Motivation att leda : En studie om till vilken utsträckning en ledares motivation att leda påverkar motivationen hos dess följare

Sammanfattning: Title: Motivation to lead: A study that research to what extent a leader’s motivation to lead affect the motivation among its followers Authors: Felicia Edenhammar and Yasmine Hansson Olaussson Keywords: Motivation to lead (MTL), motivation, leadership, job satisfaction, leader, follower Background: Motivation is an important resource for organizations if they wish to achieve a higher effectivity and productivity. Leadership is important to be able to reach this motivation. Even though leadership is important, it is a very difficult word which is dependent on relationships between leaders and followers. These relationships have great importance for job satisfaction. There are many studies about how the followers' motivation affects the company, but very rarely it is studied how leaders' motivation affect themselves and furthermore their followers. Research question: To what extent does leader’s MTL affect their followers' motivation? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explain to what extent leaders MTL affect its followers' motivation. Method: This study uses both a qualitative and quantitative approach where an abduction isused. Empirical data has been gathered by holding eight interviews with leaders as well as surveys with their followers. The empirical data is analyzed by in case analysis and cross case analysis. Theoretical framework: This study begins by connecting motivation and different theories. Among these are the two-factor theory, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, the self-determination theory and the cognitive evaluation theory. After this we define leadership basedon Rost (1993) definition to continue into the similarity attraction theory, the social learning theory and leader-member exchange theory. Lastly, we present the motivation to lead theory which this study builds upon. Findings: The findings are that a leader's MTL influences the follower’s motivation. It was shown that SN-MTL has the greatest effect on followers' motivation. While the amount of AFFMTL and NC-MTL did not really matter, it was found that the existence of these MTL were important.