Analysis of the Motivational Structure and Labor Interests of Managers and Employees in Remote Work

Background. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the information society in the early 20s of the 21st century faced a new phenomenon of the social and labor environment — the ability to work outside offices, outside workplaces and posts. The psychology of such work has not yet been studied far enough, there is not enough data on its effectiveness, productivity, and most importantly, on the motivation of workers for whom such work has become possible and accessible.

Objective is analyzing the motivational structure, as well as highlighting the content haracteristics of the labor interests of both employees and managers working remotely (online)

Methods. Cluster analysis of structured interviews with employees and managers, F. Herzberg's methodology «Monitoring of labor motives», K. Zamfir's test for determining the motivational complex of employees and the author's methodology «Labor interests of employees» were used as methodological tools.

Samplе. The study sample consisted of 134 people working remotely in an online education company in different departments and in different positions (30% — managers, 70% — specialists).

Results. The study made it possible to identify what content of remote work should be in order for respondents to consider their work interesting. Three key factors of remote work were identified: variety and novelty of tasks for employees, opportunities for professional development, and emotional and personal attitude to functional duties. Intrinsic motivation turned out to be greater than outwardly positive and outwardly negative motivation in 65% of respondents. It was confirmed that the main motive for working remotely is the content of work and, additionally, career development and personal success. The leading labor interests turned out to be professional, career, group and corporate, and not at all economic.

Conclusion. The conducted research shows that the condition of remote work increases interest in the content of the activity and requires increased attention to intrinsic motivation.

Acknowledgements. Author is grateful to Volkov V.V. for assistance in data collection.

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