Abstract:

This article presents literature on employee motivation incentives and evaluates their impact on organizational productivity. The article aims at explicitly highlighting the effect of incentives on different elements that influence organizational productivity. A qualitative analysis of literature was employed to consolidate literature that informed the study. The findings indicate that incentivizing the organization's activities undertaken by human resources helps in improving organizational productivity. The results showed that incentives increase productivity by enhancing the following elements; employee work performance, employee engagement, innovation and creativity, organizational commitment and job satisfaction. This finding will provide useful information to organizations when designing incentive schemes and analysing their functions and general impact.

Keywords: Employee motivation, incentives, organizational productivity, motivators.

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