çivilidağ, aydın akdeniz üniversitesi - edebiyat fakültesi - psikoloji bölümü, Antalya, turkey , şekercioğlu, güçlü akdeniz üniversitesi - eğitim fakültesi - ölçme ve değerlendirme abd, Antalya, turkey

Studying of Adaptation to Turkish Culture the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale

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The purpose of this research was to adapt the multidimensional work motivation scale (MWMS) into Turkish culture, a scale which is frequently used in industrial and organizational psychology and has already been adapted into seven different languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Indonesian, Chinese, Norwegian) and to reveal evidence in respect to the psychometric properties that were obtained from the collected data. The study was carried out in the context of a relational survey research model and the research group of the study included participants from different service sectors (academic, teacher, bank employer, an employee who works in marketing automotives, the tourism sector and office staff in the university). The scale consisted of 19 Likert type items and six factors in the original culture. In the adaptation process of the scale, translation from English to Turkish and back translation from Turkish to English was done by English lecturers and the necessary regulations were done in accord with the suggestions made by the experts. Therefore the linguistic equivalence study of the pilot form of the scale was done and linguistic equivalence was provided. The applications were made as a pilot and master practices by researchers in this stage.

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Multidimensional Work Motivation , Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Psychometric Properties

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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