Intrinsic and Extrinsic
Motivation: What do you look for
in a job
Purpose
What do you look for in a job?,measures intrinsic and
extrinsic motivation,or what Herzberg called motivators
and hygienes.The instrument contains 14 items,seven
related to intrinsic and seven to extrinsic motivation.
Methodology
There is on right or wrong answer.Rank the 14 factors
given below in terms of their priority to you in a job.
Put 1 against the item that is most important to you while
deciding whether or not to take up a job.Put 2 against the
second most important item,and so on .Place 14 against
the factor with lowest priority to you.Do not leave any
item unanswered and use each number only once.
1.Job Security
2.Adequate salary
3.Fringe benefits(perks etc)
4.Opportunities for promotion
5.Comfortable working conditions
6.Interesting work
7.Sound company policies and practices
8.Respect and recognition
9.Responsibility and independence
10.Doing something worthwhile
11.Considerate and sympathetic supervisor
12.Technically competent supervisor
13.Restricted hours of work
14.Pay according to ability and competence
Scoring
The ranks given are added for intrinsic
motivation(item numbers 4,6,8,9,10,12,and 14)
and for extrinsic motivation(item numbers
1,2,3,5,7,11,and 13).The lower the score,the
higher is the value given to the concerned
motivational factors