While studying management we realised that most of the already existing theories discuss motivation to work from a general perspective. Therefore we found it interesting to investigate motivation on a deeper level.”Motivation to work – differences between managers and workers”The research questions for our thesis are, is there a difference in motivation between managers and workers? If so, what is the difference between the two? The purpose is to examine if a manager and a worker have shared understandings and common factors of what motivates them, or if certain characteristics can be distinguished…
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
1.2 PROBLEM DISCUSSION
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION
1.4 PURPOSE
1.5 LIMITATIONS
METHODOLOGY
2.1 RESEARCH JOURNEY
2.2 PRE- UNDERSTANDING
2.3 SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
2.4 RESEARCH STRATEGY
2.5 RESEARCH METHOD
2.6 DATA COLLECTION
2.7 QUALITY OF RESEARCH
THEORY
3.1 OLD FAMOUS THEORIES
3.1.1 Thoughts about motivation
3.1.2 Dual- factor theory
3.1.3 Vroom’s perspective
3.1.4 Perspective of McClelland
3.2 RECENT RESEARCH
3.2.1 Money as primary motivator
3.2.2 Incentive motivators
3.2.3 Manager motivation
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
4.1 LÄNSFÖRSÄKRINGAR KRONOBERG
4.1.1 Interview with Finance- and IT Director
4.1.2 Interview with salesperson
4.2 SEB
4.2.1 Interview with customer service manager
4.2.2 Interview with salesman in customer service
4.3 VÅGEN FÖRSÄKRINGSBYRÅ AB
4.3.1 Interview with company director
4.3.2 Interview with insurance broker
ANALYSIS
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 WORKER AND MANAGER ANALYSIS
5.2.1 Possibility to affect decisions
5.2.2 Working climate
5.2.3 Discussion regarding benefits
5.3 ASPECTS OF MOTIVATION
CONCLUSION
6.1 DIFFERENCES IN MOTIVATION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
Author: Hägglund, Elna,Palmqvist, Sofie
Source: Vaxjo University
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