Existing scales were modified and factor-analysed through "prepilof' and pilot studies for exploring relations between academic motivation, achievement, and cognitive factors such as locus of control (LOC), attributions, perceived self-determination and ability. Distinct, conceptually meaningful factors emerged. Thirty-seven hypotheses were tested on Unisa students. Among notable findings were: • Internal LOC related to academic motivation, but treating LOC as a set of distinct factors rather than a bipolar dimension offered more insights (e.g. "Impotence" rather than other external LOC factors related negatively to · achievement). • Little was gained from categorising attributions according to Weiner's dimensions. • Intrinsic motivation and "identified regulation" related positively to motivation. • Students' (especially unsuccessful students') expectations of success and perceptions of their ability were over-estimated. • Different factors related to motivation and achievement in different cultural groups. • Although motivation and achievement are usually positively related, this did not apply to disadvantaged groups. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

The purpose of this investigation was to determine sociopoli tical factors related to students' attitude towards school. A questionnaire was compiled based on the literature study and was completed by 306 students doing standards eight, nine and ten at a secondary school in Benoni. Five socio-political factors were identified, namely: school experience, extrinsic motivation, pedagogical deprivation, political socialisation and school administration. The empirical study revealed: * A positive attitude towards school by the research group. * Significant correlations between attitude towards school and the five independent variables. * No significant difference in attitude towards school of: boys and girls, standard eight, nine and ten students and students staying with parents or with guardians. * The maximum variance in attitude towards school explained by a combination of variables is 43.2%. Recommendations are made for the enrichment of the family and school environments and areas of possible future research postulated. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Submitted by Neusa Fagundes (neusa.fagundes@unioeste.br) on 2018-02-27T13:28:11Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Maico_Schnell2017.pdf: 1534605 bytes, checksum: 9b1897cd96f1a149eccc3d50a66b0bc4 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-27T13:28:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Maico_Schnell2017.pdf: 1534605 bytes, checksum: 9b1897cd96f1a149eccc3d50a66b0bc4 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-13 / The objective of the study was to know how the different stages of motivation / demotivation influence the performance of the students of the course of Accounting Sciences of a private and a public institution, according to the Theory of Self-determination. A sample of 261 respondents from the questionnaires structured based on the Academic Motivation Scale (EMA) was selected, and also had the participation of 25 interviewees, considering the three dimensions of intrinsic, extrinsic motivation and demotivation, presented by the Self-Determination Theory (Deci and Ryan, 1985). The collected data were analyzed with software SPSS 20 and Atlas.TI 7.0, through descriptive analysis and content analysis. The results showed that there are differences between the factors that generate the academic motivation among the students of Private and Public HEI. Beginning students of IES Private are more motivated extrinsically by identification, presenting as a preponderant factor, that university education will increase their competence as a professional, while the final students are more motivated by external control. The students of the Public HEI are more motivated extrinsically by external control, being the factors preponderant, in order to have a good remuneration in the future and, for the final students, was in order to obtain a prestigious job in the future. Regarding the types of motivation / demotivation and academic performance, the students oriented by intrinsic motivation presented themselves with the highest self-perception of performance among the students starting and finishing the HEI Private. In the public IES, the intrinsically motivated beginner students are the ones with the highest performance self-perception score, except for the final students in whom the self-perception score was higher among those motivated extrinsically, that is, there are differences between the factors that generate motivation / demotivation and self-perception of performance among beginners and undergraduates and between private and public HEI. Thus, the study concluded that students recognize that they are protagonists in the training process, therefore, responsible for the quality of learning, failing to transfer responsibility to courses, HEI and teachers. Finally, it is believed that the results of this study can contribute to the improvement of teaching and research in the Public and Private HEI courses in public and private HEIs, as well as teaching and research in other areas. / O objetivo do estudo foi conhecer como os diferentes estágios de motivação/desmotivação influenciam no desempenho dos discentes do curso de Ciências Contábeis de uma instituição de ensino privada e uma pública, conforme a Teoria da Autodeterminação. Foram selecionados alunos em estágio inicial (iniciantes) e final (concluintes) do