Positive Motivational Effects Research Articles

Impact of Prosocial Motivation on Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Managerial Support.

This study, based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, explores the impact of contextual variables, such as prosocial motivation, on employee discretionary behavior and organizational commitment. The mediating mechanism of managerial support at work defines the nature of the proposed relationships. Data from 303 administrative, instructional, and supervisory staff—predominantly male (95%) and with an average age of 30 years—working on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Pakistan’s public sector were collected and analyzed by employing SPSS version 24. Confirmatory factor analyses suggested a good fit model, while a correlation matrix provided a significant and positive effect of prosocial motivation on employee citizenship behaviour and organizational commitment. Managerial support mediated the relationship between prosocial motivation and the employees’ organizational commitment and citizenship behaviour. The theoretical and practical implications discussed in this study seek to guide the management area to promote managerial support for better outcomes. These outcomes have considerable tactical, statistical, and real-world inferences for the stakeholders of the TVET sector.

Exploring Determinants of Entrepreneurial Readiness on Sukses Berkah Community’s Member

This article aims to determine (1) the effect of motivation, opportunity identification, resources, and entrepreneurial abilities on entrepreneurial readiness; and (2) the role of entrepreneurship training as a moderating variable on motivation, opportunity identification, resources, and entrepreneurial abilities on entrepreneurial readiness. This research is a quantitative study using proportional random sampling with a total of 200 respondents. Data collection used a questionnaire whose results analyze by Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The results showed a positive and significant effect of motivation, opportunity identification, resources, entrepreneurial ability, and entrepreneurship training that could moderate the impact of all these factors on entrepreneurial readiness. Based on this research results, it can know that to start entrepreneurship requires the motivation to exert all efforts, opportunity identification to find and implement potential in business, resources to increase competitive business advantage, and entrepreneurial ability to achieve business success using all its capabilities. Entrepreneurship training can improve these factors. The better the entrepreneurship training follows, the more positive impact on improving the readiness to start a thriving Sukses Berkah Community (SBC) member.

Pengaruh Locus of Control Dan Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Hasil Belajar

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Locus of Control and learning motivation on learning outcomes. The research design used a quantitative approach. The study used a population of class X accounting students of SMKN 2 Jiwan with a total of 161 students. The sample used was 115 students. The data collection technique was done by simple random sampling. The data sources used were primary data and secondary data. Data collection was carried out by means of a questionnaire in order to obtain data on the locus of control and learning motivation, meanwhile the learning outcomes were obtained from the average value of daily tests. Test instrument examiners used validity and reliability testing with Cronbach Alpha. The results of this study show 1) there is a significant positive effect of locus of control on learning motivation, 2) there is a significant positive effect of learning motivation on learning outcomes, 3) there is a simultaneous significant effect on learning outcomes.Â

Entrepreneurial Motivation, Psychological Capital, and Business Success of Young Entrepreneurs in the DRC

The proponents of the entrepreneurial motivation dichotomy have argued that opportunity-driven entrepreneurs are more likely to succeed and sustain in entrepreneurship, unlike people who start-up businesses out of necessity. However, disagreement still exists on why and under which conditions the former might outperform the latter. This research contributes to this debate by examining the mediation role of psychological capital in the relationship between entrepreneurial motivation and business success among youths. This study relied on a random sample of 295 young entrepreneurs surveyed from Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We applied partial least squares to analyze the hypothesized relationships. Evidence for the positive effect of opportunity-led motivation on psychological capital was found, but the findings did not support any direct effect of entrepreneurial motivation on business success. Instead, psychological capital positively and significantly mediated the relationship between entrepreneurial motivation and business success. This paper makes a distinctive new contribution to the understanding of the intriguing and controversial entrepreneurial motivation dichotomy—a business success relationship. To this end, we have found out that opportunity entrepreneurs have 3% more chance of succeeding in businesses compared to necessity entrepreneurs, because the former outperform the latter by 4% in the dimensions of psychological capital. This paper has new policy implications, as it reveals the great importance of psychological capital in promoting business success, thus reducing unemployment among youths, and offers tips from which psychological capital can be built or improved.

