The travel and tourism sector has been a major contributor to the Hong Kong economy over the past decades. Both inbound and outbound tourism has had a steady growth in travelers. A local newspaper reported that Hong Kong residents are expected to travel aboard at least six times every two years. Drawing upon an expectation, motivation, and attitude (EMA) model, this study examined the correlati...

BACKGROUND Motivation is an internal mood that moves individuals to act, points them in certain directions, and maintains them in activities, playing a very important role in self-regulated learning and academic performance. Our objective was to evaluate motivation and self-regulation of knowledge in pediatric residents in a third-level hospital, and to determine if there are differences accord...

The overall aim of the work underlying this thesis was to improve the understanding of students’ testtaking motivation in connection to achievement tests for young adolescents. The thesis includes four studies and a summary. All four studies explore test-taking motivation and are all connected to validity in one way of another. The expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation was used as a...

BACKGROUND There is an unclear relationship between smoker's early motivation and success rates. Here we aimed to explore the correlates of motivation and smoking abstinence and relapse in worksite smoking cessation programmes. METHODS This prospective cohort study involved employees from two major public universities in Malaysia. Participants were actively recruited into a smoking cessation ...

Knowledge sharing plays a determining role in growth and development of organizations, since it is one of the elements of knowledge management process and affects employees' motivation. This survey aimed to study the impact of attitude towards knowledge sharing on employees' motivation in University of Isfahan. It was conducted using descriptive-field method and statistical population included ...

the aim of this study was to survey the relationship between participation motivation, psychological empowerment and affective commitment in iran physical education organization employees. the statistical population consisted of 380 experts and managers of iran physical education organization. with krejcie and morgan’s table, statistical sample (n=225) was selected. spritzer’s standardized psyc...

Empirical studies suggest a link between parental involvement and their child’s motivation in elementary, middle and high school. Considering the large body of research on this topic in younger age groups, my project focuses on whether parental factors still influence students’ academic motivation in college. Students from various majors, attending a university in the northwestern region of the...

The purpose of this study was to examining the effect of coach’s feedback behaviors on intrinsic motivation and satisfaction in elite athletes of Golestan province. Athletes from 10 teams comprised basketball, volleyball, Karate & Kabaddi (N= 97 male + 58 female) completed coaching feedback questionnaire (CFQ) intrinsic motivation Inventory (IMI) and athlete satisfaction questionnaire (ASQ). Cr...