Motivation questionnaire

NAME:

DATE:

DESGINATION:
1) To what extent requires your job the performance of many different tasks?
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Little

Moderate

Much

How satisfied are you with this situation?

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Dissatisfied

satisfied

2) To what extent do you feel motivated to use your personal qualification?

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Little

moderate

much

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Satisfied

3) To what extent are your talents utilized by the company?

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Little

Moderate

Much

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Satisfied

4) To what extent do you experience your job as stimulating?

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Little

Moderate

Much

How satisfied are you with this situation?

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5) To what extent do you perform an entire piece of work from beginning to end?
("Little" means that you are doing only a small part of the overall piece of work, which is
finished by other people or by automatic machines; "Much" means that you are doing the
whole work from beginning to end)
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Little

Moderate

Much

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6) To what extent is your work interesting for you?

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Moderate

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Dissatisfied

Satisfied

7) To what extent do you feel your work is important for other people?
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much

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8) To what extent is your job meaningful for you?

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Moderate

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satisfied

9) How much freedom and independence do you have in your job? That means to what
extent can you decide on your own how and when your work is done?
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Little

Moderate

Much

How satisfied are you with this situation?

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Dissatisfied

Satisfied

10) To what extent does your work itself provide you with feedback?
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Little

Moderate

Much

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Satisfied

11) To what extend do you receive feedback about your work performance from
other persons (co-workers, superiors)?
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Little

Moderate

Much

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Dissatisfied

Satisfied

12) To what extent do you have to work co-operatively with other people?
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Little

Moderate

Much

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Dissatisfied

Satisfied

13) To what extent do you feel comfortable with your relationship to co-workers?
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Little

Moderate

How satisfied are you with this situation?

Much

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Dissatisfied

Satisfied

14) How comfortable do you feel with your work conditions (equipment environment)?
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Little

Moderate

Much

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Dissatisfied

Satisfied

15) To what extent do you feel "safe" in the current climate in terms of layoffs?
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Little

Moderate

Much

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Dissatisfied

Satisfied

16) To what extent do you feel paid fairly?

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Moderate

Much

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Satisfied

17) To what extent do you feel that the benefits, which you receive, e.g. free coffee, are
sufficient?
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Little

Moderate

Much

How satisfied are you with this situation?

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Dissatisfied
Part Two:

Satisfied

In this section you are asked to evaluate the importance of the following statements.
Write a number in the blank beside the statement, based on the following scale:
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LessModerate

Very important

Important
1) It is important to have variety in the job.
2) It is important that my employer supports my talents.
3) It is important to get new tasks.
4) It is important to have stimulating and challenging work.
5) It is important to have opportunities to learn new things from my work.
6) It is important for me to perform an entire piece of work from beginning to end.
7) It is important to have a meaningful and interesting work.
8) It is important to determine oneself how and when to carry out the work.
9) It is important to receive more responsibility (not necessarily more tasks).
10) It is important to receive regular, timely feedback about one's work
performance.
11) It is important to receive praise for the work performance.
12) It is important to receive recognition for a good work performance.
13) It is important to have a good relationship to co-workers.
14) It is important to have good work conditions.
15) It is important to experience job security.
16) It is important to change the company (or work place) not too often.
17) It is important to improve the financial compensation.
18) It is important that all employees get fringe benefits.
Part Three:
In this section you are asked to evaluate how important these fringe benefits are for you.
Write a number in the blank beside the statement, based on the following scale:
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Less

Moderate

Very important

Important
1) The employees receive a part of the company's profit
2) The company offers free coffee
3) The company stands for a part of the lunch prize
4) The company pays for sport activities
5) The company stands for work clothes and work shoes
6) The company stands for the laundry of the work clothes
7) Which other types of benefits do you like to have?
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Part Four
In this part I would like to gather some general information.
A) Your age:
Under 20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
B) Sex:
Male

()

Female ( )

C) Marital status:
Married
Unmarried
D) Work area:
Production Workshop

Leading position
R+D
Production Office
Finance and Administration
Sales
D) Your position within the company:
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(E) How long have you been working in this company?
Up to 2 years
2 - 5 years
5 - 10 years
More than 10 years