A win-win situation: Does familiarity with a social robot modulate feedback monitoring and learning?

Social species rely on the ability to modulate feedback-monitoring in social contexts to adjust one's actions and obtain desired outcomes. When being awarded positive outcomes during a gambling task, feedback-monitoring is attenuated when strangers are rewarded, as less value is assigned to the awarded outcome. This difference in feedback-monitoring can be indexed by an event-related potential (ERP) component known as the Reward Positivity (RewP), whose amplitude is enhanced when receiving positive feedback. While the degree of familiarity influences the RewP, little is known about how the RewP and reinforcement learning are affected when gambling on behalf of familiar versus nonfamiliar agents, such as robots. This question becomes increasingly important given that robots may be used as teachers and/or social companions in the near future, with whom children and adults will interact with for short or long periods of time. In the present study, we examined whether feedback-monitoring when gambling on behalf of oneself compared with a robot is impacted by whether participants have familiarized themselves with the robot before the task. We expected enhanced RewP amplitude for self versus other for those who did not familiarize with the robot and that self-other differences in the RewP would be attenuated for those who familiarized with the robot. Instead, we observed that the RewP was larger when familiarization with the robot occurred, which corresponded to overall worse learning outcomes. We additionally observed an enhanced P3 effect for the high-familiarity condition, which suggests an increased motivation to reward. These findings suggest that familiarization with robots may cause a positive motivational effect, which positively affects RewP amplitudes, but interferes with learning.

PENGARUH IKLIM ORGANISASI DAN MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA GURU SMP/MTs DI KECAMATAN SUSUKAN KABUPATEN SEMARANG

The problems in this study are: (1) is there an influence of organizational climate on the performance of junior / MTs teachers in Susukan District, Semarang Regency; (2) is there any influence of work motivation on the performance of SMP / MTs teachers in Susukan District, Semarang Regency; (3) is there an influence of organizational climate and work motivation on the performance of SMP / MTs teachers in Susukan District, Semarang Regency.The purpose of this study is: (1) to find out whether there is an influence of organizational climate on teacher performance; (2) to find out whether there is an effect of work motivation on teacher performance; (3) to find out whether there is an influence of organizational climate and work motivation on the performance of SMP / MTs teachers in Susukan District, Semarang Regency.The population in this study were SMP / MTs teachers in Susukan District, Semarang Regency, which amounted to 157 people, with a sample of 113 people determined by proportional random sampling technique. Data collection using a questionnaire. The data analysis used was descriptive analysis, requirements test, single regression analysis and multiple regression analysis which was calculated using the SPSS for Windows version 21 program.From the results of the study, it can be seen that the average score of the organizational climate score of 120.58 is quite good; the average work motivation score of 126.16 includes a fairly good category; the average score of the teacher's performance score of 117.30 is quite good. Prerequisite test results from the research data obtained normal distribution data, homogeneous, linear, not multicollinear, and heteroscedasticity did not occur. From the hypothesis test it was found that there was a positive influence of the organizational climate on teacher performance as stated by the equation Y = 68.786 + 0.402X1; correlation strength of 0.405 with a contribution of 0.164 or 16.4%. There is a positive effect of work motivation on teacher performance which is expressed by the equation Y = 69.409 + 0.380X2; correlation strength of 0.389 with a contribution of 0.151 or 15.1%. There is a positive influence of organizational climate and work motivation together on teacher performance which is expressed by the equation Y = 49,624 + 0,290X1 + 0,259X2; with contributions of 0.221 or 22.1%.The performance of junior high school / MTs teachers in Susukan District, Semarang Regency is influenced by the organizational climate and work motivation of teachers. Aspects of warmth, personal relationships between school members, and the task of teachers in terms of training students still need to be improved. The principal must make efforts to improve the condition.

