Managerial Motivation The Impact of Role Diversity, Job Level, and Organizational Size.

The article discusses managerial motivation by examining the results of a study that explored relationships between motivation and organizational variables. The article presents the study method (a modified Porter questionnaire), participants, statistical processes, and results. The study's hypotheses were that higher level managers tend to feel more fulfilled in their jobs and attach more importance to higher order needs than their lower level counterparts. The article analyzes the results in terms of the impact of job level, role-set diversity, total company size, and subunit size. The results of the study indicate that managerial motivation (perception of needs and need satisfaction) is tied to many variables, particularly to role-set diversity and job level.