{"title":"Configuring motivational pathways to manage academics’ individual motivation for engagement: Insights from German higher education institutions","authors":"Eva Sormani , Peter van der Sijde","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101768","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Higher education institutions are a driver of innovation within the knowledge-based economy. Knowledge transfer via academic engagement with society is a promising response to societal challenges. This study investigates academics’ motivation to engage with society by testing hypotheses derived from self-determination-theory. Effects of intrinsic regulation (joy), integrated regulation (internalized values) and the mediation by perceived autonomy (choicefullness) were tested using structural equation modelling, in which unique survey data collected from academics in Germany were analyzed. Two motivational pathways for academic engagement with society were found to be significant. These results provide relevant insights for higher education institution managers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474823000383","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Higher education institutions are a driver of innovation within the knowledge-based economy. Knowledge transfer via academic engagement with society is a promising response to societal challenges. This study investigates academics’ motivation to engage with society by testing hypotheses derived from self-determination-theory. Effects of intrinsic regulation (joy), integrated regulation (internalized values) and the mediation by perceived autonomy (choicefullness) were tested using structural equation modelling, in which unique survey data collected from academics in Germany were analyzed. Two motivational pathways for academic engagement with society were found to be significant. These results provide relevant insights for higher education institution managers.
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The Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (JET-M) is an international scholarly refereed research journal which aims to promote the theory and practice of technology, innovation, and engineering management.
The journal links engineering, science, and management disciplines. It addresses the issues involved in the planning, development, and implementation of technological capabilities to shape and accomplish the strategic and operational objectives of an organization. It covers not only R&D management, but also the entire spectrum of managerial concerns in technology-based organizations. This includes issues relating to new product development, human resource management, innovation process management, project management, technological fusion, marketing, technological forecasting and strategic planning.
The journal provides an interface between technology and other corporate functions, such as R&D, marketing, manufacturing and administration. Its ultimate goal is to make a profound contribution to theory development, research and practice by serving as a leading forum for the publication of scholarly research on all aspects of technology, innovation, and engineering management.