The Motivation at Work Scale (MAWS) was developed in accordance with the multi dimensional conceptualization of motivation postulated in selfdetermination theory. The authors examined the structure of the MAWS in a group of 1,644 workers in two different languages, English and French. Results obtained from these samples suggested that the structure of motivation at work across languages is consistently organized into four different types: intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, and external regulation. The MAWS subscales were predictably associated with organizational behavior constructs. The importance of this new multidimensional scale to the development of new work motivation research is discussed.
Gagné et al. REF created the Motivation at Work Scale (MAWS), a scale that measures the four factors external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation and intrinsic motivation.
The Motivation at Work Scale: Validation Evidence in Two Languages:
Educational and Psychological Measurement
Psychology