Achievement motivation of ONGC (Oil and natural gas company, India's leading PSU) managers in relation to their age, education, gender and growth opportunity

The study focuses on the impact of factors like age, education, gender and growth opportunities on the achievement motivation of E4 (Superintendent Engineer) & E5 (Chief Engineer) level managers in India's leading PSU, Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC).

A stratified sample of 103 managers of E4 (Superintendent Engineer) and E5 (Chief Engineer) was collected from the five regional offices of ONGC in India. A self-designed questionnaire having 52 questions was administered. The variables considered for the study were: achievement motivation - Dependent variable; and Management Level (E4&E5), education (Q1&Q2 wherein Q1 category is for B.E./C.A./MBA and Q2 category is for diploma holders/PG degree), Gender (Male & Female), Age (Experienced & competent and Less experienced and competent) - Independent variable. For the purpose of analysis SPSS 17.0 was used and keeping in view the nature of hypotheses, Independent sample t-test, Factor Analysis, Descriptive and Reliability Analysis was applied.

Cronbach's Alpha was found to be 0.852. According to the findings, E5 level managers having Q1 (B.E./C.A/MBA) category education have a significantly higher achievement motivation than E4 level managers having Q2 (Diploma/PG degree) category education. The study also showed that male managers, whether at level E4 or E5, have a significantly higher achievement motivation than female managers of level E4 or E5. Managers with Q1 category education also had a significantly higher achievement motivation than Q2 category education.

The study was conducted to provide recommendations to policy makers on how to improve the achievement motivational level of managers and give directions to HR experts on which motivational practices to implement.