Motivacija, zadovoljstvo in zavzetost starejših zaposlenih v času COVID-19 pandemije

Avtorji

  • Maja Rožman Univerza v Mariboru, Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta, Maribor
  • Dijana Oreški University of Zagreb, Faculty of organization and informatics
  • Vesna Čančer University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37886/ip.2022.006

Ključne besede:

Work motivation, work satisfaction, work engagement, older employees, COVID-19

Povzetek

Raziskovalno vprašanje (RV): Ali obstajajo statistično značilne razlike v delovni motivaciji, zadovoljstvu in zavzetosti med starejšimi zaposlenimi pred COVID-19 pandemijo in med COVID-19 pandemijo?

Namen: Namen prispevka je preveriti, ali obstajajo statistično značilne razlike v delovni motivaciji, zadovoljstvu in zavzetosti med starejšimi zaposlenimi pred COVID-19 pandemijo in med COVID-19 pandemijo. Cilj prispevka je tudi ugotoviti, kateri dejavniki prispevajo k povečanju delovne motivacije, zadovoljstva in zavzetosti v času pandemije COVID-19.

Metoda: Razlike v delovni motivaciji, zadovoljstvu in zavzetosti med starejšimi zaposlenimi pred COVID-19 pandemijo in med COVID-19 pandemijo smo testirali z neparametričnim testom za dva odvisna vzorca. Za analizo razlik med posameznimi trditvami smo uporabili neparametrični Wilcoxonov signed-rank test.

Rezultati: Rezultati kažejo, da obstajajo statistično značilne razlike v delovni motivaciji, zadovoljstvu in zavzetosti med starejšimi zaposlenimi pred COVID-19 pandemijo v primerjavi s časom med COVID-19 pandemijo.

Organizacija: Rezultati pomembno vplivajo na podrobnejši pregled ustvarjanja novih delovnih pogojev za zaposlene v času pandemije COVID-19 in še posebej v obdobju po pandemiji COVID-19.

Družba: Med COVID-19 se lahko podjetja in družba osredotočijo na to, kako konstruktivno obvladati nove izzive, ki jih podjetjem prinaša COVID-19 pandemija. Za podjetja in vodje oziroma zlasti za managerje se lahko pandemija uporabi kot izhodišče za pozitiven in v prihodnost usmerjen razvoj.

Originalnost: Z našimi ugotovitvami prispevamo k razpravi o konstruktivnem in v prihodnost usmerjenem pristopu k pandemiji COVID-19, tako za prakse v zvezi z upravljanjem zaposlenih kot tudi za prihodnje raziskave. Naša raziskava prav tako poudarja, kateri dejavniki povečujejo delovno motivacijo, zadovoljstvo pri delu in delovno zavzetost med COVID-19 in kako ustvariti ustrezne delovne pogoje med COVID-19 in po pandemiji COVID-19, da ostanejo zaposleni motivirani, zadovoljni in zavzeti.

Omejitve/nadaljnje raziskovanje: Omejili smo se na slovenska podjetja in starejše zaposlene. Prav tako smo se v naši raziskavi omejili na delovno motivacijo, zadovoljstvo in zavzetost. Zato za nadaljnje raziskave predlagamo preučitev razlik v drugih konstruktih pred pandemijo COVID-19 in zaposlenih v času pandemije COVID-19 v slovenskih podjetjih oz. tudi preučitev razlik v konstruktih med Slovenijo in drugimi državami.

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