Work motivation and job satisfaction dynamics of textile employees

African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(8), pp. 3361-3368, 18 April, 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals

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Work motivation and job satisfaction dynamics of textile employees
Yasemin Oraman
Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural, Namik Kemal University, Turkey. E-mail: [e-mail].
Accepted 25 February, 2011

The main objective of the research is to evaluate the effective dynamics of work motivation and job satisfaction of textile employees. It analyzes the effectiveness of psycho-social, economic, organizational and managerial tools over individuals’ motivation in terms of maintaining the motivation and job satisfaction of the employees in the business. The data gained from employees of a textile enterprise in Tekirdag are analyzed by using factor analysis (Principal Components with Varimax Rotation) and a regression model. As a result, economics tools by employee is positively and significantly (p=0.001) related to the level of motivation increase perceived by the employee. Second regression model plays an important role in determining the level of job satisfaction except economic and psychosocial tools and has a positive effect on increasing employee motivation with implementations carried out to increase employee satisfaction at work. Key words: Motivation, job satisfaction, factor analysis, textile employees. INTRODUCTION Motivation is one of the issues that have been debated in every field today. Answers have been searched for questions such as "What is motivation?", "How does one get motivated?", "What should be done to increase motivation?" Motivation basically has two dimensions (Anonymous I, 2010), one being “making employees work better, more efficiently and effectively” from the point of view of managers, the other being “enabling employees to do their jobs in the best way with enjoyment and desire” from the point of

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