THE MONTHLY SALARY AS A MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR FROM THE PERPECTIVE OF THE DEGREE OF SATISFACTION AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE

Malina-Ionela Burlacu and Alexandru Birsan

Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, 2016, vol. 10, issue 1, 418-427

Abstract: Over the time, mankind had to perform different types of activities that generated income and enabled them to ensure the daily living and to find the necessary resources to achieve a high the quality of life. Starting from physiological needs (need for water, food, shelter, transportation or security) and continuing with higher needs (recreational activities, the desire for esteem or personal development), every individual desires to create a well-developed system of his own needs. Any activity is undertaken in order to obtain revenue large enough to satisfy all the necessary requirements for the daily living, to tend to well defined aspirations and to have an important place in the society and the environment in which one live This article includes both a theoretical part, having the role of presenting the most important motivational theories, the classification of needs that underlie the development of an individual and a practical part, which presents the results of a questionnaire, which aimed to identify the extent to which basic needs are satisfied, the extent of the help provided by monthly income and the economic situation of households in Romania.The objective of the article is to determine the degree of satisfaction of the employees in Romania with their monthly salaries (wages).

Keywords: motivation; income; salary; satisfaction; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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