The relationship between managerial motivation and sense of coherence

• Main Author: Coetzee, Marius Gideon
• Other Authors: Viviers, Adriaan Martinus
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Managerial moivation; Sense of coherence; Attitude towards authority figures; Competitiveness; Assertiveness; Power motive; Desire for a distinctive group role; Willingness to conduct administrative functions; Meaningfulness; Comprehension; Manageability; 658.314; Employee motivation; Motivation (Psychology); Employees > Attitudes; Executive ability; Locus of control; Clinical health psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/677

The purpose of this research is to determine whether a relationship exists between two constructs, namely managerial motivation and sense of coherence and to determine whether any variance exists between two groups of people in terms of the mentioned constructs. The study was conducted on a total sample of 124 employees of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) which was divided into two groups, namely managers and supervisors in view of the position they held at the Agricultural Research Council. The results of the study indicated that a significant positive relationship exists between the dimensions of managerial motivation and the dimensions of sense of coherence of the total sample. There is also a significant variance in terms of two dimensions between the two groups, namely power motive as dimension of managerial motivation and meaningfulness as dimension of sense of coherence. === Industrial and Organisational Psychology === M.A. (Industrial Psychology)