A Study on Motivational Preferences of Employees between Mainland China and Taiwan

• Main Authors: Ming-wei Yeh, 葉明偉
• Other Authors: Ting-pang Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38539086848932791058

碩士 === 東吳大學 === 企業管理學系 === 95 === Along with development of many Taiwan large companies managing their businesses and employees across Taiwan straits, the employee management is facing great challenge because of many differences existing between Mainland China and Taiwan. The managers of these companies need understand the employees’ motivational preferences across Taiwan straits in order that their employees can be properly encouraged for performing the best in the jobs. Therefore, this research paper is planned to comparing differences in motivational preferences between Mainland China and Taiwan. Hopefully, the research results can be used as a reference for the business managers to do human resource management across the straits. The purpose of this study is to answer the following questions: 1. Are there differences in motivational preferences for workers between Taiwan and Mainland China? What are the differences? 2. Do individual attributes of employees between Taiwan and Mainland China affect their motivational preferences? 3. Do the job attributes of employees between Taiwan and Mainland China affect their motivational preferences? The research results are listed as follows: (1) Taiwanese employees have higher growth needs than employees of Mainland China. (2) Employees of Mainland China have higher existence needs than Taiwanese employees. (3) Individual income attributes of employees of Taiwan and Mainland China have moderating effect on their motivational preferences.