Motivational Profiles of Employees in Undertaking Learning

• Authors: Ewa Kołczysz , Małgorzata Karolewska-Szparaga , Artur Wilczyński

Abstracts

EN

The study was aimed at analysing employees’ motivation to continue formal education. The study determined the motivational profiles for learning among 94 non-traditional students, i.e. studying and professionally active, in groups separated by gender, age, cycle of studies and the position held. This article is an extension of research on motivation to learn using the assumptions of self-determination theory (SDT). The learning self-regulation questionnaire (SRQ-L) was used to diagnose the type of motivation and motivational profiles. Students declared in their grades that they were motivated to study primarily by autonomous regulation. The high impact of this regulation was pointed out by the respondents in the group of women studying at the first cycle of studies and not being managers. A low strength of motivation dominated among the diagnosed motivational profiles, represented by 30% of all the respondents. Good quality motivation was observed only among 19% of students.

Keywords

EN

adult students; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; motivational profiles; non-traditional students

• Publisher: Politechnika Częstochowska
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej. Zarządzanie
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 49
• Pages: 88-100

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Ewa Kołczysz

• West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Economics

author

Małgorzata Karolewska-Szparaga

• State Academy of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Technical Sciences

author

Artur Wilczyński

• West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Economics

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17512/znpcz.2023.1.07

Biblioteka Nauki

22180936