Perfil motivacional dos educadores de infância do concelho de Torres Novas

Abstract

The scope of this research aimed to identify the motivational profile of the Kindergarten Teachers in the municipality of Torres Novas, and also describe to and analyze the motivational profile of the Kindergarten Teachers in relation to their job. It was also intended to verify if the motivational profile changes according to the variable type of institution and also whether the service time is a variable that affects the motivational profile. Ferreira, Diogo, Ferreira & Valente (2006) due to lack of instruments to measure motivation, they have considered important to develop a scale that measured several characteristics dimensions of work motivation, which they have designated as MULTI-MOTI Scale (2006). This scale and the theoretical basis that underpins it served to support this study. For this research, two questionnaires were used to collect and analyze data. The first one was only to obtain personal and professional data while the second one, the MULTI MOTI questionnaire by Ferreira et al. (2006), which includes 28 items was used to measure four dimensions related to work motivation. Our sample consisted of 54 Kindergarten Teachers. Both questionnaires used a Likert type scale. The results showed that most Kindergarten Teachers revealed high levels of motivation on Organization and Development at Work and lower levels regarding to the Performance, Achievement and Power.

Date of Award	2011
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	Óscar Conceição de Sousa (Supervisor) & OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)