MOTIVATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MANAGERS TO BE EFFECTIVE: MYTHS AND REALITY

Abstract

The article analyzes the features of the motivation of managers of public administration (including civil servants and managers of the social sphere), identifies the differences between motivation, understood as satisfaction with labor factors, and motivation as an incentive to effective activity. In most of the available studies the difference between satisfaction and labor motivation is not conducted, and the authors consider the issues of increasing the satisfaction of civil servants with labor, or specific features of motivation of civil servants in comparison with other categories of workers. Based on the results of the questionnaire survey of 775 managers of the public administration sphere, the presented materials analyze in detail the factors influencing satisfaction and, separately - motivation for effective activity, consider the mechanisms of motivation management, including the use of appropriate incentives. Тo build an effective motivation management system, it is not so much the incentives themselves that are important as the conditions for their use, which is also considered in the presented article. This allows conclusions to be drawn about the level of effectiveness of the current incentive system, both in relation to managers, civil servants, and their colleagues who are in charge of government or social organizations (health, education, and culture).