Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2017, 19(4):43-49 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2017.4.43-49

Motivation Level and its Comparison Between Senior Managers and Blue-Collar Workers in Small and Medium-Sized Transport Enterprises

Rudolf Kampf1, Silvia Lorincova2, Larisa M. Kapustina3, Lenka Lizbetinova1
1 Faculty of Technology, The Institute of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
3 Ural State University of Economics, Yekaterinburg, Russia

The aim of the article is to compare the motivation level of senior managers and blue-collar workers in Slovak small and medium-sized enterprises providing transport for forestry sector with the focus on the creation of motivation programs. The analysis included 340 senior managers and 262 blue-collar workers. A total of 30 motivation factors were examined. The most important motivation factors were defined. We identified the significant differences between the needs of senior managers and blue-collar workers by using the Student two-sample t-test. Based on the results of our testing we may conclude that in the field of motivation factors in Slovakia it is not possible to establish a uniform motivation program for the analyzed groups of employees. In the future, after meeting the needs of employees, it is possible that motivation may change with the change of requirements.

Keywords: employee motivation; motivation program; job satisfaction; work position; student two - sample t - test

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Kampf, R., Lorincova, S., Kapustina, L.M., & Lizbetinova, L. (2017). Motivation Level and its Comparison Between Senior Managers and Blue-Collar Workers in Small and Medium-Sized Transport Enterprises. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 19(4), 43-49. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2017.4.43-49
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