curso, tendo sido formada uma amostra com 261 respondentes dos questionários estruturados com base na Escala de Motivação Acadêmica (EMA) e, também, contou com a participação de 25 entrevistados, considerando as três dimensões de motivação intrínseca, extrínseca e desmotivação, apresentadas pela Teoria da Autodeterminação (Deci e Ryan, 1985). Os dados coletados foram analisados com software SPSS 20 e Atlas.TI 7.0, por meio de análise descritiva e análise de conteúdo. Os resultados encontrados apontaram que existem diferenças entre os fatores que geram a motivação acadêmica entre os alunos de IES Privada e Pública. Os estudantes iniciantes de IES Privada são mais motivados extrinsecamente por identificação apresentando como fator preponderante, que a formação universitária aumentará sua competência como profissional, enquanto, os alunos concluintes são mais motivados por controle externo. Já os estudantes da IES Pública são mais motivados extrinsecamente por controle externo, sendo os fatores preponderantes, a fim de ter uma boa remuneração no futuro e, para os alunos concluintes, foi afim de obter um emprego de prestígio no futuro. Quanto aos tipos de motivação/desmotivação e o desempenho acadêmico, os alunos orientados por motivação intrínseca apresentaram-se com a nota maior de autopercepção de desempenho entre os alunos iniciantes e concluintes da IES Privada. Na IES Pública os alunos iniciantes motivados intrinsecamente são os que apresentaram maior nota de autopercepção de desempenho, com exceção dos alunos concluintes em que a nota de autopercepção foi maior entre aqueles motivados extrinsecamente, ou seja, existem diferenças entre os fatores que geram motivação/desmotivação e autopercepção de desempenho entre alunos iniciantes e concluintes e entre IES Privada e Pública. Assim, o estudo, concluiu que os estudantes reconheçam que são protagonistas no processo de formação, portanto, responsáveis pela qualidade da aprendizagem, deixando de transferir a responsabilidade aos cursos, IES e docentes. Por fim, acredita-se que os resultados deste estudo possam contribuir para o aprimoramento do ensino e da pesquisa nos Cursos de Ciências Contábeis de IES públicas e privadas do país, como também, para o ensino e pesquisa em outras áreas.

Cette thèse a pour but de mieux connaître les raisons pour lesquelles les jeunes s’engagent dans les Etudes. Elle se base sur le lien entre les finalités intellectuelle et pragmatique des Etudes (Tafani & Bellon, 2001) et les motivations intrinsèque et extrinsèque (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991). Les résultats nous montrent que les étudiants sont attirés par les deux finalités, éléments centraux de la représentation sociale des Etudes (études 1 et 2). En nous inspirant de l’étude de l’internalité, comme proposé par François (2004), l’utilisation du paradigme d’autoprésentation et du paradigme des juges (étude 3 et 4) de Jellison et Green (1981) confirme l’hypothèse d’une norme générale de motivation, équilibre entre motivation intrinsèque et extrinsèque. L’absence de survalorisation de la motivation intrinsèque s’explique à travers les valeurs sociales de jugement des différents types de motivation (étude 4). Un étudiant motivé extrinsèquement a autant de chances de réussir qu’un camarade motivé intrinsèquement, résultat retrouvé à travers la comparaison des résultats scolaires et le niveau de motivation exprimée (étude 5). La dernière étude confirme les aspirations intrinsèques et extrinsèques des étudiants. Notre étude a également mis en relief l’importance de la perspective temporelle (Forner, 1992) et a démontré une nouvelle fois la stabilité de la théorie du noyau central (Abric, 1976, 1987) et son aspect normatif (Moliner, 1995). Au-delà de l’avancée théorique qu’elle représente, cette thèse participe à répondre aux problématiques d’ordre éducationnel. Nous partageons quelques perspectives avec les professionnels de l’éducation et de l’orientation. / This thesis aims to better grasp the reasons why young people engage into Studies. It is based on the relationship between the intellectual and pragmatic purposes of Studies (Tafani & Bellon, 2001) and the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991). The results show that students are attracted by both purposes, which are central elements of the social representation of Studies (studies 1 and 2). Inspired by the study of internality, as suggested by François (2004), the use of the paradigm of self-presentation and the paradigm of judges (study 3 and 4, Jellison & Green, 1981) confirms the hypothesis of a general norm of motivation, well balanced between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The absence of over-valorization of the intrinsic motivation is explained by the social values through the assessment of different types of motivation (study 4). An extrinsically motivated student has as much chance of success as his fellow student who is intrinsically motivated, as shown by the comparison of academic performance and level of motivation expressed (study 5). The latest study confirms the students’ intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations. Highlighting also the importance of time perspective (Forner, 1992), our study has once again demonstrated the stability of the theory of the central core (Abric, 1976, 1987) and its normativity (Moliner, 1995). Beyond the theoretical advances brought forward, this thesis helps addressing issues of educational policy. We share some perspectives with professionals in education and guidance counselling.

