Labour Motivation and a Survey of Some of its Aspects

Autor ukratko izlaže neke od teorijskih pristupa mnogodimenzionalnom problemu motivacije za rad, na osnovu kojih je provedeno istraživanje metodom anketiranja pomoću upitnika na heterogenom uzorku radnika grada Zagreba, s namjerom da se u praksi pokušaju otkriti motivi koji radnike najviše potiču na rad, te da se na osnovu dobivenih rezultata analize odredi hijerarhijska ljestvica ponuđenih motiva i ustanovi kakvu ulogu na formiranje hijerarhijske ljestvice ima socioekonomski status ispitanika. Postavljen je određeni broj polaznih hipoteza istraživanja, čija je afirmacija analizirana odgovarajućim statističkim metodama. Provedeno istraživanje je pokazalo da našeg radnog čovjeka uglavnom najviše motiviraju ekstrinzični faktori kao što su: osobni dohodak, dobri radni uvjeti, bolji odnos radnik-rukovodilac itd., dok je većina radnika pokazala mali interes za intrinzične faktore kao što su: sudjelovanje u upravljanju, posao s većim ugledom, odgovoran i zanimljiv posao itd. Zbog relativno malog broja ispitanika (133) i njihove »šarolikosti« nisu moguće neke veće generalizacije, pa ovo istraživanje prvenstveno ima svrhu da potakne na razmišljanje ili eventualno posluži kao poticaj za neko opsežnije istraživanje slične namjene.The author briefly informs us about some of the theoretical approaches concerning the multidimensional issue of labour motivation. A research project based on these approaches has been conducted by means of a survey with questionnaires, canvassing a heterogeneous sample of workers of the city of Zagreb. The intention was to detect the labour motives most stimulating for workers and to define, referring to the analysis of the obtained results, a hierarchical scale of proffered motives and also to establish the role in forming this scale played by the socio-economical status of the examinees. A number of incipient hypotheses are given and their confirmation analysed by adequate statistical methods. The survey has pointed out that the workers in question are usually most motivated by extrinsic factors such as: personal income, satisfactory labour conditions, a better relationship between workers and executives etc., while most of the workers display little interest in intrinsic factors such as: participation in management, a more respectable job, an interesting one or a job involving responsibility. Due to a small number of examinees (133) and a »wide variety« of them, serious generalizations cannot be made. Therefore, the purpose of this survey is primarily to induce reflection or, perhaps, to initiate a more extensive project of similar intention