Work motivation and labour productivity growth among it professionals in contemporary Latvia

Abstract

This paper is dedicated to the research of factors that drive work motivation of Information Technology (further in the text IT) professionals in Latvia and lead to the increase in labour efficiency. Various research works have proved relation of employees’ motivation and work performance. However, No previous research was conducted in contemporary Latvia aiming at IT specialists. The research is based on the results of survey of 1200 IT professionals in Latvia. Besides motivation factors, personal characteristics of Latvian IT professionals was given with the use of adapted Schwarz questionnaire. The data were studied through regression analysis, and factors that influence work motivation and work efficiency growth were found.