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A Comparative Study of the Attitudes of the Managers and Employees at Tehran Teachers' Training University towards Their Main job Motivators
By : Ali Mohammad Amirtash , (Ph.D.)
Motivation is believed to be the cornerstone of organizational productivity and efficiency. As a result the managers who are
striving for success, will have to identify what motivates the largest number of their employees. Mutual understanding and agreement
between leaders and followers on the importance and priority of the different job motivators will prepare the ground for targets
attainment and therefore, provide job satisfaction at work.
The main objective of the present research is to find the degree of agreement between managers and employees at the
Tehran Teachers' Training University on some of the leading job motivators. To this end, a questionnaire, which was developed by
Lindhal in 1949 consisting of ten different job motivators, and employed by some other researchers later on, has been used.
To collect the data, the employees had to give points to the ten motivators of the questionnaire in terms of what they wanted
most from their jobs (l0=highest and 1= lowest in importance). Then, the managers gave points to the same items, not in terms of what they wanted , but what they thought an employee would















want.
This could provide a basis for comparing the evaluations of both parties on the preponderance of each one of the ten job
motivators.
The results of the study showed that the managers were in agreement with the faculty members on 20% and with the employees, on 20% of the items as well. The differences on the
remaining 80% of the items ranged from 30 to 60 percent.
Testing the mean differences suggested that the managers'
conceptions on the job motivators differed significantly with those of the faculty members (males and females) on 50% of the items, with the male faculty on 10%, with the female faculty on 30%, with the employees (males and females) on 90%, with the male
employees on 50%, and with the female employees on 20%, at most a=0.0l.
Correlation coefficients calculated between age groups and job motivators proved to be 90% negative in the managerial group;
though, non statistically significant. Within the faculty and the employees groups, 100% and 60% respectively were also negative, from which, 60% and 40% respectively, were statistically significant, half at a = 01/0
Hypotheses testing the mean differences between men and
women, in each one of the job categories, and in relation to all of the ten job motivators, showed no significant differences.
women, in each one of the job categories, and in relation to all of the ten job motivators, showed no significant differences.
women, in each one of the job categories, and in relation to all of the ten job motivators, showed no significant differences.
women, in each one of the job categories, and in relation to all of the ten job motivators, showed no significant differences.