A new focus on research strategies in determining the structure of the motivational field of scientific and pedagogical staff of agricultural universities

Abstract

The article presents new research technologies that determine the features of motivational field structure of scientific and pedagogical staff (SPS) in the system of higher agricultural education in Russia based on mathematical statistics tools. Theoretical review of publications confirms the high relevance of the study of the motivational field by new tools: using mathematical apparatus based on principal components, estimates of structural similarity and amount of information. In the empirical part of the study, a comparative analysis of the motivational field structure of young scientific and pedagogical employees of agrarian universities (age group under 30) and the older generation (over 50) was conducted. For young workers the value of satisfaction from professional activity is defined due to qualitative improvement of labor processes and in general organization of labor on the basis of optimal ratio of labor costs and wages with preservation of good relations in labor collective. For the older age group - the value of constant increase in knowledge and interest in professional development with an active deterrent of the relationship with the immediate supervisor and the predominance of interest in work over wages. The new research strategy increases the objectivity of the conclusions and the high interpretability of the results of sociological research.