When Frederick Herzberg researched the sources of employee motivation during the 1950s and 1960s, he discovered a dichotomy that stills intrigues (and baffles) managers; The things that make people satisfied and motivated on the job are different in kind from the things that make them dissatisfied. Ask workers what makes them unhappy at work, and you'll hear about an annoying boss, a low salary...

Pandemic covid-19 precedes education to adapt with this disruptive situation. The needs of teaching and learning continuity suggests online as one the solutions along its challenge. This study aim investigate whether gender differences influence demotivating factors EFL Learners Indonesian Undergraduate Student during pandemic situation Surveys design was utilized verify hypothesis in research....

UNLABELLED Human resources for health (HRH) play a central role in improving accessibility to services and quality of care. Their motivation influences this. In Mali, operational research was conducted to identify the match between motivation and the range and use of performance management activities. OBJECTIVES To describe the factors motivating and demotivating health workers in Mali and ma...

Demotivation is a relatively new topic in the field of second or foreign language acquisition which is in need of more rigorous research. In this regard, the present study was an attempt to investigate university students’ perceptions of seven demotivating factors in learning English as a foreign language across educational levels and fields of study in an Iranian context. To this end, three hu...

The purpose of this study is to develop a scale that reveals factors adversely affecting the university preparatory class students’ motivation for the English language and English language classes. The sample included 454 student participants. The researchers used a 6-point Likert-type scale with 50 items to collect the research data. The results of the exploratory factor analysis indicated tha...

This study investigates Mandarin Chinese learners’ motivation in a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) program British secondary school from the perspective of learning environment, learner engagement, identities. Fifteen pupils who are as foreign language (CFL) have been interviewed individually or focus group. The results indicate that context L2 pupils’ experience contribute to t...

One of the great unanswered questions in governance research is, Why do directors serve on boards? Drawing on self-determination theory, a theory of total motivation that combines both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, we find that the prestige associated with being a director, the ability to have influence, and identification with the director role make directors less likely to exit; howeve...