Empirical Evidence of Factors Affecting Motivation of Academicians': a Multilevel Motivation approach

In an academic institution motivation of academicians has an important role to play since it influences the performance of the academic institution and also the development of young generation on whom the future of the nation depends. The study aims to understand how the performance of academicians of higher education and hence the performance of higher education institutions can be improved through an understanding of factors influencing motivation of academicians at different hierarchical positions (multilevel motivation) in a higher education institution. The motivation of academicians is compared with their respective designations through the factors influencing their motivation obtained through exploratory factor analysis. To analyse the impact of various factors on academician's motivation ANOVA and Post Hoc tests were applied. The results clearly showed that the academicians working at different hierarchical levels have different factors of motivation, if a higher education institution focuses on these factors, it will improve its performance.