Motivation Fundamentals
The Psychological Needs
HR Research Findings
Women's Golf Application
Youth Sport Leadership
100

This type of motivation occurs when a person is driven by external rewards like money or trophies

What is Extrinsic Motivation?

100

Self-Determination Theory proposes that humans require this total number of basic psychological needs to reach optimal motivation

What is Three?

100

Researchers found that HR practices can improve performance, learning/thriving, and turnover rates, but only if these are satisfied first

What are Psychological Needs?

100

According to Davies, leaders can recruit and retain female golfers by applying this psychological theory

What is Self-Determination Theory?

100

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%?

200

Recognition and personal self-achievement are examples of drivers behind this internal form of motivation

What is Intrinsic Motivation?

200

This basic need is defined as feeling that an individual has freedom, choice, and control over how their work is performed

What is Autonomy?

200

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?

200

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?

200

To foster competence in youth athletes, coaches should praise this factor rather than focusing solely on what appears on the scoreboard

What is Effort?

300

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?

300

An employee's need to feel efficient, effective, and capable of meeting job demands describes this psychological need

What is Competence?

300

The total number of working adult participants sampled in the Laguerre & Barnes-Farrell research study

What is 818?

300

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?

300

Inviting player input during game adjustments and allowing choice in practice drills builds autonomy by giving athletes this

What is Player Voice?

400

This specific thought process occurs when individuals expect rewards in return for putting work into a sport or company position

What is Rewards Expectancy?

400

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?

400

Structured training and performance evaluations represent this category of HR practices, which yielded the strongest results in the study

What are Competence-Supportive Practices?

400

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?

400

Pairing athletes with peer-mentoring buddies and designing team-building drills strengthens relatedness by fostering this overall feeling

What is Belonging/Inclusivity?

500

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?

500

Out of the three psychological needs, HR practices supporting this specific need demonstrated a positive association with all three needs

What is Competence?

500

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?

500

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?

500

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?