COMPARISON OF EMPLOYEE SALARY AS A MATERIAL FACTOR OF WORKPLACE SATISFACTION WITH OTHER INTANGIBLE FACTORS OF WORKPLACE SATISFACTION

ABSTRACT

Employee salary is an indispensable factor for which workers come to work every day. Without wages, people would not be able to live or meet their basic living needs. Is the salary only the main motivating factor for employees to come to work, or are there other factors of employee satisfaction in the workplace, which are also important to them? Employees work for a salary and it is the main reason for coming to work. However, what are the attitudes of employees when they have a choice, higher salary or job security? Higher salary or good work atmosphere, correct superiors and correct work colleagues? The aim of this paper is to use the method of scientific research to obtain data on the questions asked, statistically process the collected data and draw conclusions after the research. The survey was conducted in January 2022, on a random sample of 233 respondents (employees) in the Republic of Croatia. Respondents are employees of private and state-owned companies in the Republic of Croatia. Three hypotheses have been set H1 Intangible factors of satisfaction are more important to employees than high salary, H2 Employees have the most important intangible factor - correct behavior of superiors, H3 Employees want a higher salary for their work. Hypotheses H1 and H3 were accepted by the results of this research, while hypothesis H2 was not accepted because the most important intangible factor of satisfaction for employees is a good work atmosphere.