Purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe and explain how older employees are motivated in their work. Method: The study was designed as a case study with a qualitative. Seven semi-structured interviews with leaders in a staffing company were carried out on Zoom and supplemented afterwards with internal-and external documents and news articles. Results and Conclusion: The results showed that older employees are motivated through autonomy, solidarity, and competence in their work, which are the starting points for intrinsic motivation. Likewise, they were motivated by extrinsic motivation and motivational factors such as praise, responsibility, recognition, and financial aspects. Older employees' motivation is also promoted when leaders maintain a good working relationship with them and take their interests into account. / Syfte: Syftet med studien är att beskriva och förklara hur äldre medarbetare motiveras i sitt arbete. Metod: Studien utformades som en fallstudie med kvalitativ ansats. Sju semistrukturerade intervjuer med ledare i ett bemanningsföretag utfördes på Zoom och kompletterades i efterhand med interna-och externa dokument samt nyhetsartiklar. Resultat och Slutsats: Resultatet visade på att äldre medarbetare motiveras genom autonomi, samhörighet och kompetens i sitt arbete som är utgångspunkter i inre motivation. Likaså motiverades de genom yttre motivation och motivationsfaktorer såsom berömmelse, ansvar, erkännande och ekonomiska aspekter. Äldre medarbetares motivation främjas även när ledare upprätthåller god arbetsrelation till dem samt tar hänsyn till deras intressen.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:sh-50372 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Selin, Dina |
| Publisher | Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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