The central theme of the research is an investigation into what motivates FET phase learners to learn. All learners are interested in learning certain things however, learners interests often do not correspond with what teachers are required to teach. Teachers are therefore constantly searching for ways to motivate learners to learn. This challenge is not easy for teachers in a culturally homogenous classroom, but becomes even greater when the classes are comprised of learners from diverse cultural backgrounds. So then how does a teacher motivate learners in general, and more specifically learners from different cultural orientations? This is a difficult question to answer but one that needs to be addressed considering the diversity of cultures found in the South African classroom. In this study an attempt is made to examine what motivates learners to learn, and the influence of culture on the motivation to learn of Further Education and Training (FET) phase learners in a multicultural classroom. Data on these two elements is collected through the use of structured questionnaires and focus group interviews and is analysed in order to answer the research question. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Ideella organisationer har en stor betydelse för det svenska samhället. För att de ideella organisationerna ska kunna fortsätta bidra till samhället är det viktigt att organisationerna är tillräckligt attraktiva för att rekrytera och behålla ideella arbetare eftersom dessa individer är väsentliga för de ideella organisationernas överlevnad. Då de som arbetar ideellt inte får någon monetär ersättning uppstod frågan vad som motiverar dem till arbetet. Syftet med detta arbete är därför att undersöka vad som motiverar unga vuxna till att arbeta ideellt utan monetär ersättning. Studien har följt en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Datainsamlingen har genomförts genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med 14 respondenter som har arbetat ideellt inom en studentförening på en högskola eller ett universitet i Sverige under de senaste två åren. Resultatet visar på fem utmärkande motivationsfaktorer hos respondenterna: gemenskap, möjligheten att påverka, personlig utveckling, karriärutveckling och yttre påverkan. Den insamlade datan har analyserats utifrån motivationsteorier samt tidigare forskning inom ämnet. Studiens slutsats är att de som arbetar ideellt upplever en form av icke-monetär belöning bland annat socialt nätverk, erfarenhet och personlig utveckling. / Non-profit organizations have great importance for Swedish society. In order to make it possible for non-profit organizations to continue contributing, it is important that the organizations are attractive enough to be able to recruit and keep the volunteers since they are essential for the survival of non-profit organizations. Since the non-profit volunteers execute labor without monetary compensation, the question arose regarding their motivation. The purpose of this essay is to examine what motivates young adults to work without monetary compensation. A qualitative method has been used to study this subject, using semi-structured interviews with 14 participants who have worked in a non-profit student association at a college or university in Sweden during the last two years. The results showed five distinctive motivators for the respondents: a sense of belonging, the possibility to make a difference, personal development, career development, and external influence. The collected data was analyzed based on motivation theories and previous studies within the subject. The conclusion of the study is that volunteers in non-profit organizations experience non-monetary compensation, for instance social networking, experience, and personal development.

This survey has examined the work motivation among priests in the Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan). This report is based on a theory developed by Lars Ivarsson who distinguishes intrinsic motivation from extrinsic motivation associated with work. The survey is also based on a theory named Social categorization theory which is connected to confirmation of identity and work motivation. The survey has used a quantitative survey method to collect research data and a thematic analysis to analyze the collected data. The source material collected in the survey included answers from 40 priests who each answered 14 questions regarding their work motivation, lack thereof and calling. The result in this survey has argued that intrinsic work motivation is the dominant motivation in relation to extrinsic motivation, to choose priesthood as occupation. The most common motive to choose priesthood as occupation was argued by the respondents to be something defined as calling. Work environment and organizational issues was regarded as the biggest factors to reduce work motivation among priests in the survey. Calling was also discussed by the respondents in many parts of the survey as something exclusive to the occupation as priest.

