FACTORS DETERMINING HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY LECTURER’S WORK MOTIVATION

Authors

  • Nguyen Thi Huong An, Nguyen Thi Hoai An*

Keywords:

working motivation, university lecturer, Hanoi Open University

Abstract

This research is to study how factors impacting working lecturers’ motivation at Hanoi Open University (HOU) by examining 120 questionnaire and using Cronbach’s Alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis and the linear regression analysis. The results found that six factors of lecturers’ working motivation (sorting in descending order): Direct leadership, Working conditions, Income and benefits, Work autonomy, Colleagues, Training and promotion opportunities. Based on the results, the research proposes a number of solutions to enhance Hanoi Open University lecturers’ working motivation.

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