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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

Sections: Psychology of professional activity;

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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.