Employee questionnaire

Motivation

• Employee motivation is defined as the enthusiasm, energy level, commitment and the amount of creativity that an employee brings to the organization on a daily basis.
• Employee motivation is all about how engaged an employee feels in tandem to the organization’s goals and how empowered he/she feels.

Intrinsic motivation

• Intrinsic motivation means that an individual is motivated from within. He/she has the desire to perform well at the workplace because the results are in accordance with his/her belief system.

Extrinsic motivation

• Extrinsic motivation means an individual’s motivation is stimulated by external factors- rewards and recognition.
• Some people may never be motivated internally and only external motivation would work with them to get the tasks done.

Interest

• The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.
• Finding something interesting increase the motivation for deal with it

Engagement

• Combination of commitment to the organization and its values plus a willingness to help out colleagues
• It goes beyond job satisfaction and is not simply motivation. Engagement is something the employee has to offer
• The people who understand the company’s vision - and how it is changing - are more likely to demonstrate the innovation and creativity that will be needed to forge ahead when the upturn comes

Seriousness

• Seriousness is the capability to give importance to the job, being respectful of the things, the people and the tasks that surround us.

Seriousness can be evaluated under 4 points of view:

1. Accomplishing the duties and not falling behind it
2. Make every effort that is requested to reach the goals
3. Hurrying to Work: Time respect is crucial to demonstrate seriousness
4. Accomplish your Works Perfectly

Reliability

• Being reliable means that you do what you promised to do and that others can count on you. It is a positive social character trait.
• The reliable person feels good, knowing that he or she is trusted.

Core Values

Trust

• Trust is the believe in someone else reliability
• Trust is good for morale and motivation
• Trust builds teamwork and collaboration
• Trust produces increased speed, improved efficiency and hence, decreases costs
• Trust empowers ethical decision-making
• Trust increases loyalty and the willingness to stay with a company
• Trust decreases stress levels and hostility in the work environment
• Trust overcomes resistance to change
• Trust breaks down corporate silos and isolating behaviors
• Trust is a gateway to persuasion, sharing and developing ideas
• Trust is a key ingredient to coaching and improving employee performance

Trustworthiness

• Trustworthiness is being honest, dependable, and reliable to get things done

Honesty

• Honesty is the quality of being truthful. An example of honesty is telling the truth even after doing something wrong.

Honesty can improve the business environment in 5 ways:

• Honesty Begets Honesty: The leaders have to be honest if they want their employees to be honest
• Minimizes regulatory concerns
• Boost customer trust
• Helps in creating better ideas
• Reduce unproductive conflict

Openness

• Openness means being open in terms of sharing information so employees know what’s going on, and crucially, feel heard.
• But it also means being, and expecting, an openness to different ways of working — different styles, different opinions, and, critically, feedback.
• It means openness to change.

Edgewise

Availability

• The quality of being able to be used or obtained.

Quality of work

The level of happiness and satisfaction of an employee with its work

Productivity

• Productivity is commonly defined as a ratio between the output volume and the volume of inputs.
• In other words, it measures how efficiently production inputs, such as labor and capital, are being used in an economy to produce a given level of output.

Efficiency

• Efficiency is the ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result.
• In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.

Common Sense

Identification

• The level at which employees' values reflect the company's values

Communication

Responsiveness

• The quality of reacting quickly and positively to a stimulus.

Satisfaction

• Job satisfaction refers to a person’s feeling of satisfaction on the job, which acts as a motivation to work
• Job satisfaction relates to the total relationship between an individual and the employer for which he is paid
• Job dissatisfaction brings an absence of motivation at work.

Commitment

• Work commitment is defined as the level of enthusiasm an employee has towards his/her tasks assigned at a workplace.
• It is the feeling of responsibility that a person has towards the goals, mission, and vision of the organization he/she is associated with.

Expertise

• Expertise is consensually defined as elite, peak, or exceptionally high levels of performance on a particular task or within a given domain.

Determination

• Determination is a positive emotional feeling that involves persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles.

Self-confidence

• Self-confidence is an attitude personal your skills and abilities. It means that a person accept and trust itself and have a sense of control in its life. *The person knows its strengths and weakness well, and has a positive view of itself. It sets realistic expectations and goals, communicate assertively, and can handle criticism.

Friendliness

• Friendliness refers to the ability to put up a warm personality that makes you approachable, easy to relate with and without any hostility.
• A friendly person is someone who has a great level of respect for others. He is not snobbish but respects people’s feelings, ideas, and beliefs.

How friendliness improves working environment

• Being friendly increases knowledge sharing
• Being friendly increases team spirit & morale
• Being friendly will improve mental health issues within your company
• Reduces stress by creating a positive working environment
• It'll make you feel better about yourself

Weblinks

• https://www.questionpro.com/blog/employee-motivation/
• https://www.getfeedback.net/hrmanagers/what-is-engagement
• https://www.insightlink.com/why-trust-matters-in-the-workplace.html
• https://medium.com/workplace-by-facebook/openness-at-work-4ef0f51bb606