Motivation of It Specialists: Case of Latvia

Abstract

Rapid development of technology boosts the demand for IT specialists that became a significant part of work force. In order to improve the performance of employees companies should attach importance to motivation. Various researches conducted in different countries proved that motivation factors of IT specialists differ from those inherent to professionals working in other industries. In this circumstances detection of factors that motivate IT specialists in Latvia is very topical. In order to find factors that motivate IT specialists in Latvia a survey was conducted. 1229 employees stated about the influence of certain factors on their motivation. The results were carefully analyzed and appropriate conclusion concerning motivation of IT specialists were made.