Hi Marco,

This article that may be of interest to you: 

Guay, F., Vallerand, R. J., & Blanchard, C. (2000). On the assessment of situational intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: The Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS). Motivation and Emotion, 24(3), 175-213.

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r26710/LRCS/papers/105.pdf

Colin

Dear Marco,

There is a PhD thesis conducted by John Wang at Loughborough University in 2001 where he examined relationships of the conceptions of sport ability, achievement

goals, and intrinsic motivation in Physical Education.

Thanks Samir, Colin and Keegan!

Dear Marco,

 I have been working on the analysis of intrinsic motivation among physicians recently. I have developed a questionnaire/instrument that has yet to undergo formal testing. All I can say (and in my humble opinion) is that it is extremely difficult to design or find a questionnaire that exclusively elicits intrinsic motivation. In general, all questions relevant to motivation have a mixed theme of extrinsic and intrinsic motivational aspects. I believe that's how the human psyche works.

 Although competence/relatedness/autonomy are the prime indicators of intrinsic motivation, these can also be reflected by other extrinsic motivational perspectives (eg. empowerment can be an extrinsic facilitator of intrinsic motivation etc.).

Hence, in creating a questionnaire (or utilizing a questionnaire for that matter), it would be prudent and more comprehensive (and theoretically sound) to assess all motivational paradigms and see if there is an emphasis on intrinsic motivation for a particular behaviour.

 I suggest you look into the following articles:

1. Bennett - The Development of Tools to Measure the Determinants and Consequences of Health Worker Motivation in Developing Countries

2. Mbyindo - Developing a tool to measure health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya

 Hope this has been helpful. Take care and wish you all the best.

Rabin

Thank you Rabin for your comment. We hope to receive a grant for studying this topic and further explore this - indeed difficult - field.

Good luck with the formal testing. Curious to the outcomes. Is the instrument in English (or Malaysian)?

Best, Marco

Hi Marco. The questionnaire is in English. Almost all doctors (the target group) are English literate, thus, we didn't have the need to translate it to Malay (which is indeed, an uphill task).

Rabin