Motivation types and mental health of UK hospitality workers.
Journal article
Authors | Kotera, Y., Adhikari, Prateek and Van Gordon, William |
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Abstract | The primary purposes of this study were to (i) assess levels of different types of work motivation in a sample of UK hospitality workers and make a cross-cultural comparison with Chinese counterparts and (ii) identify how work motivation and shame-based attitudes towards mental health explain the variance in mental health problems in UK hospitality workers. One hundred three UK hospitality workers completed self-report measures, and correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted to identify significant relationships. Findings demonstrate that internal and external motivation levels were higher in UK versus Chinese hospitality workers. Furthermore, external motivation was more significantly associated with shame and mental health problems compared to internal motivation. Motivation accounted for 34–50% of mental health problems. This is the first study to explore the relationship between motivation, shame, and mental health in UK hospitality workers. Findings suggest that augmenting internal motivation may be a novel means of addressing mental health problems in this worker population. |
Keywords | Mental health problems; Mental health attitudes; Work motivation; Internal motivation; Shame; UK hospitality workers |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 15571874 |
15571882 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-9874-z |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622117 |
hdl:10545/622117 | |
Publication dates | 30 Jan 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 09 Feb 2018, 15:40 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/938x2/motivation-types-and-mental-health-of-uk-hospitality-workers
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