Motivational environment of an educational organization: key factors and their impact on staff effectiveness
https://doi.org/10.47370/2078-1024-2026-18-1-142-157
Abstract
Introduction. The motivational environment in an educational organization plays a key role in enhancing staff performance and creating a productive atmosphere for increased productivity, retaining “highly valuable” employees, developing employee skills, and creating favorable working conditions. The article examines the key factors shaping the motivational environment in general education institutions, including internal communications, incentive systems, opportunities for professional growth, and the development of a corporate culture.
The materials and methods. To determine employee motivation levels, a pilot survey study was conducted, using the theory of Lyman Porter and Edward Lawler as its methodological basis.
The results. Analyzing the data obtained, we note that low scores reflecting the organization's «pressing» problems are of particular interest. This includes the level of awareness of the workforce regarding each employee's performance (score 3.3). A relatively low score also relates to the proportionality of pay relative to work performed (score 3.4). Moreover, the question regarding the availability of sufficient information and material resources to perform job duties yielded low results among respondents under 30.
Conclusion. The research can help develop management mechanisms for improving the motivational environment at educational institutions. Effective tools may include: keeping team members informed about colleagues' successes; and revising performance appraisal approaches (or clearly regulating them) for overtime work.
About the Author
A. D. Grishin
The Kosygin State University of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey D. Grishin, postgraduate student, Scientific specialty «Sociology of Management»
Moscow, 1 Malaya Kaluzhskaya St.
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Grishin A.D. Motivational environment of an educational organization: key factors and their impact on staff effectiveness. Vestnik Majkopskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tehnologiceskogo Universiteta. 2026;18(1):142-157. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47370/2078-1024-2026-18-1-142-157
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