Managing Blood Donorship: the Effect of Motivation on Donor Satisfaction and Loyalty

Increasing demand on blood supply and attempts of blood collecting agencies in recruiting and retaining blood donors require deeper knowledge of existing factors driving donor behaviour. This research address the need to explore the relationship of factors driving donor behaviour – motivation, satisfaction and loyalty. The objective of this study is to explore the conceptual model representing the effect of donor motivation on satisfaction, attitudinal loyalty and behavioural loyalty in the specific context of social marketing impact. Model, based on structural equation modeling technique was developed using the data of donor population of the nationwide blood collecting agency. Study empirically confirmed the causal positive effect of donor motivation on attitudinal loyalty, behavioural loyalty and relationship satisfaction. Study also revealed the main motives for donation relevant to the surveyed donor population. The power of motivation towards donor satisfaction and loyalty have increased during the period of five years due to the positive moderating influence of social marketing (Non-remunerated donorship promotion program). KEYWORDS: donor motivation, donor relationship satisfaction, donor attitudinal loyalty, donor behavioural loyalty. JEL CLASSIFICATION: M380. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v19i2.1291

The Contribution of Work Motivation and Training Towards Employee Performance at the Inland Water and Ferries Transport Polytechnic of Palembang

This study aims to determine whether work motivation and training have an influence on the employee performance at the Inland Water and Ferries Transport Polytechnic of Palembang. The population of this study were 146 employees from Inland water and ferries transport Polytechnic of Palembang. The research sample consisted of 60 employees from Inland water and ferries transport Polytechnic of Palembang. The method used is the descriptive analysis techniques and multiple linear regression. From the analysis test results show that, 1) There is a positive effect of work motivation on employee performance. This means that the higher of the employeework motivation, the employee performance at the Inland water and ferries transport Polytechnic of Palembangwill increase; 2) There is a positive effect of training on employee performance, where the more employees are given training, it can improve employee performance at the Inland water and ferries transport Polytechnic of Palembang; 3) There is a positive effect of work motivation and training on the employee performance of the Inland water and ferries transport Polytechnic of Palembang. Thus work motivation and training can affect employee performance, where work motivation and training can affect employee performance with a contribution of 83.9% while the remaining 16.1% is influenced by other factors that were not examined in this study.
 Keywords: Work Motivation, Training, Employee Performance

Role of organizational commitments in mediating the effect of work motivation and job satisfaction towards turnover intention on nurses private hospital

This study aims to determine the role of organizational commitment in mediating the effect of work motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention of nurses at private hospitals in South Kuta. The number of samples used was 82 nurses using saturated sampling technique or census methods and collecting data using a questionnaire that uses a Likert scale. The data analysis technique was performed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach, and the VAF test to test the role of mediation. The results show that there is a negative and significant influence of organizational commitment, work motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention. There is a positive and significant effect of job satisfaction and work motivation on organizational commitment, as well as the role of organizational commitment as a partial mediator between work motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention which has a negative and significant effect. The findings in this study imply that companies are required to pay more attention to appropriate compensation and to reward employees who are loyal to the company and pay attention to the working conditions of their employees so that employees will remain in the company.

Tradition Meets Technology: Acoustical Analysis of a Kazakh Dombra with Smartphones

The aim of this paper is to provide physics teachers and physics students with interdisciplinary cultural and scientific related content. The dombra is on the one hand a cultural symbol of Kazakhstan with a long tradition. On the other hand, the dombra as a musical instrument is an object of interest in acoustics. The topic can lead to deeper insights into theory of musical instruments and acoustics and to positive motivational effects as well. The idea of this article originated in a guest lecture in physics at Taraz State Pedagogical University (Kazakhstan), where one of the authors introduced physics teacher students to “New Technologies in Physics Education.” This course was about good practice examples of integration of mobile devices and their built-in sensors in physics classes. An overview of this innovative educational field is given in Ref. 1. There is a wide range of smartphone-enhanced experiments, from simple hands-on experiments to complex digital data collection and modeling tasks in particular in the field of acoustics.

