Abstract
The research seeks to examine the importance of economic and non-economic incentives for managers operating in non-profit sports organisations. It also focuses on how managers in such organisations view the gap between compensation and specific aspects of managerial work, such as the amount of work done, the authority and responsibility vested in them, the required competencies and the level of their personal initiative.
A questionnaire survey organised among managers of Czech non-profit sports organisations has been chosen as the research method. In total, the research group included 270 respondents.
The analysis provides overall results of the survey along with more detailed results broken down by management level and part-time/full-time employees. The results show a strong preference for non-economic incentives, especially meaningful work, helping others, self-actualisation and responsibility, mission, conviction.
By contrast, the respondents attributed the least importance to contributions towards insurance premiums, holiday bonuses and other services provided by the organisation at reduced prices, or for free, and holiday. The self-assessment of the interplay between compensation and various aspects of managerial work showed the respondents viewed their work as undervalued, most notably with respect to the level of responsibility, the work done and their own personal initiative.
The perceived undervaluation is viewed especially strongly for volunteers in managerial positions, who, due to the nature of volunteering, collect only minimal, mostly symbolic wages. This trend especially manifests itself strongly at higher tiers of management and with part-time workers.