Vi har gjort en metodkombination av kvalitativ samt kvantitativ studie där vi undersökte om ledarskapsstilar har någon påverkan på anställdas motivation och i så fall vilken ledarskapsstil som höjde motivationen bäst. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av intervjuer samt enkäter som skickades ut via mejl. Resultatet av studien visar på att transformativt ledarskap har en påverkan på anställdas motivation och att skillnader kunde utläsas mellan huvudkomponenterna inom transformativt ledarskap. Den huvudkomponent som har den högst positiva påverkan på motivation är inspirations motivation.

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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka elevers motivation och metakognitiva kunskaper i matematik. Vi har undersökt vilken inställning elever, i årskurs ett på gymnasiet har till matematiken, elevers medvetenhet kring hur de lär sig matematik på bästa sätt samt hur elever ser på sitt lärande och vad de gör för att påverka sitt lärande. I studien har vi också undersökt vilka skillnader eller likheter som finns mellan pojkar och flickor samt mellan elever på ett yrkesinriktat program respektive ett studieförberedande program på gymnasiet. Vi har använt oss av kvantitativ forskningsmetod och strukturerade enkäter. Slutsatser och resultat vi har kunnat dra är att inställningen till matematik som ämne är negativ och studiens resultat pekar på att det inte är några större skillnader mellan elever på yrkesförberedande och studieförberedande program. / The purpose of this study is to investigate students' motivation and metacognitive knowledge in mathematics. We have investigated the attitude students in first grade in high school have towards mathematics, students' awareness of how they learn mathematics best, and how students view their learning and what they do to affect their learning. In our study we also analyzed the differences or similarities between boys and girls and between students at a vocational program or an academic program in high school. We have used quantitative research methods and structured surveys. Conclusions and results we have been able to draw is that the attitude towards mathematics as a subject is negative and the study's results indicate that there are no major differences between students in vocational and academic programs.

My purpose for this essay is to examine what factors are considered to have high influence on motivation to study and what measures can be taken to enhance student’s motivation to study from a student perspective.   The main source of theory for this study has been the classification of motivational factors that has been based on Herzberg’s twofactortheory with complementary theoretical sources.   The study is based around two research methods, one survey together with complementary student interviews. The empirical material consists of 118 completed surveys together with nine student interviews.   The study’s results have found that students find the main source of rising motivational level originates from the professional role of the teacher. Additionally the students find the main source of subsiding motivational level originate from rising level of stress and uninspiring teachers. Furthermore the study has found possible improving measures in lacking personnel, an working environment focused on studies and an education oriented on future career preferences.

Author of the work: Gintaras Rugienius Topic of the work: Influence of the social environment on pupils learning motivation. Preparation place of the work: Lithuania’s University of Agriculture. Departament of professional pedagogics and psychology Kaunas, 2006. Span of the work: 75 pages Work consists: 12 tables, 21 pictures, 3 annexes. Sources of the literature: 30 Object of the research: Pupils learning motivation Methods of the research: 1. Analysis of the literature; 2. Analysis of the documents; 3. Questionnaire made of literature analysis Questionairre made of V. Mikoliūnienė’s (1996), L. Rupšienė’s (2000) and B. Bitinas’ (2002) questionnaires; 4. Statistics analysis of data-basis using “PAULA“ software. Results of the reseach: It was stated that teenagers motivation is influenced by a group of social factors lieing in the family, school and relations among the friends. it was found that teenagers having different rates of attendance and progressive are influenced of different groups of factors. It was also stated that motivation of teenagers learning at different schools is influenced by different group of social factors.

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The government uses a range of mechanisms to mitigate market failure in the provision of health care in the United Kingdom. Explicit financial incentives are increasingly used within the UK. However, there is some evidence that providing explicit incentives may not have the desired effect on the supply of healthcare as healthcare professionals are intrinsically motivated. This thesis reviews the literature defining and measuring intrinsic motivation in economics. It then presents a developed theoretical model of work motivation among healthcare providers which informs the empirical analysis. This thesis estimates four empirical applications to test the theoretical model of intrinsic motivation. Two applications use the British Quarterly Labour Force Survey data to examine: 1) differences in the motivation structure of employees in caring public sector from employees in other employment sectors, 2) the impact of income and employment sector on intrinsic motivation, and 3) the reason for the high levels of intrinsic motivation for employees in the caring public sector. The other two empirical works explore how the changes of financial incentives under Quality and Outcomes Framework have affected Scottish General Practitioners’ intrinsic motivation. The findings of this thesis have important policy implications. Mainly, they suggest that policy makers should be careful when using financial incentives to motivate healthcare professionals, as the unintended impact on intrinsic motivation may undermine the effectiveness of the policy.

Arbetssysslan har en stor påverkan på medarbetarnas motivation. Är arbetssysslan monoton kan det skapa negativ effekt attityden kring arbetsplatsen och motivationen. Syftet med denna forskningsstudie är att bidra med förståelse kring hur företag med monotona arbetssysslor kan öka motivationen hos sina medarbetare. Fokusen i studien ligger på att ta reda på vilka faktorer det är som kan öka motivationen hos medarbetare med monotona arbetssysslor. Utifrån en kvantitativ surveyundersökning hos tre företag tar vi reda på hur företagen arbetar med motivation och hur medarbetarna upplever motivationen utifrån olika motivationsfaktorer. Detta hjälper oss att ta fram bristande faktorer som kan förbättras för att öka medarbetarnas motivation trotts den monotona arbetssysslan.

Background: Successful crowdsourcing cannot be accomplished without a motivated community of participants. Hence, organisations need to use incentives that motivate the crowd to participate in crowdsourcing processes. Further, maintaining a working relationship between the organisation and the crowd throughout the duration of a project is a challenge with crowdsourcing. Thus, it creates difficulties in monitoring the quality of the outcome, which is the motivator for the organisation. However, previous studies have not covered the area of how the relationship between the organisation and the crowd influence their motivation. Purpose: Describe how motivation is influenced by the relationship between an organisation and the crowd in a crowdsourcing process.  Research questions: RQ1: How do an organisation and a crowd describe the relationship during the crowdsourcing process? RQ2: How do an organisation and a crowd describe their motivation during the crowdsourcing process? RQ3: How do the relationship between an organisation and a crowd influence motivation during the crowdsourcing process? Methodology: A single embedded case study, semi-structured interviews Conclusion: It is highly important that a company and a crowd have a good relationship in crowdsourcing, because it goes hand in hand with having a high motivation. It ought to be hard to state which term that influences the other, if it is the relationship that influences the motivation or if it is the motivation that influences the relationship. Thus, the result of this thesis explains that the relation between them is dynamic.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att undersöka och beskriva vilka faktorer som främjar elevernas motivation för matematikstudier. Med fenomenografi som metodologisk utgångspunkt genomförde jag enskilda intervjuer med åtta elever och två lärare på en högstadieskola. Resultaten presenteras i form av fem skilda kategorier som uppfattas som bidragande faktorer för elevernas motivation för matematikstudier: A) Betyg och urval för att komma in på gymnasiet B) Yttre motivation från föräldrar eller någon annan C) Förståelse som motivation D) Självförtroende som motivation E) Logisk tänkande och praktisk matematik som motivation Utifrån undersökningen kom jag fram till att betyg är en av faktorerna för elevernas motivation för matematikstudier. Vidare framkom det att lärarna uppfattar att elevernas motivation höjs genom verklighetsanknytning. Likheter mellan elevers och lärares uppfattningar är att förståelse och föräldrarnas påverkan har stor betydelse för elevernas motivation.