Employees motivation in two wood industry companies in Croatia

• Autorzy: Jelacic D.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This research analysed the motivating and demotivating factors amongst employees in two wood processing companies in Croatia. Research was conducted over the year 2014 and 2015, during the economic recovery of the companies and Croatian economy in general. Research was conducted with a survey using a questionnaire containing six questions with multiple choice statements. The questions were closed-ended, and respondents used the Likert four-level scale of importance for each statement. A total of 180 employees were surveyed, and results were statistically processed by using the χ2- test and cluster analysis. This study established that the motivation factors most important to employees between researched companies are significantly different. Employees were most concerned about social needs. Also, employees consider psychological circumstances of work to be very important. Employees’ overall motivation can be linked to higher efficiency and higher quality production and business results, and such research should be conducted more often.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

wood processing; furniture manufacturing; employee motivation; demotivating factors

PL

obróbka drewna; produkcja mebli; motywacja pracowników; czynniki demotywujące

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Stowarzyszenia Menedżerów Jakości i Produkcji
• Czasopismo: Production Engineering Archives
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 13, No. 4
• Strony: 2--6
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Jelacic D.

• Faculty of Forestry, Svetosimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia, [phone]

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.