Discussion on the Working Motivation of Employees in Construction Materials Firms

According to Stee & Porter (1983) [23], work motivation is the desire and willingness of employees to increase efforts towards achieving organizational goals and is the urge and persistence in the work process. The topic of attracting and motivating employees is one of the topics that many domestic and foreign scholars are interested in. Many motivation theories have been developed to explain the process of motivating employees. Work motivation is personal; it is expressed through the attitudes and behaviors of workers. Besides, work motivation is influenced by both internal and external factors. Therefore, administrators can use different measures and policies to change the working motivation of employees. In the context of the 4.0 industrial revolution, the entire society is implementing digital transformation, and rapid socio-economic changes, etc., require firms in general and construction materials firms in particular to change and innovate to match the development trend in the new era, applying modern technology. Therefore, for construction materials firms, it is necessary to have strategies, plans, and orientations to suit the development trend. This study discusses and analyzes the work motivation of workers at construction materials firms in Vietnam. Besides contributing to perfecting the theoretical framework on employee motivation, this study also aims to propose some recommendations to help construction materials firms create more motivation for employees.