My purpose for this essay is to examine what factors are considered to have high influence on motivation to study and what measures can be taken to enhance student’s motivation to study from a student perspective.   The main source of theory for this study has been the classification of motivational factors that has been based on Herzberg’s twofactortheory with complementary theoretical sources.   The study is based around two research methods, one survey together with complementary student interviews. The empirical material consists of 118 completed surveys together with nine student interviews.   The study’s results have found that students find the main source of rising motivational level originates from the professional role of the teacher. Additionally the students find the main source of subsiding motivational level originate from rising level of stress and uninspiring teachers. Furthermore the study has found possible improving measures in lacking personnel, an working environment focused on studies and an education oriented on future career preferences.

The purpose of this essay was to explore how the first-line managers in eldercare motivate their employees. In addition, we intend to study how the first-line managers acquire their leadership skills. To find answers to this purpose, we asked ourselves the questions; how acquires first line managers knowledge of how to motivate their employees? What is the first-line manager’s perception of motivation against their employees? The method we used was qualitative interviews with eight first-line managers in elderly care in Stockholm area. The results were analyzed by using two theories, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Hertzberg's two factor theories. The result of this study shows how motivation is described as an incentive, which requires an inner motivation from the employee itself, but also from the manager to work with methods that will motivate their employees. In matters of the acquired knowledge many executives considered that leadership was a maturation process, combined with experience from the field and education. Our conclusion is that a mindset regarding money or the result might mislead us away from the inner driving forces where autonomy and meaningfulness is the key to motivated employees.

M.Comm. / The organisation has shown tremendous growth over the past few years. Management processes however, have not grown and developed in line with organisational growth, resulting in performance not being managed effectively. This is especially evident in the more technical areas of the business where systematic processes are used to a great extent. In these areas, the lack of standards and defined outputs have contributed to business goals not always being achieved. It was further difficult, and sometimes impossible for staff to be transferred between different divisions of the business due to the total lack of a job grading system with remuneration parameters linked to this. On top of this, a general dissatisfaction was evident amongst personnel, which made it very difficult for management to maintain a motivated workforce. Keeping the above in mind, it became necessary to establish exactly what caused personnel to be dissatisfied, in order for the organisation to eliminate these factors and work towards promoting factors which would motivate personnel. It would not be sufficient though to merely address the abovementioned problems. Different motivational theories were researched to assist in identifying the cause of the dissatisfaction. Most of the theories mainly consider motivation from a personal perspective, while Herzberg also considers the job and the place of work. This in my mind, creates a context within which an organisation's motivational problems can accurately and successfully be researched. For this reason, Herzberg's theory was found to be the more appropriate one for purposes of this study.

High rates of turnover among truck drivers in the United States limit the abilities of organizations to effectively move freight if organizational leaders cannot efficiently and economically replace drivers. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship among compensation, benefits, intrinsic motivators, and potential referral recruiting in transportation organizations. Herzberg’s 2-factor theory was the theoretical framework for this study. Secondary data were collected for 566 Class A truck drivers from an Illinois-based partner organization’s 2018 employee satisfaction survey. The results of the multiple linear regression analyses indicated a significant relationship exists, F(3,562) = 258.323, p < .001, R2 = .580, among compensation (β = .231, p < .001), benefits (β = .101, p < .002), intrinsic motivators (β = .554, p < .001), and potential referral recruiting in transportation organizations. Overall, the independent variables accounted for 58% of the variance in the dependent variable with intrinsic motivators having the largest effect. The implication of these findings for positive social change includes equipping business leaders with information about motivational factors for recruiting drivers through referrals, which might increase community employment levels to improve the standard of living.

