The Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale: Validation evidence in seven languages and nine countries

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-196

  Gagné, Marylène ^a   Forest, Jacques ^b   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^c   Crevier Braud, Laurence ^d   van den Broeck, Anja ^e   Aspeli, Ann Kristin ^f   Bellerose, Jenny ^g   Benabou, Charles ^b   Chemolli, Emanuela ^a   Güntert, Stefan Tomas ^h   Halvari, Hallgeir ^f   Indiyastuti, Devani Laksmi ⁱ   Johnson, Peter A ^j   Molstad, Marianne Hauan ^f   Naudin, Mathias ^k   Ndao, Assane ^l   Olafsen, Anja Hagen ^f   Roussel, Patrice ^m   Wang, Zheni ^a   Westbye, Cathrine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Logistics and Transport   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

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Author keywords

Autonomous motivation; Controlled motivation; Cross cultural; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Self determination theory; Validation; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922268033     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2013.877892     Document Type: Article

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