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Strizhova, Ekaterina A. (2016). Dynamics of motivation before and after job placement. National Psychological Journal. 1, 78-87.

Abstract

The paper presents results of the study focused on the work motivation dynamics. Participants were candidates for the job, accepted on probation period in finance company. The influence of the “Money“» motivation object on the motivational space before and after job placement, an attempt to operationalize situational and temporal stability of work motivation are presented. The study was conducted using method of “Motivational map“, based on the motivational task procedure (Strizhova, Gusev, 2013). Motivational task is a tool for consistent reflection of the field of motivational objects allowing further reconstruction of individual motivational space. The material stimulation is confirmed to have a significant impact on more parameters of motivational space before job placement than after job placement.

Situational stability of work motivation was assessed by correlation between coordinates of 15 motivational objects obtained in the two steps of motivational task. At the first step participant assessed 15 motivational objects in the graphic space of evaluation scales. At the second step participant placed motivational object “Money“ among already evaluated 15 motivational objects, which could be reevaluated after it. Temporal stability was assessed by correlations between the same parameters of motivational space before and after job placement.

The research results helped to assume that situational and temporal stability of motivation could be the factors of individual differences.

Received: 01/20/2016
Accepted: 02/16/2016
Pages: 78-87
DOI: 10.11621/npj.2016.0110

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Keywords: work motivation; motivation dynamics; motivation map;

Available Online 06.07.2016

Variables: motivational coordinates of objects on the rating scales

Student's T-test for paired samples

T-Value test (2-sided)

Wilconxon Value

Wilconxon Value

Kolmogorov-Smirnov Value test

Kolmogorov-Smirnov Value retest

Evaluation Scale

Motivation Object

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Results

Importance*

Stability, confidence in the future

х

х

-2.143

0.032

0.004

0.009

Importance

Career

2.266

0.027

х

х

0.066

0.257

Importance

Avoiding conflict situations

2.288

0.025

х

х

0.165

0.432

Importance

Family well-being

х

х

-2.434

0.015

0.001

0.009

Importance

Professional and personal development

х

х

-2.563

0.010

0.057

0.029

Success probability

Stability, confidence in the future

х

х

-4.665

0.000

0.274

0.013

Success probability

Career

4.089

0.000

х

х

0.373

0.132

Success probability

Interesting job, where I can actualize myself

3.583

0.001

х

х

0.547

0.105

Success probability

Being useful to people

2.333

0.023

х

х

0.317

0.181

Success probability

Work results

х

х

-2.290

0.022

0.022

0.065

Success probability

Avoiding conflict situations

3.658

0.000

х

х

0.185

0.179

Success probability

Organizing and optimizing work

2.69

0.009

х

х

0.264

0.127

Success probability

Recognizing my achievements

2.582

0.012

х

х

0.508

0.201

Success probability

Being inspired and satisfied by work

2.75

0.008

х

х

0.134

0.158

Success probability

Professional and personal development

3.365

0.001

х

х

0.173

0.086

Success probability

Respect of colleagues

2.114

0.038

х

х

0.235

0.130

Трудность

Avoiding conflict situations

-2.571

0.012

х

х

0.045

0.067

Трудность

Organizing and optimizing work

-2.289

0.025

х

х

0.710

0.450

Cause

Job dismissal

2.062

0.043

х

х

0.152

0.067

Cause

Family well-being

-2.035

0.046

х

х

0.831

0.784

Retest Results

Importance

Stability, confidence in the future

х

х

-0.845

0.398

0.003

0.005

Importance

Career

х

х

-0.585

0.559

0.015

0.024

Importance

Being useful to people

-1.859

0.067

х

х

0.620

0.606

Success probability

Stability, confidence in the future

2.415

0.018

х

х

0.252

0.065

Success probability

Career

1.964

0.053

х

х

0.191

0.120

Success probability

Recognizing my achievements

1.694

0.095

х

х

0.776

0.760

Efforts

Interesting job, where I can actualize myself

1.851

0.068

х

х

0.242

0.201

Efforts

Being inspired and satisfied by work

2.862

0.006

х

х

0.796

0.747

Efforts

Professional and personal development

1.886

0.063

х

х

0.369

0.545

Cause

Family well-being

-1.777

0.080

х

х

0.122

0.282

* Italic denotes variables, matching both series of the study

Table 1. Results of the effect of high-priority evaluation of the motivation object «Money» on the parameters of intangible motivation objects scale score (based on normal distribution option), presented to the two series of studies.



Fig. 1 Effect of motivation object ‘Money’ on the coordinates of the motivation objects considering the time factor (test/retest). Abbreviations: MO - motivational object.


Fig. 2. The distribution of correlated coefficients of motivation objects coordinates obtained when comparing two sections: before and after introducing «Money» object of the main series.


Fig. 3. The distribution of correlated coefficients of motivation objects coordinates obtained when comparing two sections: before and after introducing «Money» object at the stage of the retest.


Fig. 4 The distribution of correlated coefficients of motivation object coordinates obtained when comparing two sections: before introducing


Fig. 5 The distribution of correlated coefficients of motivation objects coordinates obtained when comparing two sections: after introducing

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Strizhova, Ekaterina A. (2016). Dynamics of motivation before and after job placement. National Psychological Journal. 1, 78-87.