Corporate Social Responsibility In An Organization
It is in every organization interest to motivate its employees. It is this motivation that directs their activities. It arouses goal directed activities in them. In order for individual to attain desired goal they must be energetic, the need focus and show commitment. Organization leaders have a responsibility to create a suitable environment where employee can realize all their potential. It is this that eliminates frustration, which otherwise would lead to poor performance (Rafikul & Ahmed Zaki Hj, 2008). Accordingly, organizations have a responsibility to motivate people to attain their personal goals.
People religious affiliations have an impact on their personality and lives. It is therefore, important to consider the religious contribution in terms of influence on the human nature. Harrowfield & Gardner (2010) suggests that maturity of Christian’s faith has an influence in the way they deal with stress. According to them mature Christians show some resilience in dealing with stressors in their daily life. Similarly, Ali (2009) argues that Islamic teaching emphasis the need to work because God rewards those who do so. This shows that religion has a role to play in workplace motivation and organizations should create a climate where people from different religions thrive. His work highlights different types of human needs that each individual strives to fulfill and can lead to motivations. He points out how an organization should develop this climate, by emphasizing that spiritual needs are more important than the material and physiological needs. It is these spiritual needs that help employees to deal with frustration, failure or crisis. Therefore, an organization can create a right environment for people to attain their needs if there is accommodation and recognition of their spiritual needs.
References
Ali, A. J. (2009). Levels of existence and Motivation in Islam. Journal of Management History, 15(1), pp 50-65.
Harrowfiled, R., & Gardner, D. (2010). Faith at Work: Stress and Well-Being among Workers in Christian Organizations. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 29(3), pp 205-217.
Rafikul, I, & Ahmed Zaki Hj, I. (2008). Employee Motivation: a Malaysian perspective. International Journal of Commerce and management, 18(4), pp 344-362.
