The Motivation at Work Scale: Validation Evidence in Two Languages
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The Motivation at Work Scale (MAWS) was developed in accordance with the multidimensional conceptualization of motivation postulated in self-determination theory. The authors examined the structure of the MAWS in a group of 1,644 workers in two different languages, English and French. Results obtained from these samples suggested that the structure of motivation at work across languages is consistently organized into four different types: intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, and external regulation. The MAWS subscales were predictably associated with organizational behavior constructs. The importance of this new multidimensional scale to the development of new work motivation research is discussed.
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The resulting 20-item human resources practices scale had a reliability of 0.87.
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- Authors
- Gagné, M., Forest, J., Gilbert, M.-H., Aubé, C., Morin, E., & Malorni, A.
- Affiliations
- Concordia University (CA)
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- HEC Montréal (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Gagné, Marylène
- Venue
- Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-01-21
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 628-646
- ISSN
- 0013-1644 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3888
- OpenAlex
- W2021930444
- Cited by
- 770
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 27.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Educational and Psychological Measurement (publishedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- employee motivation, self-determination theory, intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, external regulation, scale validation, cross-cultural measurement, organizational behavior
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