Introduction The driving force behind any employee’s performance is enthusiasm. Therefore, managers have a responsibility of finding the explanations that inspires their personnel to increase their productivity (Andrews and Rose 241). Studies indicate direct relationships between motivation and employees’ performance as well as productivity. In other words, factors that negatively affect motivation of employees in the workplace have also been found to have detrimental impacts on the employees’ productivity. Essentially, enthusiasm at the workplace plays a very significant role in influencing individual output since it affects the physical and intellectual potentials of the personnel . Moreover, the maintenance of workers’ motivation enhances the ability of employees to perform the physical and mental responsibilities to the optimal levels. Management relating factors such as compensation system of the organization, management structure, leadership style as well as other related work processes increases motivation on the employees. The way these factors affect the employees’ productivity remains critical to the attainment of the goals of an organization. Therefore, understanding the relationship between the motivating factors and the productivity of employees as well as the way related variables affect this relationship is significant to the organizations’ success. As a result, diverse observations have been developed to find out what motivates human resources in the workplace. The report tends to examine various factors that affect motivation of workers within an organization. In the empirical study that was conducted, various factors emerged to be contributing to the increased motivation to the employees. Essentially, the report provides an empirical analysis of various factors that affect the employees’ motivation within the workplace. Research question The aim of the empirical study is to determine various factors that affect employees’ motivation in the workplace. In other words, the empirical study tends to answer the question of various factors that influence the motivation of employees in the workplace. Literature review Appreciation forms the deepest principle of human nature. In essence, recognizing the efforts of employees, the provision of succession prospects to the personnel and enhancing job commitment and dedication among employees are ways through which employees can be motivated. Further, the depths of individual human beings as well as their devotion to deliver tremendous output in the operation of an organization contribute immensely in the competitive ability of the firm (Andrews and Rose 241). In fact, the performance levels of personnel play very significant roles in increasing the firm’s competitive advantage. Several factors affect employees’ job performance. For instance, motivation is considered to influence employee performance. Firms often apply different concepts and models to explain the methods of motivation to increase the employees’ performance. In fact, employees are highly motivated when their interests are taken into consideration. In essence, the driving force behind any employee’s performance is enthusiasm. Therefore, any organization must adopt practices that inspire personnel to increase their prod