Career Motivation Research Articles

Middle school students’ motivational dispositions and interest in STEM careers

ABSTRACT This study explored the relationship between middle school students’ mathematics- and science-related motivational dispositions and their attitudes toward STEM-related careers. To better understand these constructs, we regressed motivational variables from the Situated Expectancy-Value Framework (Eccles, J. S., & Wigfield, A. 2020. From expectancy-value theory to situated expectancy-value theory: A developmental, social cognitive, and sociocultural perspective on motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 61, 101859), on attitudes toward STEM careers by gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Findings showed that, among the five motivational disposition variables (i.e. self-efficacy, identity, enjoyment, utility value, and cost), utility value was the strongest predictor of STEM career attitudes and science-related motivational dispositions explained the variation in STEM career attitudes more than mathematics-related motivational dispositions. We also found changes in the strength of the relationship between students’ motivational dispositions and STEM career attitudes by gender, race, and age. Finally, we reported an indirect effect of self-efficacy on STEM career attitudes mediated by identity, interest, utility value, and cost, a finding that may explain the perplexing results by prior research that contradicts some current theories of self-efficacy and career motivation.

Moderasi Kecerdasan Adversitas dan Resiliensi Terhadap Pengaruh Motivasi Karier pada Minat Memperoleh Sertifikasi Chartered Accountant

This study aims to examine the effect of career motivation and the moderating effect of adversity intelligence and resilience on the interest in obtaining a Chartered Accountant (CA) certification. The study used a sample of 98 accounting students. The method of determining the sample used is purposive sampling. The study uses primary data derived from the answers to the questionnaires that have been distributed to the respondents. The analysis technique in this research uses Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The results of the study show that career motivation and resilience have a positive and moderating effect on the interest of accounting students to obtain Chartered Accountant (CA) certification.Keywords: Career Motivation; Adversity Intelligence; Resilience; Interest in Obtaining CA Certification

Ostracism, Façade of Conformity and Employees Performance A Moderated Mediation Model

The current study examined the relationship of Ostracism, Façade of Conformity and Employees Performance with the mediating role of Career Motivation. In addition, psychological capital was used as a moderated mediator in the model. The survey approach was used, both the hard copies and online application link were shared with respondents for their response. The data was collected from 433 respondents from the government departments with grade 17 and above using convenience sampling technique. Career motivation mediated the relationship between ostracism and façade of conformity and between the ostracism and the employee’s performance. The interaction effect of ostracism and psychological capital was insignificant on career motivation. The mediators had an indirect effect on these relationships but this mediation model was not moderated by the psychological capital. The organization shall develop such policies which may provide the opportunities to employees for better interaction like get together, group competition, morning meeting and plan for action so that an employee does not feel isolated.

Карьерные ориентации сотрудников правоохранительных органов

<p style="text-align: justify;">The article presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of career orientations of law enforcement officers. The study involved 100 employees, including 49 men and 51 women. The following methods were used as diagnostic tools: “Career anchors” (E. Shaeine) and “Methods for diagnosing socio-psychological attitudes of a person in the motivational-need sphere” (O.F. Potemkina). Methods of mathematical and statistical data processing — calculation of average sample values and factor analysis. It is shown that the career motivation of law enforcement officers includes career orientations on the stability of the workplace, service, integration of lifestyles and autonomy, as well as socio-psychological attitudes to the result and process of work, altruism, freedom and power. With the help of factor analysis, it was revealed that the model of career motivation of law enforcement officers contains the following components: rationally independent, socially useful, influential-activity and autonomous-initiative orientation in a career. It is summarized that the identification of career motivation factors can be useful when creating a prolonged program of psychological support for law enforcement officers to improve their professionalism.</p>

Motivation to succeed is not enough: motivated students need to know how to plan/organize their steps on their way to success.

