COMPARING OCCUPATIONAL AND GENDER DIFFERENCES ON MOTIVATIONAL STRUCTURE

Abstract

The most important driving force behind efficient and successful work as well as academic studies is motivation. This determines what proportion of their resources people use for active learning and working, how enduring they are at it, and what kind of preconditions are needed to be met. A highly motivated person can achieve better results than a talented, but unmotivated person. Students need strong motivation to study at university, and later as employees they will need internal stimulation to achieve high quality and intensive work. They join an organization to fulfil their needs and they remain with the company if this is successful on the long run. If the company is able to motivate them to achieve their private goals and those of the corporation at the same time, then it can keep its existence on the long term. The leaders of a company should be clear about the factors which affect their employees´ motivation. In this research, the interviewed students will become the engineers and economists of the future, and will be at work in a few years. Therefore, it is crucially important to get to know the driving forces which stimulate and maintain their performance towards the highest efficiency.