Abstract
Purpose: The explorative purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the work motivational conceptions of employees to gain a better understanding of work motivation in the municipal corporation of Bangladesh.
The municipal corporation is one of the key administrative bodies of Bangladesh’s local government. Work motivation has been defined as a result of interaction between the individual and the environment. Local government studies indicate that the work environment of the municipal corporation is unique because of its key colonial and political history, several reform attempts, non-western social perspectives, job functions, and traditional governance.
Study Design and Methodology: Twenty-two semi-structured online interviews were conducted in this study. A phenomenographic research methodology has been adopted to describe the limited number of qualitatively different ways of experiencing work motivation. During the analysis of the semi-structured interview transcripts, the focus was on the second-order employee perspective to explore and analyze the conceptions.
Findings: Based on the participants' collective experiences and dimensions of variation across the different ways of experiencing, six conceptions of employee work motivation to perform at the municipal corporation were identified in this study. Six dimensions of critical variations have emerged within and between the conceptions. In the outcome space, the relationships between conceptions, and dimensions of critical variations are presented in a logical structure.
Originality/Value: The findings of this research study show significance to expand the understanding of work motivation and the research context of phenomenography. The findings of this research will contribute to the ongoing attention of contextual work motivational understanding from a Bangladeshi perspective and phenomenographic research conceptions in organizational behavior studies.
The municipal corporation is one of the key administrative bodies of Bangladesh’s local government. Work motivation has been defined as a result of interaction between the individual and the environment. Local government studies indicate that the work environment of the municipal corporation is unique because of its key colonial and political history, several reform attempts, non-western social perspectives, job functions, and traditional governance.
Study Design and Methodology: Twenty-two semi-structured online interviews were conducted in this study. A phenomenographic research methodology has been adopted to describe the limited number of qualitatively different ways of experiencing work motivation. During the analysis of the semi-structured interview transcripts, the focus was on the second-order employee perspective to explore and analyze the conceptions.
Findings: Based on the participants' collective experiences and dimensions of variation across the different ways of experiencing, six conceptions of employee work motivation to perform at the municipal corporation were identified in this study. Six dimensions of critical variations have emerged within and between the conceptions. In the outcome space, the relationships between conceptions, and dimensions of critical variations are presented in a logical structure.
Originality/Value: The findings of this research study show significance to expand the understanding of work motivation and the research context of phenomenography. The findings of this research will contribute to the ongoing attention of contextual work motivational understanding from a Bangladeshi perspective and phenomenographic research conceptions in organizational behavior studies.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Nov 2022 |
| Event | MARSHALL BUSINESS RESEARCH CONFERENCE - BRAD D. SMITH SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS, Huntington, United States Duration: 4 Nov 2022 → … Conference number: Third |
Conference
| Conference | MARSHALL BUSINESS RESEARCH CONFERENCE |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Huntington |
| Period | 4/11/22 → … |