Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation scale: its value for organizational psychology research

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 213-226

  Tremblay, Maxime A ^a   Blanchard, Céline M ^a   Taylor, Sara ^a   Pelletier, Luc G ^a   Villeneuve, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Scale validation; Self determination theory; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449433367     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015167     Document Type: Article

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