Nível de motivação e satisfação no trabalho dos servidores públicos municipais na Prefeitura de Laguna Carapã-MS

Abstract

The human motivation is a topic that has attracted a great deal of attention of the researcher in the management people area. It has been such a challenge to the managers to provide a motivating and enjoyable environment and stimulate their employees’ interest in the work, preparing them to answer the society’s demand with efficiency and effectiveness. In order to understand the problem it is proposed to identify the level of motivation and satisfaction of municipal employee of Laguna Carapã - MS. Therefore, an exploratory, descriptive and quantitative research using a structured questionnaire was made to collect data. For the interpretation of the data, it was used the motivation theories approached. The category of analysis were the profile of the respondents, the level of motivation, the level of satisfaction and aspects related to stability. The results pointed out that almost all of the municipal employees are satisfied and motivated to work. The factors that most influenced the employees, showing high levels of job satisfaction and motivation were the motivational factors - autonomy, personal and professional achievement, recognition, responsibility and hygiene – conditions of the work environment, relationship with the boss, relationship with the employees, coworkers, benefits offered and stability. It can be said that servers like what they do or work for pleasure. Stability has also been found to be essential and indispensable for the proper functioning of the public administration, since that the employees do not settle down.