The Impact of Employee Benefits on Employee Engagement and Work Motivation
Virtanen, Jenni (2023)
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202304064891
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202304064891
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The aim of this thesis was to research the impact of employee benefits on employee engagement and work motivation. The topic was chosen so that the writer would deepen her knowledge of engagement and motivation, and the objective was to create a questionnaire from which the case company FinVector would benefit when updating their employee benefits.
Firstly the theoretical framework was established. It focuses on employee engagement and work motivation, and discusses rewarding briefly. The research method was quantitative since the aim was to gather as many responses as possible. An online questionnaire was designed and distributed to the employees of FinVector by email. A link to the questionnaire was also published on the company’s Intranet. The sample size was formed by 127 respondents, which was more than sufficient to make the study reliable.
The significance of this study was great as FinVector acquired a great amount of current information about the employees and their wishes for the future. Since the theory and questionnaire supported each other in an excellent manner, the study gave a good insight into the present situation, and allocation of the resources in the future. The research results showed that employee benefits impact engagement and work motivation positively. Additionally, wellbeing-related employee benefits was something the employees were interested in and they were keen to enjoy similar benefits in the future too. All of the results were important since the aim was to listen to the employees, and conduct a vast research of the topics chosen. Moreover it was noticed that the need for further studies is great, and the subject enables interesting research to be carried out in the future.
Firstly the theoretical framework was established. It focuses on employee engagement and work motivation, and discusses rewarding briefly. The research method was quantitative since the aim was to gather as many responses as possible. An online questionnaire was designed and distributed to the employees of FinVector by email. A link to the questionnaire was also published on the company’s Intranet. The sample size was formed by 127 respondents, which was more than sufficient to make the study reliable.
The significance of this study was great as FinVector acquired a great amount of current information about the employees and their wishes for the future. Since the theory and questionnaire supported each other in an excellent manner, the study gave a good insight into the present situation, and allocation of the resources in the future. The research results showed that employee benefits impact engagement and work motivation positively. Additionally, wellbeing-related employee benefits was something the employees were interested in and they were keen to enjoy similar benefits in the future too. All of the results were important since the aim was to listen to the employees, and conduct a vast research of the topics chosen. Moreover it was noticed that the need for further studies is great, and the subject enables interesting research to be carried out in the future.