La presente tesis tiene como objetivo principal identificar la relación entre la motivación y la productividad en el área administrativa del sector de certificaciones de sistemas de gestión en el Perú en el primer semestre del año 2018. Tiene un enfoque de investigación cuantitativa de diseño no experimental y tipo descriptivo correlacional. Para la recolección de datos en la investigación cuantitativa se usaron dos cuestionarios en los colaboradores, una para medir los factores motivacionales y de higiene de Frederick Herzberg, y otro para medir la eficacia y eficiencia en dicha área, en ambos se tomó en cuenta la escala de Likert, donde se eligieron 5 niveles que iban desde Totalmente en desacuerdo hasta Totalmente de acuerdo. La muestra cuantitativa fue de 51 colaboradores, y para apoyar y validar la información obtenida se realizaron entrevistas a expertos de dicho sector, con la finalidad obtener información complementaria que nos pudiera corroborar los resultados. Luego de la realización del análisis de datos, los resultados revelaron que existen una correlación positiva muy alta entre la motivación y la productividad laboral, con un nivel de coeficiente de correlación de 0.909; por otro lado, el único factor de higiene que no tiene una correlación con la productividad es la relación con los superiores; y para finalizar, el factor de higiene “relaciones interpersonales” tiene una correlación negativa moderada de 0.473 con la productividad. Con ello se demuestra la gran implicancia que tiene la motivación sobre la productividad dentro de una organización. / The main objective of this thesis is to identify the relationship between motivation and productivity in the administrative area of the management system certifications sector in Peru in the first half of the 2018. It has a non-experimental design quantitative research approach and correlational descriptive type. For the collection of data in quantitative research two questionnaires were used in the collaborators, one to measure the motivational and hygiene factors of Frederick Herzberg, and another to measure the effectiveness and efficiency in that area, in both the scale was considered from Likert, where 5 levels were chosen ranging from Totally Disagree to Totally Agree. The quantitative sample consisted of 51 (Fifty-one) collaborators, and to support and validate the information obtained, interviews were conducted with experts in the sector, so that we could obtain information that corroborate the results. After revising the data analysis, the results revealed that employees have a very high positive correlation between motivation and work productivity, with a correlation coefficient level of 0.909; On the other hand, the only factor of hygiene that does not have a correlation with productivity is the relationship with superiors; and finally, the hygiene factor "interpersonal relationships" has a moderate negative correlation of 0.473 with productivity. With this in consideration it demonstrates the great implication that motivation has on productivity within an organization. / Tesis

<p>Dokumentationsblad</p><p>Datum: 2007-08-28</p><p>Nivå: Examensarbete D</p><p>Författare: Henrik Larsson</p><p>Handledare: Christina Hultbom</p><p>Rapportens titel: Motivationsarbete i praktiken – Hur arbetar personalcheferna på akademiska sjukhuset i Uppsala för att motivera personalen?</p><p>Problem: Det finns många teorier om vad som motiverar människor på arbetet, men i vilken utsträckning stämmer teorierna överens med motivationsarbetet på akademiska sjukhuset?</p><p>Forskningsfråga: Hur arbetar personalcheferna på akademiska sjukhuset i Uppsala för att motivera personalen?</p><p>Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur personalcheferna vid Akademiska sjukhuset i Uppsala tänker och arbetar kring arbetet med att motivera personal utifrån Herzbergs tvåfaktorteori.</p><p>Avgränsningar: I uppsatsen bortses från alla övriga faktorer som kan antas ha betydelse för motivationsarbetet på en arbetsplats förutom de som beskrivs i Herzbergs (1993) tvåfaktorteori.</p><p>Teori och modell: Uppsatsen utgår från Frederick Herzbergs bok The motivation to work.</p><p>Metod: Enkät och intervjuundersökning.</p><p>Resultat: I stort sett finns ett stöd och en medvetenhet för de faktorer Herzberg listar i The motivation to work bland undersökningens respondenter. Underbemanning samt organisationens storlek gör det dock svårt att bedriva ett aktivt motivationsarbete.</p><p>Sökord: motivation, arbetsmotivation, organisation, motivationsarbete, Herzberg</p>

