ASSOCIATING THE RESULTS OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS TESTS IN THE STUDY OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION

Abstract

The whole approach of this paper revolves around the theme of employee motivation, having as the main objective to establish notable associations and implications that are worthy of being taken into account by the manager in establishing the appropriate motivational factors for employees. The purpose is to study the degree of association between the type of employer, private or public, and the type of personality of employees, namely proactive personality or not. To achieve this goal, it is propose a new mathematical method of statistical research using a coupling of the verifing statistical hypotheses tests regarding the determination of the error risk, this one being therefore calculated by a linear expression of the individual error risks. Also, is provided a series of results obtained from the processing of data observed through a survey study, results that lead to some motivational managerial implications. Being carried out during the current year, the survey certainly supplied observed data that were in accord with the actual economic and social context. Therefore, it should be emphasized that the two characteristics of interest pursued in this study, the type of employer and the proactive personality or not, were investigated for Romanian employees of companies operating in uncertain economic conditions.