1.0 INTRODUCTION
Employee is motivated to increase their job performances. The questions are what motivation is and why it is important to motivate employee in workplace? Over the last twenty decades, motivation is number one factor in increasing level of performance. It is operationally defined as inner force that drives individuals to accomplish personal and organizational goals. In other words, motivated employees are needed in our rapidly changing workplaces. This is because every individual or employee needs motivation and so do organization. Employee who is highly motivated will help him achieve his personal goals and increase his job satisfaction and productive.
Islam R and Hj Ismail A.Z (2008), based the study of Employee motivation A Malaysian perspective, the purpose of the research paper is to identify the motivation factors of employees that working in the various Malaysian organization. Based on the finding, it indicate that factor such as gender, race, education, employment status and marital status were found some impact on motivation. This finding gives a guideline for manager to develop a motivation program for employees Somehow, the motivation helps in self development of employee and always received gain by working with a dynamic team. And similarly, motivation is important to a workplace in organization as motivation will lead to an optimistic and challenging attitude at work place. Always remember, the more employee are motivated, the more empowerment the team is in order to generate profitable and successful in the business. The roles of motivation are only powerful tools to create more productive employee and helping organization to survive. Since motivated employees are important, therefore, managers need to understand what motivates employees within the context of the roles they perform. Understanding what motivated employees and how