Motivational basis of labor activity: a multidimensional approach
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Efendiev A.G., Abramova E.V. (2023) Motivational basis of labor activity: a multidimensional approach. Zhurnal sotsiologii i sotsialnoy antropologii (The Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology), 26(1): 26-57 (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.31119/jssa.2022.26.1.2
Abstract
The motivational basis of labor activity is investigated on the base of a multidimensional approach. Labor, considered as a system of labor acts, events, combines financial functions (material), social functions and the function of self-realization and personal development. These functions-consequences are realized as a fact independent of the consciousness of the actor, manifesting themselves both in his authority and in his development as a professional. Motivation for labor activity is a complex system that is not limited to the attitude of an actor for a specific job in a particular organization. It synchronizes the attitude to work as a purposeful activity, the attitude to one’s profession, the attitude of the actor to a particular job. Different levels of generalization of attitudes towards work, being in close interaction, at the same time have autonomy and relative independence. The main theoretical ideas were empirically tested in the process of regression analysis of data collected during the online survey. They testify that in the conditions of transition from an industrial to a post-industrial society, the role of the leading factors of effective labor activity is gradually acquired by the commitment to the profession and the employee’s orientation towards self-realization and professional development.
Keywords:
labor activity, labor motivation, self-realization, professional development, multidimensional approach
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Bakker A.B., Demerouti E. (2008) Towards a Model of Work Engagement. Career Development International, 13(3): 209–223.
Bessokirnaya G.P. (2020) Motivaciya truda rabochix: praktika i teoretiko-metodicheskie problemy izucheniya na rossijskix promyshlennyx predpriyatiyax [Employee Motivation at Russian Industrial Enterprises: Practice, Theoretical and Methodological Research Problems]. Socialno-trudovye issledovaniya [Social and Labor Research], 3: 132–147 (in Russian).
Bocharov V.Yu. (2022) Izmenenie podxodov rossijskoj sociologii k izucheniyu trudovyx otnoshenij [Changing Approaches to the Studying of Labor Relations in Russian Sociology]. Sociologicheskiye issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 7: 41–5 (in Russian).
Brown S.P. (1996) A Meta-analysis and Review of Organizational Research on Job Involvement. Psychological Bulletin, 120 (2): 235–255.
Clark A.E. (1998) Measures of Job Satisfaction: What Makes a Good Job? Evidence from OECD Countries. OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers. OECD Publishing, 34: 1–43.
Efendiev A.G., Chermoshentseva E.S. (2020) Trudovoe povedenie sovremennoj rabotayushhej molodezhi: duxovno-nravstvenny`e osnovy` i praktiki [Labor Behavior of Modern Working Youth: Values and Practices]. Zhurnal sotsiologii i sotsialnoy antropologii [The Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology], 23(4): 40–73 (in Russian).
Efendiev A.G., Gogoleva A.S., Pashkevich A.V., Balabanova E.S. (2020) Cennostno-motivacionnye osnovy i realnost trudovoj zhizni rossijskix rabotnikov: problemy i protivorechiya [The Values, Motives, and Work Life Reality of Russian Employees: Problems and Contradictions]. Mir Rossii [Universe of Russia], 29(2): 108–133 (in Russian).
Efendiev A.G., Rezkiy S.D. (2022) Socialnoe neravenstvo rabotayushhej rossijskoj molodezhi: faktory i mexanizmy formirovaniya i razvitiya [Social Inequality of Employed Russian Youth: Factors and Mechanisms of Formation and Development]. Zhurnal sotsiologii i sotsialnoy antropologii [The Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology], 25(2): 176–213 (in Russian).
Farrukh M., Meng F., Raza A., Wu Y. (2022) Innovative Work Behaviour: The What, Where, Who, How and When. Personnel Review. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-11-2020-0854.
Granovetter M. (2009) Sila slabyx svyazej [The Strength of Weak Ties]. Ekonomicheskaya sociologiya [Journal of Economic Sociology], 10(4): 31–50 (in Russian).
Hallberg U.E., Schaufeli W.B. (2006) “Same Same” but Different? Can Work Engagement Be Discriminated from Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment? European Psychologist, 11(2): 119–127.
Herzberg F., Mosner B., Sniderman B.B. (2007) Motivaciya k rabote [The Motivation to Work]. Moscow: Vershina (in Russian).
Ilyasov F.N. (2013) Metodologiya resursnogo podxoda k analizu trudovy`x motivov i ustanovok [Methodology of Resource Approach to the Analysis of Labor Motives and Settings]. Monitoring obshhestvennogo mneniya [Public Opinion Monitoring], 5: 13–25 (in Russian).
Judge T.A., Weiss H.M., Kammeyer-Mueller J.D., Hulin Ch.L. (2017) Job Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, and Job Affect: A Century of Continuity and of Change. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(3): 356–374.
Kahn W.A. (1990) Psychological Conditions of Personal Engagement and Disengagement at Work. Academy of Management Journal, 33: 692–724.
Klimova S.G. (2020) Innovativnoe povedenie rabotayushhix rossiyan: povsednevnye praktiki i institucionalnye usloviya [Innovative Behavior of Russian Workers: Practices and Institutional Environment]. Socialno-trudovye issledovaniya [Social and labor research], 38(1): 85–97 (in Russian).
