have built the company with their very own hands

    and wherever the company stands today-in terms of attaining the 2nd

    position in the

    Telecommunication industry and having a customer base of three million is because of

    their hard work and dedication towards it. This feeling makes the employees have a

    stronger approach towards the company which not only encourages them to attain their

    individual/departmental goals, but also make them think of ways and strategies to firmly

    stabilize the company in the Telecommunication sector of Bangladesh.

    2.7 - Finding and Analysis Compared to other telecom company, when Airtel is very new in this sector its market

    operation was for only 2.5 years and it is already attaining the 4th

    position in the

    Telecommunication industry and having a customer base of three millions, and now they

    are in the second position which I have discussed earlier about their present situation .

    We can make an assumption that in the future Airtel has lot to offer. Since, there

    accomplishment speaks greater than words. Holding such a position would not have been

    possible without the devotion of their employees. There employees are motivated enough

    to be able to achieve their desire goal and even to go farther.

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    Recommendation Airtel Bangladesh has been efficiently managing their employee and achieving employee

    satisfaction by providing a good working environment and hence driving them to work

    for attaining the company goals. Since, it has been already discussed that most of the

    employees in Airtel have pre-experience of working in with the companys competitors

    before it launched its business in this country, we believe that what these employees

    would always compare between their past work place and the current one. The most

    important thing is that, the company should be concerned that the employees feel the

    respect in their current workplace which would highly distinguish their current job from

    their past ones. So, for Airtel, garnering respect within the employee for the sake for

    motivating them to work is a major challenge.

    Conclusion Airtel Bangladesh is operating in a market where competition is huge. In order to get the

    best out of the market the only option that all the telecom companies in Bangladesh now

    have is to focus on providing better quality service. Better quality service depends on

    factors like employee satisfaction within the organization i.e. whether skilled labour force

    is motivated to work for the organization. Since there is also a scarcity for skilled labour

    in this industry, be it in the role of technical or management, it is important for a

    company to keep track of the employee management. It is important for the company that

    it cares about the employee as much as it wants the employees to care about the

    company. The use of motivational concepts helps a company to identify the need of the

    employee and then learn ways to achieve a favorable employee satisfaction.

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    Appendix Glossary

    Self-esteem

    The degree to which the qualities andcharacteristics contained in ones self concept

    are perceived to be positive One's estimation of one's own self-worth. A construct that

    enjoyed tremendous popularity in the 1970ss but since has been considered

    epiphenomenal not causal. A minority of psychologists consider positive and negative

    evaluations of the self to be the sixth and seventh factors of personality. Possibly

    grouped with self-efficacy, etc.

    Big Five personality model

    A model of the primary dimensions of individual differences in personality. The

    dimensions are usually labeled extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness,

    conscientiousness, and openness to experience, thought he labels vary somewhat among

    researchers.

    Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

    (MPTI)

    A personality test designed to classify individuals according to their expressed choices

    between contrasting alternatives in certain categories of traits. The categories, based on

    Jungian typology, are extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, and

    Judging-Perceiving.The test has little credibility among research psychologists but is

    widely used in educational counseling and human resource management

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    Type A/Type B personality

    Type A personality is a personality pattern characterized by chronic competitiveness,

    high levels of achievement motivation, and hostility. Type B personality is a

    personality pattern characterized by low levels of competitiveness and frustration and a

    relaxed, easy going approach.

    Cognitive reflection

    A specific mental ability. The tendency to reflect before taking an intuitive answer as

    correct.

    Motivation

    The processes that account for an individuals intensity, direction, and persistence of

    effort toward attaining a goal.

    Hierarchy

    A hierarchy (sometimes abbreviated HR) can link entities either directly or indirectly,

    and either vertically or horizontally. The only direct links in a hierarchy, insofar as they

    are hierarchical, are to one's immediate superior or to one of one's subordinates, although

    a system that is largely hierarchical can also incorporate alternative hierarchies. Indirect

    hierarchical links can extend "vertically" upwards or downwards via multiple links in the

    same direction, following a path.

    Telecommunication

    Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to

    communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals,

    such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical

    heliographs , or audio messages via coded drumbeats, lung-blown horns, or sent by loud

    whistles.

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    Questionnaire

    Keys:

    Strongly agree - SA

    Agree - A

    Uncertain - U

    Disagree -DS

    1. My Manager/supervisor regards me as good worker

    2. I receive the recognition I deserve for the work I do

    3. I know exactly what is expected of me to carry out my daily task

    satisfactory

    4. The training I receive enables me to perform well

    5. If I disagree with my manager/supervisor I have an opportunity to

    discuss with him

    6. I know what the companys objective is and how I can contribute

    towards the achievement thereof

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    7. If people in our section do not agree on a matter, it is ignored rather

    than discussed

    8. If I compare my salary with that of people in other companies , I feel

    satisfied

    9. My superior notices my hard work and gives me the necessary

    recognition for it

    10. If I do my tasks I have sufficient opportunities for promotion

    11. My senior is interested in the work I do

    12. My work load is of such a nature that I can give sufficient attention to

    my tasks

    13. The team spirit in our branch is very good

    14. I have felt part of the organization since having been appointed here

    15. My potential is fully utilized