MOTIVATING FACTORS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS IN THE AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES IN CHENNAI – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Motivation is the corner stone of productivity in any organisation. Motivation helps the employees to put in better efforts in achieving the tasks assigned to them. Motivation may also alter the behavior of employees in the organisation affecting the productivity drastically. Motivated employees may work in the efficient and effective manner thereby increasing the productivity and quality of work in the automotive companies. The commitment shown by the employees depends on how organizations consider the factors of motivation offered to the employees. The poorly motivated employees may even end-up in creating loss to the organizations. The reward that the employees get in the process of achieving the goal or task matters very much to the productivity of work in the organizations. There are a number of factors which are responsible for the productivity of mechanical engineers in the automotive parts manufacturing companies. The common motivating factors of employees would be salary, working environment, safety, job security and reward. There are much more motivating factors which the employees consider as vital to increase the productivity in the organizations. Even though it is really difficult and also practically impossible to identify what really motivates employees but to some extent the motivating factors can be figured-out for the benefit of the employees and also for the organizations. The study attempts to identify the factors which are really responsible in motivating the mechanical engineers in the production plant of the automotive parts manufacturing companies located in and around Chennai