Understanding and Applying an Integrative Taxonomy of Motivation Sources to Professional and Personal Settings

Abstract

This exercise incorporates an innovative teaching approach to demonstrate how motivation sources are evident in behavior and decisions. The exercise is based on the integrative typology proposed by Leonard, Beauvais, and Scholl and validated by Barbuto and Scholl. The taxonomy includes five sources of motivation: intrinsic process, instrumental, self-concept external, self-concept internal, and goal internalization. This article provides a brief summary and review of the five sources of motivation, complete instructions for conducting and processing the class exercise for both instructors and students, and a photocopy-ready handout for students.

Identifying Sources of Motivation of Adult Rural Workers

“…The results of such efforts have generally fallen short of providing an integrative framework (Barbuto, 2001a). Leonard, Beauvais, and Scholl (1999) proposed an integrative model of motivation built on research efforts in the field.…”

Agricultural extension educators' perceptions regarding the teaching and learning process related to water quality issues in the North Central Region of the United States

“…Motivation can be viewed from many different perspectives, and has been researched long and exhaustively in social sciences literature (Higgins & Kruglanski, 2000;Pittman, 1998). As indicated in the following examples, the results have provided an integration of different concepts (Barbuto, 2001). Leonard, Beauvais, and Scholl (1999) proposed an integrative model of motivation based on findings in the field.…”

Development of a Measure of Work Motivation for a Meta-Theory of Motivation

“…One such promising integrated theory is that of Leonard, Beauvais, and Scholl (1999). The initial presentation of the integrated motivational theory, or "metatheory" (Leonard, et al, 1999), was generally well received (Barbuto & Scholl, 1998;Barbuto, Fritz, & Marx, 2000;Barbuto, 2001;Humphreys & Einstein, 2004;Kooij, de Lange, Jansen, & Dikkers, 2008;Gulzar, Shamim, & Khuwaja, 2010) and incorporated into classic readings in organizational psychology (Ott, Parks, & Simpson, 2003). Leonard, et al's theory (1999) includes many important motivational concepts previously identified in the literature, using the idea of the self-concept.…”

“…The reported development and reliability of the inventory indicates it is an effective self-report measure of the five factors of Leonard, et al's meta-theory of motivation (1999); it has been applied with some success, primarily by its author (Barbuto, , 2001Barbuto & Xu, 2006;Barbuto & Story, 2007, 2008. However, concern raised by an examination of the face validity led to a review of the factor structure by Ryan (2010) in a sample of 252 professionals (73.8% women) working in the financial services, health administration, retail, and distribution sectors in Ireland.…”