<p>Through an examination on a Telemarketing company this paper aim to investigate which relations there is between the level of motivation and performance and how these are related to the factors that are included in Herzbergs two-factor-theory.</p><p>In this essay we have been using a questionnaire and interview. We have also been able to collect statistics on employees from the Telemarketing company we examine. On the basis of these data we have analyzed which relations there is.</p><p>The examination shows on relations who mean that the factors Performance and Acknowledgement are the ones that affect the motivation the most, and therefore the level of Performance. The rest of the Motivation factors don’t show any clear relations. Neither did any of the hygiene factors show some relation with the level of motivation and performance.</p><p>Viewed on the whole we support Herzbergs two-factor-theory even though not all Motivation factors did show on any clear statistically relations. If the loss of some relations is a result of a bad questionnaire from our side, a local deflection or if there is scarcity in Herzbergs two-factor-theory is the best left unsaid.</p> / <p>Genom att göra en undersökning på ett telemarketingföretag syftar denna uppsats till att undersöka vilka samband som finns mellan motivations- och prestationsnivå och hur dessa är relaterade till de faktorer som ingår i Herzbergs tvåfaktorsteori.</p><p>Datainsamlingsmetoden som vi använt oss av är enkätundersökning och intervju. Vi har också använt oss av insamlad statistik från telemarketingföretaget vi undersöker. Utifrån dessa data har vi sedan analyserat vilka samband som finns.</p><p>Undersökningen visar på samband som säger att det är faktorerna Prestation och Erkännande som mest påverkar motivationen, och därigenom prestationsnivån. Övriga motivationsfaktorer visade inte på något tydligt samband. Inte heller någon av hygienfaktorerna visade sig ha något samband med motivations- eller prestationsnivå.</p><p>I det stora hela ger vi Herzberg och hans teori stöd även om inte alla motivationsfaktorer kunde visa några tydliga statistiska samband. Om avsaknaden av vissa samband är ett resultat av dålig operationalisering från vår sida, en lokal avvikelse eller om det finns brister i Herzbergs teori låter vi vara osagt.</p>

Huvudsyftet för denna studie var att förstå motivation och sedan undersöka om motivation används inom vårdsektorn. Inom litteraturstudien så hittades information om motivation och hur den definieras. Olika motivationsteorier har tagits upp i denna studie för att förstå mer hur man kan motivera individer och grupper. Många verksamheter använder motivationsteorier för att nå uppsatta mål inom en viss tidsgräns eller sträva efter lönsamma mål. De inriktade verksamheten för denna studie var Bodagatan 30 och Bodagatan 36 C. Utifrån intervjuerna och litteraturstudien gjordes en analys över resultatet. Insamlat data visade att det finns många likheter mellan teori och praktiken när det gäller motivation. Slutsatser från denna studie var att få svar på frågeställningen utifrån insamlad data och utförda intervjuer. Inom verksamheten tillämpades motivationsteorier från insamlad data men man utgick inte ifrån någon specifik motivationsteori utan man hade inslag från de flera motivationsteorier, exempelvis inslag från Frederick Herzberg tvåfaktorteori där gemenskap, prestation, ansvar och tillväxtmöjligheter var något som undersköterskorna tyckte kunde leda till att skapa en positiv spiral. De intervjuade ansåg att det var viktigt att det fanns tydliga ramar och arbetsätt som man kan förhålla sig till arbetet, genom att jobba i ett öppet klimat där man kan ge konstruktiv kritik för att uppnå motivation. De anställda menade även att det går att motivera en själv genom att uppskatta sig eget yrke och att man är intresserad av att hjälpa andra människor, detta i sin tur kan leda till att andra blir motiverade. En faktor som de anställda tyckte var viktigt för motivation var att ledarna bör förstå deras jobb och lyssna på dem. Det är viktigt att stöd ges från ledningen för utveckling och motivation, detta kräver också att ledningen/ledarna kan ta emot kritik och även ha stöd till att förbättra sig efter kritiken. Författaren anser att det är viktigt att de anställda har vetskap om hur motivation kan höjas och hur man kan tillammans skapa värdet i arbetet. Slutligen anser författaren att en workshop borde hållas där de anställda kan få jobba med arbetsuppgifter som är motiverande samt att möjligheten för utveckling av enskilda medarbetare bör förbättras. / Program: Högskoleingenjörsexamen i Industriell Ekonomi – arbetsorganisation och ledarskap

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Employee turnover has been responsible for the failure of many small businesses in the United States. Business leaders do not always understand the reasons employees choose to leave an organization. This correlational study, grounded in Herzberg's 2-factor theory, examined the relationship between intrinsic employee job satisfaction, extrinsic employee job satisfaction, and employee turnover intention among employees in small businesses. Participants included 129 employees of a small business in Western New York. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Turnover Intention Survey were used to collect the data. The multiple regression analysis significantly predicted extrinsic employee turnover intentions, F(3, 103) = 25.687, p = .001, R2 = .428, and while extrinsic motivation was a predictor, intrinsic motivation was not. Recommendations for future research include focus on specific extrinsic and intrinsic categories in additional contexts. Implications for social change include small business owners understanding the motivation behind employee turnover, which may result in reduced costs to the company, keeping experienced employees, reduced errors made by inexperienced new hires, and increased productivity because there is not a learning curve for tenured employees.