Employees’ motivation and performance confirms a fundamental important measure in organizations. The desired goals and objectives of organizations cannot be achieved without the motivation of their employees. The study empirically determined the motivation factors influencing job performance. The results showed that fringe benefits, job supervision, and incentives significantly predicted higher job performance.

The article analyses the Lithuanian dairy sector companies’ financial performance and its determinants. Economic value added (EVA) is employed in the paper as a measure of financial performance and labour productivity, revenue from exporting, gross profit margin and cost of debt are used as independent variables to identify determinants influencing performance. The results of the analysis show that EVA (as financial performance measure) fluctuates during the periods and has an opposite trend direction in some periods for some companies. The revenue from exporting and gross margin are found to have a significant positive impact on EVA (financial performance measure).

This article analyses macroeconomic and social indicators reflecting changes of labour supply and demand in the Lithuanian labour market. The results of employers’ survey display the qualitative and structural characteristics of the labour force demand in Lithuanian enterprises and highlight the problems caused by the shortage of labour force supply. Possible solutions to solve the problems related to the shortage of labour force supply are suggested in this article.