Personal Growth Initiative and Situation Motivation among Employees

Abstract

Growth is seen among everyone. Person growth is seen when there is active involvement in the process of growth by an individual (Robitschek, 1999). Motivation at work helps employees to grow in their professional and personal life. The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between Personal Growth Initiative (Readiness for change, Planfulness, Using Resources, Intention behavior) and situational motivation (Intrinsic motivation, Identified regulation, External regulation and Amotivation among employees) and to see the difference among men and women employees. A purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data. 300 employees with 150 men and 150 women working in various organizations were selected for the study. Analysis of data was done using t –test and Pearson’s product-movement correlation coefficient. The results revealed that there was significant difference found between men and women employees with respect to Readiness for change, Planfulness, Using Resources, Intention behaviour, Identified regulation, External regulation and Amotivation.