Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Work Motivation of the Company’s Employees and their Attitudes towards Organizational Changes

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (6)
Authors
Romanova, Elena V.; Romanova, Dariana R.
Contact information
Romanova, Elena V.: Moscow State (National Research) University of Civil Engineering; National Research University “Higher School of Economics” Moscow, Russian Federation; ; Romanova, Dariana R.: Moscow State (National Research) University of Civil Engineering; National Research University “Higher School of Economics” Moscow, Russian Federation
Keywords
work motivation; typological model of work motivation; types of work motivation; organizational changes; psychological readiness for changes; resistance to changes; response to the situation of changes
Abstract

The present study concentrates in the area of psychology of organizational change management. Work motivation is an important aspect of organizational change psychology. Each transformation that takes place in a company entails a certain response from the personnel. The response can be positive, neutral or negative. The level of support for change can be predicted. For this purpose, it is necessary to assess people’s readiness to change before the beginning of the changes. The subject of the research is the specific connection of work motivation of employees with their attitudes to change, with their psychological readiness. The methodological tools consist of two questionnaires: Gerchikov’s Types of Work Motivation and Types of Response to Change Situation – TRCS. The obtained results are subjected to correlation and regression analysis. The research sample consists of young employees of various Russian technical companies. The respondents have 1–3 years of work experience. The results of the analysis show a positive relationship of lumpenized type of motivation with rejection of changes in the organization, and a positive relationship of master and professional type of motivation with acceptance of organizational changes. The obtained results expand the understanding the specifics of the response of the workforce to change and can be applied when preparing a company for organizational change. They make it possible to predict the readiness and attitude of employees to the upcoming changes, to develop appropriate programs to increase loyalty and to create a diffused motivation system that contributes to the achievement of the maximum results at optimal costs

Pages
1124–1136
EDN
UQXVBZ
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/156194

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