TY  - JOUR
T1  - Identifying and Ranking Factors Affecting Motivation of Employees (A Case Study of Maroon Petrochemical Company)
AU - Moghadam, Siroos Korahi AU - Kazemi, Azadeh 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 12
SP  - 2418
EP  - 2423
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.2418.2423
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.2418.2423
KW  - Motivation of employees
KW  -internal (mental) factors
KW  -external (health) factors
KW  -maroon petrochemical company
KW  -factors
AB  - As an applied study using descriptive-analytic and survey methods, the objective of the present paper was to identify and rank factors affecting motivation of employees working at Maroon Petrochemical Company. The statistical population included all the employees working at Maroon Petrochemical Company. The 160 people were selected as the statistical sample through simple random sampling method. To gather required data, the 40-item job motivation questionnaires proposed by Herzberg. The questionnaire included 11 criteria of occupational safety, wage and salary, work environment conditions, relation (personal relations with colleges), environment policy, appreciation, occupational responsibility, occupational development, occupational position, job nature and the way of supervision. The research findings revealed that in Maroon Petrochemical Company, occupational safety has the highest effect on the employees’ motivation. Then, wage and salary, work environment conditions, appreciation, occupational development and occupational position, respectively, are the effective factors on the employees’ motivation.
ER  -