Understanding TEFL Academics' Research Motivation and Its Relations with Research Productivity

Autor/inn/en	Peng, Jian-E; Gao, Xuesong
Titel	Understanding TEFL Academics' Research Motivation and Its Relations with Research Productivity
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 9 (2019) 3, (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Peng, Jian-E) ORCID (Gao, Xuesong)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-2440
DOI	10.1177/2158244019866295
Schlagwörter	Teacher Researchers; Teacher Motivation; College Faculty; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Incentives; Faculty Publishing; Correlation; Productivity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerforschung; Fakultät; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Anreiz; Korrelation; Produktivität
Abstract	Motivation is considered an important impetus driving and sustaining individuals' efforts to fulfill their goals. Against the backdrop that university academics worldwide are increasingly expected to produce research output in prestigious journals for both individual and institutional development, it is necessary to understand academics' research motivation and its relations with research productivity in international and local journals. This study, being descriptive and explanatory in nature, surveyed 309 academics who taught English as a foreign language (TEFL) in China. Results showed that the participants exhibited stronger extrinsic motivation, in the form of external and identified regulations, than intrinsic motivation. However, these two subtypes of extrinsic motivation were significantly negatively associated with academic publishing, whereas intrinsic motivation was the significant positive factor associated with the participants' publication in international journals. These findings remind both academics and educational managers of the importance of enhancing intrinsic motivation and refining contextual support in improving academics' research productivity. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01