Theoretical and methodological issues of motivation and stimulation of labor activity are discussed, including such concepts, as «motive», «incentive», «motivation » and «stimulation». The essence of interrelating and interconditioning processes of motivation and stimulation is defined along with their constituent elements. In-depth meaning of motivational core as a system of incentives and motives, driving labor activity at a given stage of the organizational life, is revealed. Motivational core, as a cohesion of interrelated incentives and motives, is characterized by the following features: several motives, affecting simultaneously the worker; different incentives corresponding to different kinds of resources being at the disposal of management system; consistent robust cause and effect relationship between motives and incentives; motivational core steadiness; can be modernized based on motives and incentives priority changes; ability to autonomous settlement of differences among motives and between incentives and motives. Major drivers of motivational core creation are discussed. The need for personnel motivational core is reasoned and key ways of motivational core managing are highlighted. Motivational core managing helps to lay down priorities and to range incentives in terms of their effect on motives. In the process certain motives are enhanced and others are weakened. Factors of motivation and stimulation effectiveness and of motivational core efficiency are characterized.
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