Study on the employees’ motivation of Red Crescent Society in job innovation in Tehran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MS. in management, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 MS. in human resource management, Islamic Azad University of Boroujerd, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D. in philosophy, Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Mazandaran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Keeping pace with the advancement of technology, occurrences of accidents have also evolved and dealing with disasters requires innovative in facilities, thoughts and approach. The aim of this study is checking the employees’ motivation of Red Crescent Society assessment in Tehran as one of the Humanitarian Relief Responder organizations in Tehran for innovation in their occupation.
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this cross-sectional study included all the Red Crescent Society forces in Tehran. In this study, data collection was done by questionnaire. The questionnaire included six questions and by using standard methods in it, the rating of respondents was determined. In this questionnaire, the most points possible were 31, and the lowest were 7. Higher score indicates more motivation for innovative approaches in the job.
Results:The average of job innovation in study participants is higher than the average score of job innovation, which means 15. 59.6 percent of people had scores above average and most people had a high score. There was no significant difference between the scores of motivation in gender groups. No significant differences were observed between the scores of motivation in terms of education. Although a significant difference is observed between the scores of motivation in terms of background, and those with background less than ten years, had more motivation score (P=0.02). In addition, a significant difference is observed between the scores of motivation in terms of age and younger people have more motivation score (P=0.01). The results showed that the average score of motivation for innovation in the participants is higher than the average score and the majority of people had a score higher than average motivation.
Conclusion: The results showed that the average score of motivation for innovation in Red Crescent Society was higher than the average score and the majority of people had a score higher than average motivation.

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