The study is based on dispositional (career motivation) and social-cognitive (generalized self-efficacy) theories of personality, further on the expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation and future time perspective theory (task value, time, and study environment). The study aimed to explain the mechanism of the prediction relationship between motivation and students' performance. It was assumed that skills of planning and organizing (operationalized as generalized self-efficacy and learning strategies) mediate the prediction of motivation (career motivation and task value) on students' success (operationalized as academic achievement and employability). In two studies (N = 313, N = 219), the hypotheses of the mediation models were supported by structural equation modeling. Generally, the skills of organizing/planning fully mediated the students' performance, measured as academic achievement and employability (number of employers). The results show the importance of combining dispositional motivation characteristics with dynamic planning skills on the way to students' success. Traditional psychological predictors of performance, like general mental ability and conscientiousness, were not controlled. Higher education institutions could support motivated students on their way to success by teaching them how to plan and organize specific steps on their way to success.

Is journalism just a job? Findings on journalists’ career motivation, news efficacy and news avoidance from structural equation modeling in China

With the profound transformation of Chinese journalism under the commercialized trend of thoughts, there is a debate on whether Chinese journalists still maintain the public service ideal or just regard it simply as a job. In other words, is journalism a “vocation” or a “profession”? Therefore, it is necessary to conduct an empirical study on journalistic roles. Drawing on the self-determination theory, this study constructs a framework of “career motivation–news attitude” to build a bridge between role orientations and performance, in order to comprehensively understand the Chinese journalistic roles. In this study, a quota sampling survey ( n = 1000), multiple linear regression (MLR), and structural equation modeling (SEM) are used to examine the influence of advocacy and utilitarian motivations on news efficacy and news avoidance, corresponding to news production and consumption attitudes. Furthermore, the study divides the journalistic roles in China into four categories: purposive advocate professionals, dedicated advocate professionals, workaday journalists, and adrift journalists. The results show that advocacy motivation, or the public service ideal, is more significant than utilitarian motivation in the journalistic roles. The former is associated with higher news efficacy and lower news avoidance, while the latter is only associated with higher news avoidance. The study also discusses the demographic factors of journalistic career motivations.

A Multiple Case Study of Career Construction and Career Development Processes of People with Adventitious Blindness

A Multiple Case Study of Career Construction and Career Development Processes of People with Adventitious Blindness

PERAN ORANG TUA TERHADAP PSIKOLOGIS ANAK RANTAU MELALUI KOMUNIKASI JARAK JAUH

This study aims to analyze effective strategies for long-distance communication between parents and children who are living overseas, in order to provide a better understanding of how parents can effectively support the psychological well-being of their overseas children who are far from home. The research method employed in this study is a literature review, which uses information gathered from library resources such as books, journals, and other written documents. The results of the study demonstrate that the use of technology and communication media can be an effective means of maintaining relationships and communication between parents and overseas children. Key strategies that parents can employ in order to support the psychological well-being of their migrating children through long-distance communication include: 1) providing emotional support, which can help children better cope with stress and emotional problems that may arise during the transition period; 2) maintaining good communication, which is crucial for helping children feel connected to their families and homes; 3) providing motivation and support in education and career goals to help children achieve their best potential; and 4) providing financial support, which can help ensure that children can meet their basic needs while living overseas. This research concludes that the role of parents towards overseas children through long-distance communication is very important to support children's success in learning and psychological well-being. This long-distance communication includes emotional support, career motivation, financial, and moral support.

The mediating role of teacher's effective feedback in the relationship between teaching methods and students' achievement motivation, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr branch

Background and purpose: teacher's feedback can have an impact on students' academic activities outside the academic environment and can have an effective role in motivating academic progress. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of the practical feedback of the professor in the relationship between teaching methods and the motivation of the students of Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr branch. Methodology: The current research was a correlational descriptive study. The statistical population of the current research was all the professors and students of Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr branch, in the academic year 2015-2016. Based on Morgan's table, the statistical sample included 377 students, and 302 professors were selected using the available sampling method. In this research, students answered questionnaires about effective feedback and improvement motivation, and professors answered questionnaires about teaching methods. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficients, regression, and path analysis. Results: The analysis of the results showed a significant relationship between feedback type, feedback structure, and feedback time with all five teaching styles and motivation to progress, and the components of feedback type, feedback structure, and feedback time could predict motivation to progress. Also, specialized teaching style, formal authority teaching style, and personal model teaching style were able to predict career motivation in students. Conclusion: The results showed that in the path analysis, the direct effect of feedback type, feedback structure, and feedback time, as well as expert style, authority style, interactive style, personal style, and facilitative style, on the motivation to progress was significant at the level of 0.01.

