Sex differences among five sources of motivation in the motivation sources inventory: preliminary findings.
Paper reports sex differences among five sources of motivation for a sample of 208 undergraduate students who completed the Motivation Sources Inventory. t tests yielded few statistically significant sex differences for the five sources of motivation; however, Instrumental Motivation was higher among men than women, while the remaining four motives showed no sex difference. Implications and research opportunities are discussed.
Barbuto
John E
JE
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 68583-0709, USA. jbarbuto@unl.edu
Fritz
Susan M
SM
Plummer
Brett A
BA
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires