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Psychological Impact of Human Resource on Productivity


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1 Department of Social Sciences, Lady Doak College, Madurai, India
2 Department of Social Work, Patrician College, Chennai, India
 

In achieving an organization's primary goal the productivity is key and it depends largely on the contributions made by the employees. These human resources are influenced by many factors like motivation, social facilitation, leadership, nature of groups, cohesiveness and the like. These psychological factors have a great impact on the productivity. The understanding of this has become essential to a HR manager so as to use and manipulate these psychological variables to enhance productivity. The basic knowledge of these factors will help in planning policies so as to meet the different need levels of the workforce. The successful organisation brings out the best in their employees focusing on factors within themselves. These factors which challenge the human spirit inspire the personality development, allow for goal accomplishment and represent higher standards of conduct in the primary areas of concern for the management of the human recourses.

Keywords

Productivity, Psychological Factors, Motivation, Employee Characteristics.
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Kajal J. Metha
Department of Social Sciences, Lady Doak College, Madurai, India
J. Divya
Department of Social Work, Patrician College, Chennai, India

Abstract


In achieving an organization's primary goal the productivity is key and it depends largely on the contributions made by the employees. These human resources are influenced by many factors like motivation, social facilitation, leadership, nature of groups, cohesiveness and the like. These psychological factors have a great impact on the productivity. The understanding of this has become essential to a HR manager so as to use and manipulate these psychological variables to enhance productivity. The basic knowledge of these factors will help in planning policies so as to meet the different need levels of the workforce. The successful organisation brings out the best in their employees focusing on factors within themselves. These factors which challenge the human spirit inspire the personality development, allow for goal accomplishment and represent higher standards of conduct in the primary areas of concern for the management of the human recourses.

Keywords


Productivity, Psychological Factors, Motivation, Employee Characteristics.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.23837/tbr%2F2013%2Fv1%2Fn1%2F123489