Coaches’ Perspectives about the Reasons behind Dropping Out of Sports in Wrestlers

It has been known that amateur or professional athletes quit competing because of personal and socio-economic reasons such as lack of financial, technical, or family support, and lack of motivation for a future career. Especially, it has been common in Turkish wrestling that many elite wrestlers quit competing at an early age. This research aims to determine the reasons why wrestlers quit the sport, according to coaches. A qualitative research method was used to conduct the study. The research population included 293 volunteer coaches who were active in sports clubs in fifty-one different cities in Turkey. Participating coaches consist of different experience levels, from beginner coaches to elite-level national head coaches. While descriptive statistics was used to determine the characteristics of the participants, the data was done through content analysis. The research data were obtained with four open-ended questions that were asked of the coaches. After the interview, the opinions of the coaches were written down based on the answers given to the questions. In this study, an example of the question, “Did any of your athletes quit wrestling?” was asked of 293 wrestling coaches. When the coaches were asked, “If your answer is yes, why do you think your athletes quit wrestling?” 173 (59.04%) out of 293 coaches stated that they quit wrestling due to future anxiety, 70 (23.89%) family, 30 (10.23%) disability, 17(5.80%) the coach, and 3(1.02%) friends. According to coaches, the main reason that wrestlers drop out of the sport is the concern about the future.

Teaching Data Science through Storytelling: Improving Undergraduate Data Literacy

This study proposes and evaluates the OCEL.AI (Open Collaborative Experiential Learning. AI) paradigm that aims at broadening participation in data science education and enhancing undergraduate students’ data literacy. The core of the paradigm is the “Tell Stories” approach. This approach applies the 5W+1H (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How) conceptual schema of stories as a transdisciplinary language for data science education for STEM and non-STEM majors. Accordingly, this study reported findings from the OCEL.AI project that implemented and evaluated the paradigm. A field experiment, in addition to classroom observations, was conducted to compare the learning outcomes of students in data science competence, appreciation, career motivation, life-long willingness to learn, and self-efficacy in data science between the treatment group and the control group. The results showed that the OCEL.AI paradigm improved undergraduates’ data science competence and career motivation despite majors or gender.

Determinan Minat Mahasiswa Mengikuti Brevet Pajak

This study aims to examine the effect of tax knowledge motivation, career motivation, quality motivation, social motivation, economic motivation and achievement motivation on students' interest in taking tax brevets. The samples in this study were obtained from accounting collage students class of 2019-2022 throughout Indonesia by using convenience sampling method. The number of samples used was 221 respondents. This research method use multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the study show that tax knowledge motivation, career motivation, quality motivation and achievement motivation have a positive effect on students' interest in taking tax brevets. Therefore, social motivation and economic motivation have no effect on students' interest in taking tax brevets. This research is expected to provide additional information for tertiary institutions regarding the high interest of students in taking tax brevets. This research is also expected to influence accounting students to take tax brevets so that they can improve their competence in the field of taxation.

