The research was based on the questionnaire distributed to the sample of 152 respondents from Aarhus School of Business, and 148 participants from
Management and Marketing Department at University of Gdansk (UG) in
Poland. Respondents were asked to rank thirteen motivation factors in the order of their importance. The distribution of ranks was similar in both groups. The findings indicated that Interesting work and Good wages were the most important factors for all students. Students from Aarhus School of Business gave the third position to Feeling of being well informed while students from