Work motivation and the municipality size

Abstract

The aim of the survey was to find out if it is possible to identify the differences in work motivation between people from large cities and people from small municipalities, namely between the inhabitants of the Prague metropolitan area and smaller municipalities. The survey was carried out as a questionnaire analysis and the data obtained were processed using the variance analysis (ANOVA), the correlation analysis and the factor analysis. Here we will focus only on the results detected in the variance analysis (ANOVA).We used for the survey an EDMK questionnaire (Roe et al. 2001), which was described elsewhere, and several questions that we added to the EDMK questionnaire.The reliability of the used scales was verified before the actual analysis using the calculation of Cronbach's alfa. Work motivation and the municipality sizeMotivace pracovní činnosti a velikost sídla Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech RepublicAbstract: The article shows the results of the grant project of Czech Science Foundation 406/03/0896, which focused on the survey of work motivation and quality of working life issues in the Czech country. The results concern an analysis of variation and a range of coefficients and show statistically significant differences in motivational coefficients in sets that differ in the respondent's size of residence. The main aim of the survey was to find out if it is possible to identify the differences in work motivation between people from large cities and people from small municipalities, namely between inhabitants of the Prague metropolitan area and smaller municipalities placed near to the national boundary. The survey was conducted by means of the EDMK questionnaire, which is described elsewhere (see references). Some specific questions were added by the present authors. Statistical analysis of the data obtained resulted in the findings, as follows: (1) questionnaire scales used are sufficiently reliable (as proved by the Cronbachs' alphas statistics); (2) statistically significant differences were identified in the motivational patterns of the Prague Metropolitan Area and small municipalities inhabitants; (3) the quality of working life in Czechia was found as a rather low; it results in lower perceived responsibility and job involvement found in the whole sample of Czech responses. Key words: motivation, working life quality, EDMK, Czech countrysideAbstrakt: Stať prezentuje výsledky výzkumu provedeného v rámci řešení grantového projektu GAČR 406/03/0896 zamě-řeného na výzkum motivace a kvality života při práci na českém venkově. Výzkum byl proveden jako dotazníková studie. Výsledky byly analyzovány pomocí metod analýza variance, korelační analýza a faktorová analýza. Výsledky vykázaly statisticky významné rozdíly v motivačních charakteristikách mezi soubory respondentů pocházejících z velkých a malých sídel. Hlavním cílem studie bylo zjistit zda lze identifikovat rozdíly v pracovní motivaci mezi obyvateli velkých měst a obyvateli malých obcí a také mezi obyvateli pražské metropolitní obl...

Political mediation and participation in the Czech rural areas

“…The differences in the voter turnout between urban and rural voters are seen also in the instance of the elections to the Lower house of the Parliament (Čmejrek 2007). Moreover, the municipality size makes a valuable impact on the other aspects of local politics, public spirit and even private life, e. g. work motivation (Kolman et al 2007). …”