Heuristic Thinking and Credibility of Organic Advertising Claims: The Role of Knowledge and Motivations

Consumers are often overexposed to sustainability symbols and claims on food product packages and find it difficult to accurately judge their meaning when making purchase decisions. Based on the heuristic-systematic model (HSM), this paper aims to identify cognitive mechanisms to reduce the heuristic credibility of organic advertising claims and to increase the motivation for searching for more reliable information when making product judgements. Particularly, we hypothesize that knowledge and defense and accuracy motivations affect organic claim credibility, which in turn is related to organic product judgement. Data collected from an experimental between-subject study with a sample of 412 Spanish undergraduates was analyzed using partial least squares. The results indicated that claim credibility was directly related to the attribution of organic properties to products, and was affected by defense motivation especially when appropriate knowledge was not available. Improving consumers’ knowledge reduced organic claim credibility and triggered a positive effect of accuracy motivation on credibility. The findings stress the importance of improving the regulation of ambitious advertising claims and developing specific educational campaigns to empower consumers and prevent biased purchase decisions of organic products.

Antecedents of perceived beneficial destination image: a study on Middle-Eastern medical tourists visit Iran

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the relationship between travel motivation, perceived risks, travel constraints and perceived beneficial destination image that leads to visit intention among Middle-Eastern medical tourists. Some previous studies have explained these factors in detail, however, studies that explore the relationship between these factors in the Iranian context is scarce. Moreover, there are relatively very few studies, which focused on actual medical tourists in empirical investigation, therefore, there is still a lack of clarity in the literature regarding travel behavior and travel decision-making of medical tourists.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative study was performed on 161 Middle-Eastern medical tourists who visited Iran in early months of 2018. Purposive sampling method was used to collect the data from two private hospitals. Structural equation modeling with partial least square (PLS) approach was used and PLS 3.2.8 data analysis tool was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe data analysis results have found that perceived destination image was the strongest predictor of visit intention among medical tourists. The results have also found a positive effect of travel motivation and negative effect of perceived travel risks on perceived beneficial destination image.Originality/valueThis study aims to enrich the body of knowledge by investigating the relationship between the factors, which have important roles in travel behavior and decision-making of medical tourists. The study also bridges the gap in the literature by explaining the behavior of actual medical tourists. The findings of the study provide the much needed insight on the behavioral intention of medical tourists, which will help the service providers and policymakers to reform their strategies and policies accordingly.

Pengaruh Motivasi Intrinsik Dan Peraturan Pesantren Terhadap Kepuasan Santri Pondok Pesantren Manahijussadat Lebak, Banten

This study aims to test and determine whether empirically through valid data, intrinsic motivation and pesantren regulations have an effect on the satisfaction of students both partially and simultaneously. The method used by researchers is a survey method with a correlational approach to the santri of Manahijusadat Islamic Boarding School in Lebak, Banten. This type of research is quantitative, therefore the data analysis technique used is statistical analysis techniques, namely descriptive statistical techniques and inferential statistics. As for the means of collecting data through a questionnaire to 100 respondents from class III MTs Manahijussadat Islamic Boarding School, interviews and documentation. The results of the research hypothesis test showed that there was a positive and significant influence of intrinsic motivation on student satisfaction with a percentage of 17.8%. Second, there is a positive and significant effect of Islamic boarding school regulations on the satisfaction of students as indicated by the percentage of influence of 25.5%. Third, there is a joint positive and significant effect of intrinsic motivation and pesantren regulations on student satisfaction by 32.6%

Pengaruh Komunikasi Interpersonal dan Motivasi Kerja terhadap Kepuasan Kerja Guru SMK Swasta di Jakarta Timur

