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A work team composed of part-time, full-time and temporary employees can have different types of control systems, procedures and working conditions. Achieving the balance between your needs generates a great challenge. Both the public and private sectors use similar strategies to influence job performance. There are some reasons that influence the productivity or the quality of delivery of a service such as the bad perception of employees about the organization, inflexible schedules or the lack of training or educational opportunities. One factor that can affect job performance is having a fair and adequate salary.
Motivation and job satisfaction
Increase motivation and job satisfaction are associated with having high retention of workers and increased labour productivity. Employees must understand the responsibilities they will have and the salary they will receive before taking the job. The job description must match the tasks, quality standards, competencies and salary of the position. This avoids any confusion between the expectations of the administration and those of the employee.
Rewards system based on compliance with goals and performance.
The reward method based on performance or goals achieved to motivate the worker to improve their performance and thus achieve the objectives that the organization proposes. Payment must be made based on a competency system based on supply and demand. The organization should modify their salaries in order to attract expert employees in their area. However, salaries based on performance and meeting goals should not be the only method to increase job performance.
Payment as a motivating factor.
In countries with low or middle income, it has been shown that low salaries increase absenteeism and low labour productivity. The use of only a strategy of rewards based on performance fails to effectively motivate the increase thereof. The increase in payment does not ensure that the employee will be committed and will have a higher level of motivation. However, by balancing it with other considerations such as the creation of a good work environment, salary increases then become effective strategies to increase productivity.
Other considerations and incentives to increase performance.
Other incentives such as granting training according to the objectives of the organization can improve job performance. The creation of an environment that encourages diversity, implementing different administrative strategies can also increase productivity. Having a leadership style in the administration, which includes your work team in decision-making processes and that enables you to share responsibilities that lead to achieving the organization’s objectives, has proven to generate increases in performance and job retention.