{"id":10500,"date":"2025-07-29T09:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/?p=10500"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:31:59","slug":"intrinsic-and-extrinsic-motivation-in-academia-a-mixed-method-exploration-of-motivational-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/2025\/07\/29\/intrinsic-and-extrinsic-motivation-in-academia-a-mixed-method-exploration-of-motivational-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION IN ACADEMIA: A MIXED-METHOD EXPLORATION OF MOTIVATIONAL DRIVERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mirabela<\/strong> <\/strong>MATEI<\/strong>1<\/sup><\/strong>,<\/strong> <\/strong>Maria-Madela<\/strong> <\/strong>ABRUDAN<\/strong>1<\/sup><\/strong>,<\/strong> <\/strong>Tomina-Gabriela<\/strong> <\/strong>S\u0102VEANU<\/strong>1<\/sup><\/strong>, Alecsandra Andreea SC\u00ceNTEE<\/strong>2<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/sup>Faculty<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Economic<\/em> <\/em>Sciences, University<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Oradea,<\/em> <\/em>Oradea,<\/em> <\/em>Romania<\/em><\/p>\n

2<\/sup>Bucharest<\/em> <\/em>University<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Economic<\/em> <\/em>Studies,<\/em> <\/em>Doctoral<\/em> <\/em>School<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Management,<\/em> <\/em>Bucharest, Romania <\/em><\/p>\n

mmatei@uoradea.ro<\/u><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

mabrudan@uoradea.ro<\/u><\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

tsaveanu@uoradea.ro<\/u><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

scinteealecsandra@yahoo.com<\/u><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/strong>Research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation has long shown that,<\/em> <\/em>while still popular, extrinsic rewards are mostly ineffective, especially in cognitive and creative tasks. To further research intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, we focused on universities, where<\/em> <\/em>tasks<\/em> <\/em>are largely cognitive and creative. This<\/em> <\/em>article presents a mixed-method literature review on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in academia. By synthesizing findings from empirical studies employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches, this research highlights how motivational factors influence performance, job satisfaction, and teaching practices in universities. The analysis draws on recent literature (2017\u20132024), selected for methodological rigor and relevance to higher education personnel. The review identifies core themes such as: the mediating role of quality culture, the<\/em> <\/em>importance of psychological need satisfaction, and the connection between intrinsic motivation and engaged pedagogies. Implications for institutional leadership, academic policy, and directions for future research are also discussed.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/em>Keywords: <\/strong>intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, higher education, quality culture, mixed-method.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/em>JEL<\/strong> <\/strong>Classification:<\/strong> <\/strong>M12,<\/em> <\/em>I23.<\/em><\/p>\n

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  Mirabela MATEI1, Maria-Madela ABRUDAN1, Tomina-Gabriela S\u0102VEANU1, Alecsandra Andreea SC\u00ceNTEE2 1Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania 2Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Doctoral School of Management, Bucharest, Romania mmatei@uoradea.ro mabrudan@uoradea.ro  tsaveanu@uoradea.ro scinteealecsandra@yahoo.com Abstract: Research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation has long shown that, while still popular, extrinsic rewards are mostly ineffective, especially in cognitive and creative tasks. To further research intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, we focused on universities, where tasks are largely cognitive and creative. This article presents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123465,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3c4cf-2Jm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123465"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10506,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500\/revisions\/10506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}