This study aims to examine the factors affecting the motivation of civil servants at the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province. The authors processed the data collected from 181 officers at the study site using SPSS with other techniques such as descriptive statistics, Cronbach's Alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis, and Multivariate Regression Analysis. | Hue University Journal of Science ISSN 2588–1205 Vol. 128, No. 5C, 2019, pp. 81–95; DOI: FACTORS AFFECTING WORK MOTIVATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE Le Van Phuc1*, Nguyen Hoang Ngoc Linh2 1 University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University - Hanoi, 336 Nguyen Trai St., Hanoi, Vietnam 2 University of Economics, Hue University, 99 Ho Dac Di St., Hue, Vietnam Abstract: This study aims to examine the factors affecting the motivation of civil servants at the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province. The authors processed the data collected from 181 officers at the study site using SPSS with other techniques such as descriptive statistics, Cronbach's Alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis, and Multivariate Regression Analysis. The results show that 6 factors affect the motivation of officers, including (i) Working conditions, (ii) Nature of work, (iii) Career development opportunities, (iv) Income and benefits, (v) Relationship with leaders, and (vi) Relationships with colleagues. On the basis of the results, the authors proposed three solutions to improve the work motivation at the study site. Keywords: work motivation, civil servants, Thua Thien Hue, People's Committee 1 Introduction Work motivation is one of the factors determining the productivity and business efficiency of enterprises [19], as well as the productivity and efficiency of the public sector [15]. However, the public sector with nearly a lifetime working regime, operating by the state budget, closely tied to hierarchy and authority is a region that is prone to stagnation in work, excessive bureaucracy, and psychological dependence [12]. Besides, in recent years, brain drain situation has become more and more widespread as many highly qualified civil servants moved from the public sector to the private sector in many industries and different areas. This situation may be due to a lack of conditions to .
