Hagger, Martin S;
Rentzelas, Panagiotis;
Chatzisarantis, Nikos LD;
(2014)
Effects of individualist and collectivist group norms and choice on intrinsic motivation.
Motivation and Emotion
, 38
(2)
pp. 215-223.
10.1007/s11031-013-9373-2.
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Abstract
Previous research suggests that the positive effect of personal choice on intrinsic motivation is dependent on the extent to which the pervading cultural norm endorses individualism or collectivism (Iyengar and Lepper in J Pers Soc Psychol 76:349–366, 1999). The present study tested effects of personal choice on intrinsic motivation under situationally-induced individualist and collectivist group norms. An organizational role-play scenario was used to manipulate individualist and collectivist group norms in participants from a homogenous cultural background. Participants then completed an anagram task under conditions of personal choice or when the task was either assigned to them by an in-group (company director) or out-group (experimenter) social agent. Consistent with hypotheses, when the group norm prescribed individualism participants in the personal choice condition exhibited greater intrinsic motivation. When the group norm prescribed collectivism, participants’ assigned to the task by the company director were more intrinsically motivated. The implications of results for theories of intrinsic motivation are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Effects of individualist and collectivist group norms and choice on intrinsic motivation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11031-013-9373-2 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-013-9373-2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10145845 |
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