The managers motives and their communication skills

Abstract

Aim of the study: The aim of the work was to identify the hierarchy of managerial motives and the assess of communication skills of managers from the Ostrołęka subregion.
Material and methods: Own research carried out among 200 managers working in small and medium-sized enterprises from the Ostrołęka subregion - mazowieckie voivodeship. Among the respondents, 76.5% are men and 23.5% are women. Most of the surveyed managers had higher education (79.5). The other respondents graduated from secondary schools. The research on leadership motives was carried out using the "The scale of self-assessment of managerial motives” presented in the work by Tokarski [22]. The assessment of communication skills was carried out using the "Test for communication skills" [16].
Results: The research part presents the results of own research carried out among 200 managers working in small and medium-sized enterprises from the Ostrołęka subregion – mazowieckie voivodeship. Employment security is the dominant motif among 22.5% surveyed managers. The managerial motive, which is the amount of earnings, is the dominant motif only with 11% of respondents. The vast majority of participants (78.5%) obtained the result in the category of 75 and more, which classifies them to the group of managers who deal best with communication.
Conclusions: Own research has shown that managers from small and medium-sized enterprises have high communication skills. It was found that the dominant managerial theme cannot be clearly identified.