Flache, Friedo (2024) Does intrinsic motivation for work lead to an unbalanced life? Bachelor thesis, Sociology.
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Abstract
Having a good work-life balance is strongly related to life satisfaction across cultures. What leads to a good work-life balance is still being researched. To better understand work-life balance this research will look at the effect of intrinsic motivation. The research question this lead to is: How does intrinsic motivation affect work-life balance and is this effect moderated by being solo self-employed? While previous research mostly focused on the effect in limited working sectors, this paper will expand on this by including all working sectors. Two parts of intrinsic motivation will be used in this research. First, intrinsic motivation based on passion for the work. Second, intrinsic motivation based on a feeling of doing useful work. Based on previous research this paper tested for a negative effect of intrinsic motivation on work-life balance. Being solo self-employed is expected to increase the negative effect of intrinsic motivation. This paper uses a binary logistical regression with the data of the European working conditions survey 2021. This survey included 70.000 respondents of which around 24.000 answered all relevant questions for this research. The results found in this paper showed no indication for a negative effect of intrinsic motivation on work-life balance. Contrary, the results showed strong positive effect for passion for work and a feeling of useful work. Demonstrating the similarities between the effect of the two parts of intrinsic motivation for future research. In addition, being solo self-employed did show a decrease on the positive effect of intrinsic motivation on work-life balance. Showing the effect of being solo self-employed to be relevant for future research across working sectors.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Marceta, P. |
| Degree programme: | Sociology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Sociology] |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2024 12:33 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2024 12:33 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3734 |
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