title: Sources of work motivation of business leaders in the USA and South Africa: a cross-cultural comparison using the Motivational Sources Inventory.
abstract: Motivational differences in response to the Motivation Sources Inventory were tested between U.S. (n = 138) and South-African (n = 114) work samples. Analysis indicated that American managers scored significantly higher on intrinsic process (fun), while South-African managers scored significantly higher on self-concept external and goal internalization when measured using ratio analysis. Replication and extension with large groups representative of populations of interest in conjunction with Hofstede's cultural dimensions could allow generalization.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. jbarbuto@unl.edu
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barbuto
authors.forename: Gregory T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Gifford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D003132:Commerce; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D013019:South Africa; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States