Gender and cultural differences in school motivation

The purpose of this research was to explore gender differences and cultural differences in school motivation among students from eight culturally diverse groups from Western and non-Western societies. The selected groups come from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, the Netherlands, an...

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Published inResearch papers in education Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 27 - 51
Main Authors Korpershoek, Hanke, King, Ronnel B., McInerney, Dennis M., Nasser, Ramzi N., Ganotice, Fraide A., Watkins, David A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Achievement Need
Adolescents
Asians
Competition
cross-cultural comparisons
Cultural Differences
Extrinsic motivation
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Incentives
Indigenous Populations
Males
Mastery Learning
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Non Western Civilization
Non-Western societies
Personal investment theory
school motivation
secondary education
Secondary School Students
Secondary schools
Social Influences
Social motivation
Student Motivation
Students
Western Civilization
Netherlands
Singapore
Hong Kong
Australia
Philippines
Qatar
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Summary:The purpose of this research was to explore gender differences and cultural differences in school motivation among students from eight culturally diverse groups from Western and non-Western societies. The selected groups come from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, the Netherlands, and Qatar. More than 10,000 secondary school students reported their mastery, performance, social, and extrinsic motivation. Results showed (very) small to moderately large gender differences, which were largely in line with prior research in Western societies. Moreover, significant differences in school motivation across the eight cultural groups were found, however, only the Qatari sample strongly deviated from the other samples. In all cultural groups, females had slightly higher scores on mastery motivation and social motivation (except for Qatari students), and in several Western and non-Western samples, males had slightly higher scores on performance motivation. Gender differences in extrinsic motivation were less straightforward.
ISSN:0267-1522
1470-1146
DOI:10.1080/02671522.2019.1633557