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Changes in employee motivation for education in companies before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

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  • Iva Klementová

    (Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Zdeněk Caha

    (Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Tomáš Mrhálek

    (Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

Abstract

This article is based on an extensive longitudinal quantitative and qualitative analysis of a wide sample of Czech companies of various types and sizes. The focus is on the development of trends in employee motivation for education within Czech companies (N=1114) in the years 2016 and 2021. The aim is to analyse changes in the application of individual motives in time and to examine in detail their relationship to company size. Whereas the majority of current research into this topic examines the intrinsic motivation for education directly among employees, this article deals with the extrinsic sphere and concentrates on motivation strategies from the point of view of companies in the examined period and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three external motives for employee motivation were examined in detail, namely career growth, financial remuneration, and the inclusion of education in regular evaluations. The research results suggest that large companies pay greater attention to motivating their employees to participate in further education, and that regardless of company size, companies prefer using non-financial means to do so, which is in line with current trends.

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  • Iva Klementová & Zdeněk Caha & Tomáš Mrhálek, 2023. "Changes in employee motivation for education in companies before and during the Covid-19 pandemic," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 10(4), pages 89-104, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:10:y:2023:i:4:p:89-104
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2023.10.4(6)
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    1. Georgia Yfantidou & Eleni Spyridopoulou & Alkistis Papaioannou & Athanasios Koustelios & Vicky Katsoni, 2024. "Sustainable Strategies for Innovative Cooperation in Human Resources Training between the Business Sector and Universities through Internship Programs from the Pre- to Post-COVID-19 Period," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-19, August.

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    Keywords

    employee motivation; motivation for education; COVID-19 pandemic; competence; career growth; employee evaluation; company size category;
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    JEL classification:

    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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