International Journal of Academic Accounting, Finance & Management Research (IJAAFMR)
  Year: 2020 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 56-62
Factors Affecting Motivation of Employees in Public Sector by Using Binary Logistic Regression Model: Case Study in Erbil, Iraq
Amir Khaleel Hassoo, Cuma Akbay, Jel Classification Code

Abstract:
Motivation is a general term that refers to the needs, demands, desires, or individual's internal forces. The main objective of this study is to investigate the factors affecting job satisfaction and motivation of employees in the public sector in Iraq. In order to achieve this purpose, the researcher was required to get the questionnaire filled from employees working at different organizations. This study used simple random sampling that is section from probability sampling techniques. The provenance of data for the study was the primary data collected by use of questionnaires, in the public employee sector. Survey was done in 2019. Participants attend to the questioned asked by using a 3-point Liker scale (1 = disagree, 2 = Maybe, 3 = agree). Data were obtained from randomly 250 employees working at different organizations and analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Binary Logistic regression. The results indicated that, some factors such as good communication between managers and employees, offering organizational and professional development courses with a variety of skills for employees, providing educational opportunities for employees to progress degree and achieve higher administrative authority increase employees' job satisfaction and motivation.