Factors Impacting Motivation of Indian Employees with Special Focus on Older HR Professionals

Human Resource Management must keep pace with the changing as well as aging demographic that India is going to find itself harbouring. It is therefore important to understand the factors that motivate this new breed of employees. Factors motivating employees can be understood through various classifications such as extrinsic, intrinsic, financial and non-financial. Though frameworks exist to study how to create optimal motivational strategies, there is a dearth of work understanding Indian HR professionals. Administering a questionnaire on 91 respondents from the field of HR, this study used factor analysis to find the factors which influence motivation. By using a combination of motivation-linked incentives and personal preference a holistic perspective was found in the form of five distinct factors that influence motivation in these professionals. This study also explores some implications for managers that emerge from the findings which can keep employees engaged in the firm. The limitations and scope for further research are also discussed.