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Crisis COVID-19 and Changes in Motivation in the Public Administration Sector
1 Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Department of Business Economics, Technical Univerzity in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, Zvolen 960 53, Slovakia
2 Department of Corporate Economics and Management, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Tajovského 10, Banská Bystrica 97590, Slovakia
3 Katedra železničnej dopravy, The Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Okružní 10, České Budějovice 37001, Czechia
4 Fakulta prevádzky ekonomiky dopravy a spojov, Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, Univerzitná 1, Žilina 01026, Slovakia
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Abstract: The aim of the thesis is to define the level of employee motivation and its development in public administration of the Slovak Republic in the years 2017-2023 in terms of gender. The research sample consisted of 3571 respondents. Relational and financial factors are the most significant for public administration employees in Slovakia, given the fact that they are statistically at the same level of importance each year. In 2020 and 2022, there is a significant preference for relational factors over financial factors. Based on the ANOVA test results, the test identified significant changes for the group of relational, financial career and social factors at the 5% significance level. The Eta-squared test results indicate that in the case of the financial group of factors, these changes are of negligible significance and in the case of relational factors, there is a low substantive significance of these changes. Based on the results, it is possible to conclude that the needs of public administration employees are stable in the long run. By further analysing the results, it is possible to define the motivational factors influencing the needs of public administration employees in the form of an incentive programme.
Keywords: Human Resource Management, Slovak Republic, Public Administration, Employee Motivation, Anova
JEL classification: J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity, O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
Received: 22 June 2023 / Revised: 21 July 2023 / Accepted: 24 July 2023 / Published: 29 July 2023
