Sense of belonging as determinants of work motivation in a small Peruvian company

Israel Barrutia Barreto ,Tomás Tisnado ,Sonia Cairo Daza ,Freddy William Castillo Palacios ,Nelida Isabel Rofmdriguez de Peña

doi:10.24294/jipd4262

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Sense of belonging as determinants of work motivation in a small Peruvian company

Israel Barrutia Barreto

Tomás Tisnado

Sonia Cairo Daza

Freddy William Castillo Palacios

Nelida Isabel Rofmdriguez de Peña

Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development 2025, 9(4), 4262; https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd4262

Submitted：17 Jan 2024

Accepted：09 May 2024

Published：20 Nov 2025

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Abstract

The sense of belonging in any organization is vital to generate a work motivation with the objective of a good organizational performance, because of this, companies usually take this point into account, ensuring that this leads to greater performance. For this reason, the objective of this article is to determine the relationship between the sense of belonging and the work motivation in the workers of a small Peruvian research company. For this purpose, a quantitative methodology was used, with a cross-sectional descriptive design. The instrument used was a survey consisting of 10 items, which were interpreted using the Likert scale. The survey was conducted and delivered to 24 workers, who were selected by non-probabilistic convenience sampling. After verifying the validity of the instrument and the study variables by means of Cronbach's Alpha statistic, we proceeded to determine the existence of correlation between the variables, which, using Spearman's Rho coefficient, obtained a 70.2% which demonstrates a moderate positive correlation, therefore it indicates that employees feel highly motivated as they feel an indispensable part of the company, therefore they feel job satisfaction by being part of the organization.

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J53; L25; M12

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