Motivasi Karir, Motivasi Ekonomi, Biaya Ujian dan Minat Mahasiswa Memperoleh Sertifikasi Chartered Accountant

The research aims to determine the effect of career motivation, economic motivation and exam fees on students' interest in obtaining a Chartered Accountant (CA) certificate. Data analysis used multiple linear regression to answer the research hypothesis. Selection of samples with probability sampling technique obtained as many as 165 respondents. The data source is primary data, with questionnaires distributed via Google Forms. Processing assisted with SPSS 22.0 for Windows. The results showed that career motivation and economic motivation had a positive effect on exam fees and had a negative effect on students' interest in obtaining a Chartered Accountant certificate.
 Keywords: Student Interests; Career Motivation; Economic Motivation; Exam Fee

Comparison of students' physics motivation by gender using the Physics Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ): Rasch model analysis

During the pandemic, many physics teachers only deliver material without adequate learning assistance. This directly or indirectly has influenced students' motivation to learn physics. The analysis of motivation so far has only used the classical test theory approach, so it cannot describe motivation at the individual level. Therefore, this study analyzes students' motivation to learn physics using the Rasch model. This research uses a survey research type. The survey was conducted on 27 class X and XI students who were selected using convenience sampling. The instrument used is the Physics Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ), adapted from the Science Motivation Questionnaire (SQM) developed by Glynn et al. The PMQ uses a 5-point Likert rating scale. Motivation levels were collected online using the Google Forms platform. Motivation level data were analyzed using the Wright map, LVP (Logit Value of Person), and Differential Item Functioning (DIF). The analysis results show that the average level of student motivation is higher than the item difficulty level. Male and female students have the highest motivation on the factor/dimension of Career Motivation. Regarding Gender, male students are more anxious and worried about failing physics exams than girls. Meanwhile, female students were more motivated to study physics better than other students. So, there are differences in the motivation of male and female students. Teachers must insert particular messages for students so they both have positive motivation when studying physics. Students must stay focused on their learning efforts and keep trying to improve their understanding of physics.

Feeding the Soul: Voices of Kentucky Women Combating Child Hunger

This study addresses the overarching topic of food insecurity by giving voice to individuals who dedicate their careers to combating child food insecurity throughout their communities. Voices are uplifted through the representation of narratives by volunteer coordinators overseeing child feeding programs, which have been established throughout Kentucky as an effort to help alleviate child hunger. This study is guided by London’s theory on career motivation. The outcomes of this study serve as a pilot for future research centered on individuals working to combat child food insecurity. The narratives collected from this study will be used as a resource for generating public conversation, spreading awareness, and to “tell the story “In regards to child hunger across Kentucky.

What makes teaching a long-term career? Insights from college English teachers in China

ABSTRACT The present study examines college teachers’ initial and long-term career motivations. It was found that 1) themes in teachers’ reports aligned with dimensions included in the FIT-Choice framework, 2) peak moments (PMs) contributed to long-term career motivation and job satisfaction. We propose that PMs should be considered as a valid dimension to the FIT-Choice scale.

Academic and career motivation of future engineers through foreign language teaching and learning

The paper discusses the issues of academic and career motivation of engineering university students. This motivation deals with the development of cognitive motives and interest in the future profession. Although there are many publications focusing on this topic, most of them consider academic and career motivation of students in relation to the future profession through professional courses, practice in the workplace, or project-based learning. Only few publications consider humanities as the tool to develop this motivation. This paper aims at analyzing academic and career motivation of engineering students through foreign language teaching and learning based on literature review and a poll of the faculty members. The results show that academic and career motivation of engineering students througha foreign language integrates language specific and profession specific issues, as the foreign language course implies the development of intercultural and professional competencies to train students for their future professional communication. The authors define the following prerequisites necessary to enhance the students motivation including problem-based teaching and learning combined with active methods in class as well as specific teaching and learning materials related to the future engineering profession. The authors conclude that the process and results of academic and career motivation influence social and professional self-directed development of students, a foreign language course is a good tool, and further research into topic is relevant.

Nationwide survey of internal medicine hospitalists in Korea: motivation and sustainability of a hospitalist career.

