| Abstract [eng] |
Civil service professionalism, the quality and efficiency of work in implementing the state strategy as well as priority goals, developing and fostering public welfare depend on the motives of the civil servants working there as well as on the incentives applied by the organization, it is therefore necessary to ensure that the incentives for public servants are consistent with their motives as well as the synergy between the organization and the activities of civil servants. The aim of the research – to substantiate the system of motives and incentives for civil servants’ activity by evaluating the specifics of it in Lithuanian local self-governing institutions. The dissertation reveals the theoretical aspects of the civil servants’ activity motives and incentives system, it contains the analysis of the empirical investigation of the civil servants’ activity motives and incentives system, formed and empirically tested research model of the motives and incentives system of civil servants’ activity, the empirical research methodology and its results. During the research, motives and incentives for civil servants working in Lithuanian local government institutions and the factors that determine them were identified, the relationship between the motives and incentives of the civil servants was established, the motivation system as well as the impact of civil servants’ motives and incentives on the job satisfaction of civil servants was evaluated. The study also highlighted the importance of the leadership and direct manager’s role in motivating civil servants. |
