Employee Motivation and Work Satisfaction in a Public Enterprise'

Data on employee motivation, work satisfaction, and organizational climate were collected from a recently nationalized public sector organization to study the implications of organizational variables for efficient working, with particular reference to workers' participation in management. While the managerial employees showed strong motivation for influence and influence-backed motivation for personal achievement, the workers showed strong motivation for social achievement backed by need for personal achievement. The author feels that the patterns discerned in the analysis are likely to create interpersonal problems and conflicts, and would come in the way of workers' participation in management.