Although a management fee for hospitalist service was established in Korea, the number of hospitalists required for the system to run remains outmatched. In January 2020 and February 2022, before and after the establishment of the hospitalist fee system respectively, cross-sectional online surveys were conducted among internal medicine board-certified hospitalists. There were 59 and 64 respondents in the 2020 and 2022 surveys, respectively. The percentage of respondents who cited financial benefits as a motive for becoming a hospitalist was higher in the 2022 survey than in the 2020 survey (34.4% vs. 10.2%; p = 0.001). The annual salary of respondents was also higher in the 2022 survey than in the 2020 survey (mean, 182.9 vs. 163.0 million in South Korean Won; p = 0.006). A total of 81.3% of the respondents were willing to continue a hospitalist career in the 2022 survey. In multivariate regression analysis, the possibility of being appointed as a professor was found to be an independent predictive factor of continuing a hospitalist career (odds ratio, 4.00; 95% confidence interval, 1.09-14.75; p = 0.037). Since the establishment of the hospitalist fee system, monetary compensation has improved for hospitalists. The possibility of being appointed as a professor could predict long-term work as hospitalists.

Oral maxillofacial surgery resident, faculty and practitioner role models and dental students' interest in oral maxillofacial surgery careers: Does gender matter?

Residency programs in oral maxillofacial surgery (OMS) have the lowest percentage (2020: 18.4%) of female graduates among all dental specialty programs. When considering this underrepresentation of female OMS residents, prior studies have not examined how OMS role models might shape dental students' interest in OMS careers. The objectives were to assess female versus male students' OMS-related career motivation, their experiences/attitudes toward three groups of OMS role models (i.e., OMS residents, faculty, and practitioners), and relationships between role model-related experiences/attitudes and career motivation. 363 female and 335 male students from 14 United States and two Canadian dental schools participated in this cross-sectional study by responding to an online survey. 13.8% of female and 26% of male respondents (p<0.001) were much/very much interested in OMS careers. More male than female students had shadowed an OMS in an office setting (43.4%vs. 35.1%; p<0.05). The groups did not differ in their motivation to learn more and earlier about OMS nor in the quantity of OMS-related experiences prior to and during dental school. However, male students were more satisfied with the quality of these experiences (5-point scale with 5=most positive: Means: 3.76vs. 3.53; p<0.05), were more comfortable approaching/working with OMS instructors (3.51vs. 3.19; p<0.01) and reported to have learned more from residents (3.52vs. 3.31; p<0.05) and faculty (3.75vs. 3.45; p<0.01) than female students. Female students agreed less that OMS residents, faculty, and practitioners encouraged students to pursue OMS (3.27vs. 3.44; p<0.01 / 3.46vs. 3.63; p<0.01 / 3.45vs. 3.61; p<0.01). Role model-related experiences and attitudes correlated with an interest in an OMS career. The two groups do not differ in the quantity of most OMS experiences before and during dental school and their motivation to learn more and earlier about OMS. However, female students' less positive OMS-related educational experiences and less positive attitudes toward role models correlate with a lower interest in OMS careers.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Sense of Job Security Among Community Pediatric Hospitalists.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic offers a prime opportunity to examine the ability of community pediatric hospital medicine programs to respond to external stressors. This study aims to characterize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on compensation and furlough among community pediatric hospitalists, as well as self-reported sense of job security. This study was part of a larger quantitative project investigating community pediatric hospitalists' career motivators. The survey was drafted through an iterative process by the authors. It was disseminated via e-mail to a convenience sample of community pediatric hospitalists obtained through direct contact with community pediatric hospital medicine programs. Data were collected on changes in compensation and furlough because of COVID-19, as well as worry about job security measured as self-reported worry about one's job being permanently terminated on a 5-point Likert scale. Data were collected from 31 hospitals across the United States with 126 completed surveys. Because of COVID-19, many community pediatric hospitalists experienced reduced base pay and benefits and a minority experienced furlough. Nearly two-thirds (64%) reported some worry about job security. Initial base pay reduction, working in suburban areas compared with rural areas, and affiliation with a university-based center or free-standing children's hospital were significantly associated with greater worry about job security. The initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in changes in compensation and furlough for some community pediatric hospitalists and many expressed concerns about job security. Future studies should identify protective factors for community pediatric hospitalists' job security.