We rely on the capabilities of human resources in this globalization era. Vocational education graduates are expected to become productive individuals who are able to become intermediate workers and have readiness to face job competition. As the spearhead, teachers have a very important role, human resource management, it is necessary to link organizational strategy and human resources. When a person feels satisfaction at work, he will do everything possible to the best of his ability to complete his job assignments. Communication plays a very important role. Humans have social needs, which can be met through interpersonal communication. Interpersonal communication is useful for smoothing the flow of communication, both between superiors and subordinates vertically and fellow workers horizontally. Work motivation has an important and very basic role in the implementation of public service tasks that will accelerate the achievement of organizational goals. This research uses a quantitative approach, survey descriptive method. The population of this study were private vocational high school teachers in East Jakarta. The data description in this section includes data on variable Y (Job Satisfaction) as the final endogenous variable, variable X1 (Interpersonal Communication) as an exsogenous variable and variable X2 (Work Motivation) as an intermediate endogenous variable. The description of each variable is presented successively starting from the variables Y, X1, and X2. The results of hypothesis testing can be concluded that there is a positive direct effect of interpersonal communication and work motivation on job satisfaction with a correlation coefficient of 0.767 and a value of Fcount (105.214)> Ftable (3.06). So that interpersonal communication and work motivation have a positive direct effect on job satisfaction. Interpersonal communication and work motivation resulted in an increase in job satisfaction for private vocational high school teachers in the East Jakarta Region.

The novel atypical dopamine transport inhibitor CT-005404 has pro-motivational effects in neurochemical and inflammatory models of effort-based dysfunctions related to psychopathology

Depressed individuals suffer from effort-related motivational symptoms such as anergia and fatigue, which are resistant to treatment with many common antidepressants. While drugs that block dopamine transport (DAT) reportedly have positive motivational effects, DAT inhibitors such as cocaine and amphetamines produce undesirable side effects. Thus, there is a need to develop and characterize novel atypical DAT inhibitors with unique and selective binding profiles. Rodent effort-based choice tasks provide useful models of motivational dysfunctions. With these tasks, animals choose between a high-effort instrumental action leading to highly valued reinforcement vs. a low effort/low reward option. The present studies focused on the initial characterization of a novel atypical DAT inhibitor, CT-005404, which binds to DAT with high selectivity relative to serotonin and norepinephrine transport, and produces long-term elevations of extracellular DA. CT-005404 was assessed for its ability to attenuate the effort-related motivational effects of the DA depleting agent tetrabenazine and the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1β) using a fixed ratio 5/chow feeding choice test. Tetrabenazine (1.0 mg/kg i.p.) shifted choice behavior, decreasing lever pressing and increasing chow intake. IL-1β (4.0 μg/kg i.p.) also decreased lever pressing. CT-005404 was co-administered (7.5–30.0 mg/kg p.o.) with either tetrabenazine or IL-1β, and the 15.0 and 30.0 mg/kg doses significantly reversed the effects of tetrabenazine and IL-1β. CT-005404 administered alone produced a dose-related increase in lever pressing in rats tested on a progressive ratio/chow feeding choice task. Atypical DAT inhibitors such as CT-005404 offer potential as a new avenue for drug treatment of motivational dysfunctions in humans.

Leadership, Cultural Values and Motivation on Employees Performance about Green Hospital

The Hospital’s often lose their image because of poor services and poor management. The employee’s performance about green hospital is based on responses to environmental problems for hospitals, such as management’s actions in the process of using natural resources efficiently and effectively. Some variables that are expected to influence employee’s performance about green hospital are leadership, cultural values, and motivation. The purpose of the study was to obtain information and find out the direct effects of leadership, cultural values, and motivation on employee’s performance about green hospital. The research is associative causal using a quantitative approach and applying a path analysis. The results show that there is a positive direct effect of leadership, cultural values and motivation on employee’s performance about green hospital. It can be concluded that employee’s performance about green hospital is influenced by leadership, cultural values, and motivation.

Does Gender Moderate the Relationship among Festival Attendees’ Motivation, Perceived Value, Visitor Satisfaction, and Electronic Word-of-Mouth?

Festivals are experiential products heavily depending on the recommendations of previous visitors. With the power of social media growing, understanding the antecedents of positive electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) intentions of festival attendees is immensely beneficial for festival organizers to better promote their festivals and control negative publicity. However, there is still limited research regarding eWOM intentions in the festival context. Thus, this study aims to fill such a gap by investigating the relationships among festival attendees’ enjoyment seeking motivation, perceived value, visitor satisfaction, and eWOM intention in a local festival setting. Additionally, the moderating role of gender was tested as it is one of the most important demographic variables to show individual differences in behavioral intentions. The results of structural equation modeling showed a positive effect of enjoyment seeking motivation on perceived value, visitor satisfaction, and eWOM intention. Moreover, gender differences in eWOM intention and a full mediating effect of visitor satisfaction between perceived value and eWOM intention for female respondents were revealed. The findings of this study extend the existing festival literature and provide insights for strategically organizing and promoting festivals to generate more positive eWOM which can be utilized as an effective marketing tool and a feedback channel.

