Motivation
En studie om behov, mål och motivationsfaktorer
Title: A study about needs, goals and motivational factorsCourse/Subject: Business Administration concentration Leadership, 15 hpAuthors: Ulrika HerolfTutor: Anders BillströmKeywords: Needs, Goals, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational FactorsBackground and problem Motivation is a large subject and in my investigation on the matter I found that needs, goals, intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors frequently occurred. By that I got interested in research if any of these four key terms was more central for an individual?s motivation within a working team or if all four was as equally central.Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate which motivational factors that is important to an individual?s motivation. I will do this by investigate the terms needs, goals, intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors. I want to investigate this by interviewing a number of employees within a working team, including a manager. My hope is that my thesis will interest managers in working teams, future managers and co-workers that want to learn more about motivation.Problem statement: What factors are important to individual motivation in a working team? Methodology: I conducted a qualitative study where I gathered data from five persons. The interviews were made in each respondent?s office and took about an hour per person. Conclusions: The study shows that all of the four factors were central to motivation, but that some sub factors were more important to this specific working team. Furthermore the study showed that the intrinsic motivational factors were somewhat more important to the working team than the extrinsic motivational factors. Goals were something that all the respondents worked with and considered where important in their work.