Motivational Factors on Job Productivity: Case Southeast Asia Nonprofit Organization

This paper explores the importance of motivating non-profit organization employees to increase job productivity with
participants using non-profit organizations' employees in Southeast Asia. This paper draws data from a qualitative
case study conducted in Southeast Asia. It analyzes the factors that may contribute to more in-depth intrinsic
motivation. The study was conducted on 20 informants working in different non-profit organizations in Southeast Asia.
The findings show that the basic needs for employees include reasonable remuneration, adequate work facilities,
funding for training, and support. Furthermore, some employees show a greater need to increase their job productivity. They feel this would increase their scope of work knowledge, making them better employees. It would also increase professionalism as an employee of a non-profit organization. However, lacking proper funding, support, and adequate work facilities is a barrier to employee job productivity. Therefore, non-profit organizations in Southeast Asia countries need to motivate their employees by providing facilities to increase job productivity. Few studies is published on the impact of motivational factors on job productivity in non-profit organizations. Therefore, the paper makes an empirical contribution of the non-profit organizations to the relationship between motivational factors and job productivity in Southeast Asia.
Keywords: intrinsic motivation, job productivity, nonprofit organization, employees, Southeast Asia