The Different Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Achieving Creativity

창의성 증진에 있어서 내.외재동기의 차별적 효과에 관한 연구

  • Park, Jong-Hyuk (Department of Business Administration, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) ;
  • Kim, Yoong-Joong (Daelim College, Department of Management of Information System)
  • 박종혁 (한국외국어대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 김윤중 (대림대학(삼원기업주식회사))
  • Published : 2007.03.30

Abstract

This study explored how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation relates to achieving creativity at project work. We were interested in differences in how motivational factors relate to creativity. Using data from the 98 engineers and researchers employed by a variety of companies, principal components factor analysis with marimax rotation was performed on the data. We examined effects of the moderate variables the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and creativity relationship. The results indicate of positive mental involvement, the time and the resource constraints relates positively to creativity in organizations and that the relationship is a simple linear one. These outcomes are significantly related to intrinsic motivation and the creativity. In additions, extrinsic motivation is related to less the creativity. Our survey findings are also consistent with other sources of knowledge on the topic. Our results suggest that there are two different role: mental involvement, time and resources constraints, both of which predict creativity, and external control and extrinsic motivations reduce to creativity.

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