This study aims to describe similarities and differences in the motivational profile
and psychological well-being between two groups of 94 paid employees each, one
of them are volunteering fire fighters, the others are non-volunteers. The scales of
Motivation at Work (Gagné, et al., 2010, 2012) and Psychological Well-being (Ryff,
1989) were used. Results have shown that the non-volunteers scored significantly
higher for external behavioral regulation/motivation and introjected motivation.
Identified and intrinsic motivation was significantly higher in the group of volunteers.
If behavior regulators are categorized in autonomous and controlled motivation, it
is clear that in both groups autonomous work motivation is significantly higher than
controlled motivation. As expected, based on Self-determination theory (Deci &
Ryan, 2000), volunteers had a significantly higher score for autonomous motivation
and a significantly lower score for controlled motivation. Although well-being
correlated positively with autonomous motivation, no significant mean differences
were found between the two groups.
GASTAÑADUY, Karla
HERRERA, Dora
LENS, Willy
Año: 2014
Título de la revista: Revista de Orientación Educacional
Ciudad: Valparaíso
Volumen: 28
Número: 53
Página inicial - Página final: 37-50
ISSN: 0716-5714
Url: 4-16-1-PB.pdf