ISSN: 2277-9655 [Singh* et al., 6(7): July, 2017] Impact Factor: 4.116 IC™ Value: 3.00 CODEN: IJESS7 http: // www.ijesrt.com© International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology [101] IJESRT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY EMPIRICAL STUDY MEASURING EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Priyanka Singh *1 , Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay 2 & Dr. Monika Srivastava 3 *1 Researsh Scholar, Uttrakahnd Technical University,Dehradun 2 Assistant Professor COER School of Management, Roorkee 3 Associate Professor, Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management and Research (GHS-IMR), Kanpur DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.823025 ABSTRACT As per the government statistics Indian higher education system is estimate to be the largest in the world, and is expected to increase to US$ 37.8 billion by 2020.Thus India can emerge as the strong intellectual hub of the world which direct ours study to focus towards the academic excellence of Higher education Institution .The drivers to this academic excellence witnessed in organization performance of the organizations are the employees of the organization. Hence our research focus on investigation the relation between the employee motivation and Organizational performance in higher education institutions. The paper has two major objectives to indentify the factors of motivation existing in higher education institution and 2) to investigate the relation between the employee motivation and organizational performance Higher education institutions in India. The study utilizes factor analysis to get the understanding of our objective. A self administered questionnaire was gathered form 204 respondents as faculties of higher education institution with diverse disciple. Research showed a significant relation between the various and provide an opportunities to management of the institution to understand the polices to effective governance so that organization academic excellent can be achieved. KEYWORDS: 2 Employee Motivation, Organizational Performance, Higher Education Institution, Factor Analysis. I. INTRODUCTION Today Organization are characterize by the most multifaceted social structures for the reason that of their dynamic nature .employees are said to be the drivers of these institution as their involvement and commitment is the organization stay competitive in today’s business environment . Boeyen, 1985) elaborate that the relationship between the organization and its employees are mutually dependent and both the parties may influence on one another’s ability to accomplish encouraging r esults. Extensive research shows that motivation is not happening in isolation it depends upon the other organizational variables as working environment, supervision, organizational culture, organizational policies, compensation payment, and fringe benefits by organization. Organization has attained an in-depth knowledge of understanding the facts and dimension of retaining talented workforce in the organization and utilizing their (KSA) knowledge, skills and abilities in enhancing the organizational effectiveness. However Organizations are facing critical issues in attaining the aforesaid .Thus to compensate it organizations are focusing in maintaining a harmonic relations with their employees and motivation is playing a significant role in directing the employees towards the organizational goal. In order to complete with the dynamic business environment and to fetch the competitive advantages over the competitor thus organizations are looking forward in developing a strategic approach bringing together the human capital of the organization as the core assets of the organization.