Factor Analysis of Work Motivation Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Case Study on Civil Servants at Banten Province's Office Agriculture and Livestock

Factor Analysis of Work Motivation Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: Case Study on Civil Servants at Banten Province’s Office Agriculture and Livestock

Author		: MAHENDRA FAKHRI; MUHAMAD ADITYA RAHMAWAN; MAHIR PRADANA
Published on	: Emerging Trends in Academic Research (ETAR) 2014 (ASTON DENPASAR HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER Bali Indonesia)

Abstract

“The aim of this study is to identify the dominant factors that influence work motivation of the Civil Servants who work at the Banten Province???s Office of Agriculture and Livestock. The research is using an explorative quantitative method. Respondents in this study were Civil Servants at Banten Province???s Office of Agriculture and Livestock. There are five variables included, which is physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs, respectively. The data of this study obtain from the interview and questionnaires which is distributed to 73 respondents. The technique used to analyze the data is factor analysis with software SPSS version 20.0.
By means of factor analysis, the dominant factors influencing work motivation became more obvious by clustering the five factors into two major groups. Eventually, the two dominant factors that influenced the Civil Servant???s level of motivation at Banten Province???s Office of Agriculture and Livestock are divided into two major groups, which are internal needs and external needs. Internal needs are represented by the variable of physiological needs, which explained the 20.42% of the total significant factors influencing the employee???s work motivation at Banten Province???s Office of Agriculture and Livestock. While external needs are represented by the variable of safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs, which explained 67.92% of the total significant factor influencing of the employee???s work motivation at Banten Province???s Office of Agriculture and Livestock.”