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Journal

2009 | 2 | 1 | 34-45

Article title

Work Motivation Peculiarities of Employees from Various Industries in Latvia

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Abstracts

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Introduction. As a result of theory and empiric researches, in this article the authors analyse peculiarities of work motivation in companies of educational, service sphere, national armed forces, finance fields according to various motivation theory positions.Aim of the Study. To comparatively analyse the empirically acquired data on peculiarities of work motivation in companies of various fields.Materials and Methods. The empiric results of the research have been acquired through questionnaires and interviews at companies, data processing and analysis used descriptive methods of statistics: distribution of frequency, calculation of the average indicators and ranging.Results. Work motivation peculiarities in the years of 2007, 2008, and 2009 are compared in the article focusing on influence of the economic crisis on work motivation. The authors of the article upon summarising the acquired results address the importance of solving the issues of internal communication in relation to work motivation.Conclusions. The acquired results show differences and common traits of employees' work motivation at companies of various fields.

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2

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1

Pages

34-45

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Dates

published
2009-09-01
online
2011-10-19

Contributors

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  • Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Latvia
  • Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Latvia
  • Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Latvia

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bwmeta1.element.doi-10_2478_v10195-011-0017-6
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