Aidukas, D. (2006). Factors influencing motivation of the leaders in the organization. Final thesis. Vilnius: ISM Management and Economics University. SUMMARY The man is the biggest and most competitive advantage, on the manager depends present and future situation of organization, leadership is leading towards reaching the goals... P.Drucker was right – organizations must motivate managers, concentrate on present and new manager’s development, to think about their commitment, because future of The Organization will depend on Them. The main purpose of this final thesis – to identify and evaluate the main factors, which influence the motivation of the leaders and their commitment to the organization. The role of the manager in today’s organization, effective leader portrait and leadership styles were analyzed in the theoretical part. As well to identify theoretical factors of organizational attractiveness, analysing motivation, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Research was done to identify the main factors influencing the motivation of Lithuanian leaders working as marketing & sales managers in the pharmaceutical market. The style of leadership (transactional versus transformational) was analysed together with leadership potential. After research results, interesting combinations between motivation, job satisfaction and commitment were found. Research finding: most leaders participated in research are using transformational leadership style, utilizing... [to full text]