Kozina I.M. (2020) Chelovek na rabote: mir truda v ocenkax rossiyan [A Man at Work: The World of Work in the Estimates of Russians]. Sociodigger, 1(1): 5–15 (in Russian).
Krüger W. (2014) Excellence in Change. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag
Maister D. (2008) Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What's Obvious but Not Easy. Ashland, Ohio: The Spangle Press.
Mansurov V.A., Yurchenko O.V. (2005) Perspektivy professionalizacii rossijskix vrachej v reformiruyushhemsya obshhestve [Prospects of Professionalization of Russian Doctors in a Reforming Society]. Sotsiologicheskiye issledovaniya [Sociological Studies],1: 66–77 (in Russian).
O’Brien D. (2008) The Navigator's Handbook: 101 Leadership Lessons for Work and Life. London: Tate Publishing.
Pobiyanskaya A.V., Kipervar E.A. (2019) Vliyanie cifrovizacii na kachestvo ispolzovaniya rabochego vremeni [The Impact of Digitization on the Quality of Working Time]. Ekonomika truda [Russian Journal of Labor Economics], 6(3): 1169–1178 (in Russian).
Podsakoff P.M., MacKenzie S.B., Lee J.Y., Podsakoff N.P (2003) Common Method Biases in Behavioral Research: A Critical Review of the Literature and Recommended Remedies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(5): 879–903.
Popov A.V. (2013) Tipologiya rabotnikov kak instrument upravleniya trudovy`m povedeniem [Typology of Workers as a Tool for Managing Labor Behavior]. Ekonomicheskie i socialnye peremeny: fakty, tendencii, prognoz [Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast], 1(25): 162–175 (in Russian).
Rogers E. M. (2003) Diffusion of Innovations. New York: Free Press.
Schaufeli W., Bakker A.B. (2010) Defining and Measuring Work Engagement: Bringing Clarity to the Concept. In: Work engagement: A handbook of essential theory and research. London: Psychology Press: 10–24.
Schaufeli W., Salanova M. (2011) Work Engagement: On How to Better Catch a Slippery Concept. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 20: 39–46.
Strebkov D.O., Shevchuk A.V. (2017) Trudovye cennosti samostoyatelnoj i organizacionnoj zanyatosti [Work Values of Self-Employment and Organization Employment]. Sociologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 1: 81–93 (in Russian).
Tatarova G.G., Bessokirnaya G.P. (2018) Ob ustojchivosti izmerenij v processe rekonstrukcii socialnyx tipov rabochix kak obyektov upravleniya [On the Reliability of Measurements in the Process of Reconstructing Social Types of Workers as Objects of Management]. Sociologicheskaya nauka i social`naya praktika [Sociological Science and Social Practice], 6(2): 52–69 (in Russian).
Tatarova G.G., Bessokirnaya G.P., Kuchenkova A.V. (2021) Subyektivnoe blagopoluchie na rabote: issledovatel`skie praktiki sociologicheskogo izmereniya [Subjective Well-Being at Work: Research Practices of Sociological Measurement]. Sotsiologicheskiye issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 10: 37–49 (in Russian).
Temnitskiy A.L. (2007) Teoretiko-metodologicheskie podxody k issledovaniyu trudovogo povedeniya [Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to The Study of Labor Behavior]. Sotsiologicheskiye issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 6: 60–71 (in Russian).
Temnitskiy A.L. (2021) Motivacionnaya struktura professionalnoj deyatelnosti medicinskix rabotnikov Rossii [The Motivational Structure of Healthcare Professionals in Russia]. Mir Rossii [Universe of Russia], 4: 30–52 (in Russian).
Temnitskiy A.L. (2021) Tradicii i innovacii v trudovoj kul`ture rossijskix rabochix [Traditions and Innovations in Labor Culture of Russian Workers]. Sotsiologicheskiye issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 4: 61–73 (in Russian).
Toshhenko Zh.T. (2022) K klassifikacii professij: sociotexnologicheskoe izmerenie (opy`t metodologicheskogo analiza) [Professions: Socio-Technological Dimension (A Methodological Analysis)]. Sotsiologicheskiye issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 6: 67–76 (in Russian).
Weber M. (1990) Izbrannye proizvedeniya [Selected Works]. Moscow: Progress (in Russian).
Yadov V.A. (2006) Teoretiko-prikladnoj tolkovyj slovar` [Theoretical and Applied Explanatory Dictionary]. St. Petersburg: Nauka (in Russian).
Zdravomyslov A.G., Yadov V.A. (2003) Chelovek i ego rabota v SSSR i posle [Man and his Work in the USSR and after]. Moscow: Aspekt-press (in Russian).
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Received: 26.04.2022
Accepted: 31.03.2023
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Efendiev, A.G. and Abramova, E.V. 2023. Motivational basis of labor activity: a multidimensional approach. Zhurnal sotsiologii i sotsialnoy antropologii (The Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology). 26, 1 (Mar. 2023), 26-57. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31119/jssa.2022.26.1.2.
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