Effects on Employee Motivation of Working Conditions in National/International F&B Enterprises: Kirklareli Case

Introduction

In rapidly changing world economies, the consumption habits of individuals are also rapidly changing. Food and beverages also have their share in this development. This change has made it crucial to examine the working conditions and motivations of employees in these service-based businesses. The improvement of working conditions leads to the increased motivation of businessmen, to improve their jobs, and thus to increase the quality of services they offer to foreign customers.

In particular, managers can improve employee productivity by improving working conditions, and promote occupational motivation in the positive direction. Increased motivation of the employees and increase in organizational performance will also be achieved. In other respects, it will be possible to reach the goals and objectives of the enterprises more effectively and in a short time. Managers will be able to make positive changes by utilizing various motivational tools in line with the needs of their workplaces. It is important for the managers to increase the confidence in the workplace in terms of working conditions in order to increase the motivation of the employees in the food and beverage sector, to ensure the satisfaction of the worker on the wage satisfaction, to remove the inequalities by the justice perceived in the workplace, to improve the quality of work and life of the occupation and finally to be appreciated in the workplace. The discovery and examination of these elements play a vital role in the success of both managers and businesses.

For this reason, in this research, the working conditions of the national/international chain food and beverage companies in the province of Kırklareli were determined to influence the motivation of the employer and the aim of contributing to both the managers and the field writers was taken into consideration. In the first part of this study, a literature review of working conditions and motivation theories in the business were included, then to research methodology, analyzes, findings and finally results.