Motivational preferences within job positions are different: empirical study from the Czech transport and logistics enterprises

Abstract

The aim of the article is to determine the basic differences that motivate the employees in the sector of transport and logistics in various job positions in the Czech Republic. The article is based on a questionnaire for a research sample of 2363 respondents, which was carried out in the course of the years of 2018 and 2019. The basic descriptive statistics of analysis of variance (ANOVA) – the Tukey HSD Test has been used for the processing of the data. The results show the significant differences in terms of the career and relationship motivational preferences of managers in contrast to the lower preference in the case of the employees at lower hierarchical levels. The presented results of the article are usable for a base for further research apart for their practical use for the creation and modification of motivational programs of the businesses operating in the sector of transport and logistics.

Keywords:

• Motivational preferences
• employees
• transport and logistics
• the Czech Republic
• empirical study

JEL classification codes::

• M12
• J21
• J28

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This research was supported by projects: SVV202002 Trends in human resource management in transport and logistics companies, TL02000017 Inter-generation cooperation in digitalisation, TL02000559 Safe cities for pedestrians and seniors and TL01000349 Stabilisation and development of SMEs in rural areas, Kultúrna a Edukacná Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR (KEGA) 005TU Z-4/2020 Economics, Management and Enterprising in Wood Industry Companies – university textbook with visualisation support in virtual space and Operational Programme Integrated Infrastructure (OPII), supported by the ERDF: Progressive research of performance properties of wood-based materials and products (LignoPro) and Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.