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Arbetsmotivation i äldreomsorgen: en explorativ studie av uppfattningar hos medarbetare och chef vid ett äldreboende

Viklund, Anna (2006)
Department of Psychology
Abstract
An explorative study on the work motivation of employees at a retirement home. The three main factors are internal motivation, external motivation and control. A comparison between how important they estimate the different factors to be and how they experience them today reveals which factor is their key motivator and which areas that need improvement. Results indicat that internal and external motivation are slightly more important than control. And the amount of perceived control reflects the amount of creative and initiative behaviour of the individual. Social motivation was an unexpected finding and the discovery was that the social aspect is one of the key factors in job satisfaction and work motivation for the employees at the... (More)
An explorative study on the work motivation of employees at a retirement home. The three main factors are internal motivation, external motivation and control. A comparison between how important they estimate the different factors to be and how they experience them today reveals which factor is their key motivator and which areas that need improvement. Results indicat that internal and external motivation are slightly more important than control. And the amount of perceived control reflects the amount of creative and initiative behaviour of the individual. Social motivation was an unexpected finding and the discovery was that the social aspect is one of the key factors in job satisfaction and work motivation for the employees at the retirement home. (Less)
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author
Viklund, Anna
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
arbetsmotivation, kontroll, social motivation, Psychology, Psykologi, Social psychology, Socialpsykologi
language
Swedish
id
1322059
date added to LUP
2007-02-20 00:00:00
date last changed
2008-02-12 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{An explorative study on the work motivation of employees at a retirement home. The three main factors are internal motivation, external motivation and control. A comparison between how important they estimate the different factors to be and how they experience them today reveals which factor is their key motivator and which areas that need improvement. Results indicat that internal and external motivation are slightly more important than control. And the amount of perceived control reflects the amount of creative and initiative behaviour of the individual. Social motivation was an unexpected finding and the discovery was that the social aspect is one of the key factors in job satisfaction and work motivation for the employees at the retirement home.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Arbetsmotivation i äldreomsorgen: en explorativ studie av uppfattningar hos medarbetare och chef vid ett äldreboende}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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