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Motivation is one o{ the key factors which deterrnine the level of driving force of the
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organization against its set tasks. It is a neirsr erding prosess drrc to the uncertainties of the
dynamic enviroxment. Thcreforq this lstrdy atternpted to identiff the effect of motivation on
employee productivif of &e employees. In Sri l^ankan cortext, there are no sufficient
empirical findings relating to the impact of operational level workers' motivation on their
productivity in the manufacturing sector Then, the problem of the study was "Does
eruploy* motivation has an impact an pradactivity of machine operators in ruanufacturing
cottpanies in Colombo district?" The data were collected &om a randomly selected sample
of 100 machine operators in manufacturing companies in Colombo diskict by administrating
a skuctured questionnaire wtich consisted of 33 questions with 5 point scale. The data
analyses inciuded the univariate and bivariate anal5rses. This study found that there is positive
relationship between employee motivation and productivity of the operational level workers
in the manufacturing compauies and 44a/o of nariance of the productivity *as explainsd by
the personal motivatioaal factors. The data revealed t}rat,22Yo of variance of the productivity
was explained by the organizational factors. Thea, it formd that personal motivation factors
have more impact rather than organizationd motivation factors for productivity of the
operational employees. The recommendatiou made as the implemeirtatioa of personal
motivational factors aod organizational motivational factors by the companies becoms
important management strategy to incrgase the employee productivity
