Module: Research Project – Critical Literature Review Selected Topic: Assessing the impact of organisational culture on employee motivation. LITERATURE REVIEW STRUCTURE The aim of this Literature review: The study aims to assess the impact of organisational culture on employee motivation. Specific Objectives:  To relate the linkages and distinctions between organisational culture and employee motivation from current literature.  To identify organisational culture, culture, motivation and employment theories.  To determine the factors with positive and negative effects on organisational culture, culture, motivation and employment.  To analyse the effectiveness of organisational culture that persuade employee contributions towards satisfactory corporate performance and outputs. Review Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Organisational culture 2.1 Theories of Organisational culture 2.2 Features of organisational Culture 3. Culture 3.1 Theory of cultural capriciousness 3.2 Facets of culture 4. Motivation 4.1 Theories of motivation 4.2 Factors of motivation 4.2.1 Compensation Provisions (Rewards and incentives) 4.2.2 Appraisal Systems (Recognition) 4.2.3 Career Planning (Training and development) 5. Employee Analysis 5.1 Theories of employment 5.2 Types of Employment and employees 5.3 Individual variances 5.4 Flexibility Vs Rigidity 6. Impact of organisational culture on employee motivation towards Corporate Progression 7. Conclusion 8. Bibliography