PENGARUH EFIKASI DIRI, MOTIVASI KERJA DENGAN DIMEDIASI KEPUASAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PT. BANK BNI SYARIAH KANTOR CABANG PEKALONGAN

The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the Effect of Self-Efficacy, Work Motivation, and Mediated by Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance at PT. Bank BNI Syariah Pekalongan Branch Office. The method of this research uses quantitative research with SMART PLS analysis tools. In this study the entire population is also sample because the population are 57 employees, consisting of 34 male and 23 female employees. The results of this study indicate that:There is a positive and significant direct effect of self-efficacy on employee job satisfaction at PT. Bank BNI Syariah Pekalongan Branch Office.There is a positive and significant direct effect of work motivation on employee Job Satisfaction at PT Bank BNI Syariah Pekalongan Branch Office.There is a positive and significant direct effect of self-efficacy on employee performance at PT. Bank BNI Syariah Pekalongan Branch Office.There is a positive and significant direct effect of work motivation on employee performance at PT. Bank BNI Syariah Bank Pekalongan Branch Office.There is a positive and significant direct effect of employee job satisfaction on employee performance at PT. Bank BNI Syariah Pekalongan Branch Office.There is a positive and significant direct effect of job satisfaction is able to mediate self-efficacy on employee performance at PT. Bank BNI Syariah Pekalongan Branch Office.There is a positive and significant direct effect of job satisfaction is able to mediate work motivation on employee performance at PT. Bank BNI Syariah Pekalongan Branch Office

Pengaruh Kepemimpinan, Motivasi Dan Disiplin Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Guru Smk Farmasi Ikasari Pekanbaru

The population in this study are all teachers SMK Farmasi Ikasari Senior High School Pekanbaru, amounting to 55 people. Sampling was performed using saturated sample. Data analysis is done by using validity, reliability, classical assumptions, multiple linear regression, F test and t-test. The tests are performed in order to determine the relationship between the independent variable with the dependent variable. Based on the result of the research, the leadership, motivation, and performance are influenced on teacher’s performance. It is proved by finding the score of R=0.769. It means that there was a correlation among leadership, motivation and discipline on teachers’ performance at SMK Farmasi Ikasari Senior High School Pekanbaru. Meanwhile the score of R was 56,7%. It means that there was a contribution of leadership, motivation, and discipline on teachers’ performance. Furthermore, it has positive contribution on teachers’ performance by finding F score is 24.800 and level significant is 0.000. Partially, there was a positive significant effect of leadership variable, motivation, and discipline on teachers; performance at SMK Farmasi Ikasari Senior High School pekanbaru. The details of the linear regression as follow: Y = 14.359 + 0,149X1 + 0,185X2 + 0,376X3 and sig. 0.048, 0.040, 0.000 are lower than Alpha 5%. The conclusion of the research was the hypothesis partially and altogether among leadership variable, motivation, and discipline on teachers’ performance was proved and accepted.

Pengaruh Kepemimpinan Transformasional Kepala Sekolah Dan Motivasi Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Guru SMK Negeri Jakarta Utara

Teacher’s performance plays a crucial role in achieving quality of education and good character of students. Low teacher’s performance will decrease quality of graduates itself. Based on data in north Jakarta vocational school, teacher’s performance is in priority programs of government, and still need to be increased. The objectives of this research is to investigate whether there exist any direct positive effect of transformational leadership and work motivation towards teacher’s performance at North Jakarta Vocational School. As many as 81 from 443 teachers were used as research samples to obtain data which were then analyzed using quantitative methods of path analysis. The result shows that there exists a positive direct effect of (1) transformational leadership towards teacher performance, (2) work motivation towards teacher performance, (3) transformational leadership towards work motivation.