This study reports an attempt to enhance our understanding of the reasons behind virtual world usage. By providing a mixture of utilitarian and hedonic value, virtual worlds represent an emerging class of multipurpose information systems (MPIS). Previous research seems to fall short in explaining MPIS adoption, especially since key extrinsic and intrinsic motivators are not considered. Drawing ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate Turkish and American undergraduate students' academic motivation and academic self-concept scores regarding the years that they spent in university. The analysis was based on 566 (284 Turkish, 282 American) undergraduate students where, Academic Motivation Scale and Academic Self-Concept Scale were used as measuring instruments. The results showed th...

This study attempted to determine the organizational communication, work motivation, and pedagogical competence of public elementary school teachers in division Cabuyao City. Specifically, it investigated respondents’ level communication terms task-oriented informative motivation intrinsic extrinsic, knowledge, skills, professional development. Further, probed relationship between competence, o...

The purpose of this study was to analyze motivational profiles based on the self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan, 2000) and how these profiles are related to physical education students' enjoyment, state anxiety, and physical activity. The participants, 429 sixth grade students (girls = 216; boys = 213) completed SMS, Sport Enjoyment Scale, PESAS, and Physical Activity Scale. Cluster analys...

The main objective of the study was to find out effect extrinsic motivation on academic achievement university-level undergraduate students. target population consisted 540 students studying in Natural and Social Sciences departments. A sufficient sample size 321 for taken, according research advisory table. Stratified random sampling technique used this study. Extrinsic Motivation Scale (EMS) ...

With the population of postgraduates increasing in China, their academic study has attracted the attention of second language acquisition researchers. But the research into postgraduates’ motivation and autonomy is unfortunately scarce. This study explores the relationship between learning motivation and learner autonomy among English-major postgraduates based on the questionnaire administered ...

God-gifted talents, best teachers and best schooling augment the academic performance and students’ motivation is prerequisite for students’ accomplishment. This study attempts to identify the influence of students’ motivation on their academic performance. The sample of 342 individuals studying in different universities of Pakistan was selected. Questionnaires comprising three parts were sent ...

researchers demonstrate that individuals in different levels of physical activity have different motivations for sport activity. this study was designed to examine how motivations can discriminate three physical activity levels (inactive, active, sustained maintainers) according to self-determination theory. 159 zanjan university staff (mean age: 33 years old) completed exercise motivation inve...