In view of the scarcity of studies that in Sweden aim to investigate the relationship between motivation and linguistic competence of heritage speakers (Montrul, 2010: 9), the present study has two objectives: (a) examine if motivation, here understood as total motivation, is correlated with language proficiency of Spanish heritage speakers, enrolled in mother tongue classes, and (b) determine whether or not the underlying motivational subtype is decisive for the learning results, in Spanish, achieved by these students.    The motivation and linguistic proficiency of 51 students were surveyed through a questionnaire based, in part, on the self-determination theory and a proficiency test divided in two parts: a cloze test and a multiple-choice test. Owing to the limitations of the study, the main group studied consisted of 41 students, who were either born in Sweden or had arrived here before the onset of puberty, defined as an age of more than 11.     The analyses showed that only the identified regulation, a more autonomous type of extrinsic motivation, is related to the heritage speakers’ score on the cloze test, hence indicating that the concept of relatedness emphasized by Ryan & Deci (2000) and the value placed on the Spanish language by this group, is linked with the range of their lexical knowledge. Factors that could influence the group’s linguistic proficiency, such as the number of hours spent speaking Spanish each time it was used (more or less than three hours) and the years of residency in a Spanish speaking country, were also investigated. Only the first variable, contact hours, showed a statistical significance; the second variable did not. These findings might lead to the reflection that although parental involvement is crucial, heritage speakers’ linguistic development requires a concerted effort not only by the parents, but also the school and the educational institutions, encouraging students to explore their identity and linguistic background through activities directly related to their own self-perceptions and interests.

Increased motivation by utilizing gamification is investigated in this report. Two problems in society were alerted by a finance company in collaboration with a Swedish university. The first problem was that people did not save enough for their retirement. The second problem was that some people saved money but did not have the money invested, which the finance company calls sleeping money. The company found that the reason for this was due to lack of motivation. In a general perspective, the two core problems are lack of motivation and unused resources in society. If sleeping resources were utilized, it could benefit those using the resource, the owner of the resource, and in society as a result of increased utilization of these resources. Multi-sided platforms are being used in various industries and are a great way to interconnect two different sides of a market, i.e. buyers and sellers. Gamification is proven to be an efficient way to motivate people. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find a solution to how sleeping resources can be activated by utilizing gamification on a multi-sided platform. Generally, it was concluded that gamification can both intrinsically and extrinsically motivate users to activate sleeping resources. / Ökad motivation genom att använda spelifiering undersöks i denna rapport. Ett finansbolag i samarbete med ett svenskt universitet uppmärksammade två problem i samhället. Det första problemet var att människor inte sparade tillräckligt för sin pension. Det andra problemet var att vissa människor sparade pengar men inte hade pengarna investerade, vilket finansbolaget kallar sleeping money eller på svenska: sovande pengar. Företaget kom fram till att orsaken till detta berodde på brist av motivation. I ett generellt perspektiv är de två kärnproblemen brist på motivation och att det finns mycket outnyttjade resurser i samhället. Om de outnyttjade resurserna används kan det gynna de som använder resursen, ägaren av resursen och hela samhället som ett resultat av ökat utnyttjande av dessa resurser. Flersidiga plattformar används i olika branscher och är ett bra sätt att koppla samman två olika sidor på en marknad, det vill säga köpare och säljare. Spelifiering har visat sig vara ett effektivt sätt att motivera människor. Syftet med denna studie är därför att hitta en lösning på hur sovande resurser kan aktiveras genom att använda spelifiering på en flersidig plattform. Generellt drogs slutsatsen att spelifiering kan aktivera sovande resurser med både inre och yttre motivation.

