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Author(s)
Yau Hon-keung, Kan Man-shan
Cheng Alison Lai-fong
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2012.05.003
Affiliation(s)
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong College of Technology, Hong Kong, China
ABSTRACT
The purposes of this paper are to identify: (1) the
factors affecting the intrinsic motivation of university students in Hong Kong;
and (2) gender differences in the perception of intrinsic motivation in Hong
Kong higher education environment. The factors of curiosity and external
regulation with intrinsic motivation are taken into investigation in this study,
because these factors and intrinsic motivation of the local university students
have seldom been examined. This study adopting a survey of 162 sampled students,
was conducted in a local university in 2011. Findings showed that students with
curiosity could lead to their higher intrinsic motivation, but external
regulation was not found to be related to intrinsic motivation. In addition,
there are no gender differences on the level of intrinsic motivation.
KEYWORDS
intrinsic motivation, curiosity, external regulation, Hong Kong
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