Motivation Fundamentals
This type of motivation occurs when a person is driven by external rewards like money or trophies
What is Extrinsic Motivation?
Self-Determination Theory proposes that humans require this total number of basic psychological needs to reach optimal motivation
What is Three?
Researchers found that HR practices can improve performance, learning/thriving, and turnover rates, but only if these are satisfied first
What are Psychological Needs?
According to Davies, leaders can recruit and retain female golfers by applying this psychological theory
What is Self-Determination Theory?
In youth sports, this percentage represents the benchmark of parents who prioritize positive and encouraging coaches for their child's sports experience
What is 83%?
Recognition and personal self-achievement are examples of drivers behind this internal form of motivation
What is Intrinsic Motivation?
This basic need is defined as feeling that an individual has freedom, choice, and control over how their work is performed
What is Autonomy?
Surprisingly, relatedness-supportive practices like group bonuses had negative effects on autonomy and competence for this specific demographic when poorly implemented
Who are Older Employees?
Women have historically felt pushed away from golf due to unfair conditions, such as poorly maintained forward tees and less desirable these
What are Tee Times?
To foster competence in youth athletes, coaches should praise this factor rather than focusing solely on what appears on the scoreboard
What is Effort?
Burton & Kane classify motivation as one of the strongest variables of this type because it directly satisfies a felt inner need
What is a Psychographic Variable?
An employee's need to feel efficient, effective, and capable of meeting job demands describes this psychological need
What is Competence?
The total number of working adult participants sampled in the Laguerre & Barnes-Farrell research study
What is 818?
Creating opportunities for women of similar skill sets to play together satisfies relatedness and helps combat this historically dominant player demographic
Who are White Men?
Inviting player input during game adjustments and allowing choice in practice drills builds autonomy by giving athletes this
What is Player Voice?
This specific thought process occurs when individuals expect rewards in return for putting work into a sport or company position
What is Rewards Expectancy?
This psychological need is described as an employee's need to feel connected to coworkers, build meaningful relationships, and feel like part of a community
What is Relatedness?
Structured training and performance evaluations represent this category of HR practices, which yielded the strongest results in the study
What are Competence-Supportive Practices?
Giving female golfers a louder voice within the club and greater control over play times and tee selection satisfies this psychological need
What is Autonomy?
Pairing athletes with peer-mentoring buddies and designing team-building drills strengthens relatedness by fostering this overall feeling
What is Belonging/Inclusivity?
According to Nguyen, motivation is a collection of internal and external factors that determine these three aspects of human behavior
What is Direction/Sustainability, Effort, and Persistence?
Out of the three psychological needs, HR practices supporting this specific need demonstrated a positive association with all three needs
What is Competence?
According to the study's research findings, satisfying employees' psychological needs helps improve performance, learning and lower this key workplace metric
What are Turnover Rates?
Golf courses can fulfill the need for competence by offering these two structured programs tailored for women new to the game
What are Lessons and Orientation Programs?
According to Gates, applying SDT principles through positive coaching leadership prevents this major negative outcome among young athletes (especially young girls)
What is Early Sport Drop-Out?