Titel: Varför väljer fastighetsmäklare att byta bransch?Nivå: Examensarbete på Grundnivå (kandidatexamen) i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Anna Sjögren och Emma ÖhmanHandledare: Dr. Jonas Kågström och biträdande Martin AhleniusDatum: 2021 - juni  Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur motivationsfaktorerna yttre motivation, inre motivation, Grit – passion och uthållighet för långsiktiga mål, och relationsbyggande påverkar svenska fastighetsmäklares jobbtillfredsställelse och avsikt att byta bransch.  Metod: Denna studies metod är av kvantitativ karaktär med ett deduktivt synsätt, där datan har insamlats med hjälp av en webbaserad enkät. Enkäten har skickats ut till urvalet, bestående av 4497 stycken svenska fastighetsmäklare, av hela populationen på 7110 stycken fastighetsmäklare. Totalt resulterade enkäten i 932 svar, där 910 av dessa kunde användas. För att analysera datan har statistikprogrammen Jamovi och Smart PLS använts. För att kunna redovisa och tolka resultatet har deskriptiva analyser gjorts, bivariata korrelationsanalyser, faktoranalyser samt strukturella ekvationsmodelleringar.  Resultat & slutsats: Undersökningen visar på aggregerad nivå att Grit i hög grad påverkar den inre motivationen och att inre motivation är den faktor som har störst betydelse för en fastighetsmäklares upplevda jobbtillfredsställelse. Jobbtillfredsställelse i sin tur är den faktor som påverkar deras avsikt att byta bransch mest. Men, undersökningen visar även att jobbtillfredsställelse påverkar den yttre motivationen och att yttre motivation påverkar avsikten att byta bransch. Dessutom påverkas jobbtillfredsställelsen av faktorn relationsbyggande. Dessa motivationsfaktorers betydelse varierar dock beroende på olika demografiska variabler. Utifrån resultatet och hypotesprövningen, togs en egen modell fram, som benämns ”REAMF-modellen”.  Examensarbetets bidrag: Denna studie bidrar med kunskap om vilka motivationsfaktorer som påverkar svenska fastighetsmäklares avsikt att byta bransch. Denna studies resultat är också användbart i praktiken för ledare inom branschen. Genom att som ledare veta vilka motivationsfaktorer som motiverar de enskilda anställda fastighetsmäklarna, kan passande motivationsstrategier framtas för just dessa, för att öka deras upplevda jobbtillfredsställelse, för att därmed minska deras avsikt att byta bransch.  Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Denna studies motivationsfaktorer förklarar ca 40% av varför svenska fastighetsmäklare har för avsikt att byta bransch. Det hade varit intressant att undersöka fler motivationsfaktorer som kan påverka detta val. En replikering av denna studie, i något annat land, efterfrågas också till vidare forskning. Slutligen vore det intressant att se om REAMF-modellen är applicerbar på andra yrken. / Title: Why do real estate agents choose to leave the industry?Level: Student thesis, final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Authors: Anna Sjögren and Emma ÖhmanSupervisors: Dr. Jonas Kågström and assistant Martin AhleniusDate: 2021 - June  Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine how the motivational factors extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, Grit – passion and perseverance for long-term goals, and relationship building affect Swedish real estate agents' job satisfaction and turnover intention.  Method: This study is based on a quantitative research method with a deductive approach, where the data has been collected using a web-based survey. The survey was sent to the sample, consisting of 4497 Swedish real estate agents, of the entire population of 7110 real estate agents. The survey resulted in 932 respondents, of which 910 could be used. To analyze the data, the statistical programs Jamovi and Smart PLS have been used. To interpret the study’s results, descriptive analyzes have been performed, bivariate correlation analyzes, factor analyzes and structural equation modeling.  Result & Conclusions: The result of this study shows at an aggregate level that Grit highly influences the intrinsic motivation and that intrinsic motivation is the factor that mostly affects the perceived job satisfaction. Job satisfaction in turn is the factor that affects turnover intention the most. But, the result also shows that job satisfaction affects extrinsic motivation, and that extrinsic motivation affects turnover intention. In addition, job satisfaction is affected by the factor relationship building. However, the significance of these motivational factors varies depending on different demographic variables. Based on the results and the hypothesis test, a separate model was developed, which is called the “REAMF model”.  Contribution of the thesis: This study contributes to knowledge about which motivational factors that affect Swedish real estate agents' turnover intention. The results of this study are also useful in practice for the employers. By knowing which motivational factors that motivate the individual real estate agents, appropriate motivational strategies can be developed to increase their perceived job satisfaction, and accordingly decrease their turnover intention.  Suggestions for future research: This study's motivational factors explain about 40% of Swedish real estate agents turnover intention. Further research is suggested to examine other motivational factors that may affect turnover intention. A replication of this study, in another country, is also requested for further research. Finally, it would be interesting to see if the REAMF-model is applicable in other industries.