Intrinsic Motivation and Environmental Factors Affecting Research of Social Work Faculty on Aging

Autor/inn/en	Wells, Janice G.; Short, Glenda F. Lester
Titel	Intrinsic Motivation and Environmental Factors Affecting Research of Social Work Faculty on Aging
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 36 (2010) 3, S.229-243 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Gerontology; Teaching Load; Teacher Motivation; Social Work; Aging (Individuals); Self Determination; College Faculty; Research; Information Dissemination; Faculty Publishing; Grants; Career Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gerontologie; Lehrdeputat; Soziale Arbeit; Aging; Altern; Selbstbestimmung; Fakultät; Forschung; Informationsverbreitung; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe
Abstract	Within the context of Self-determination Theory, this research identifies intrinsic motivation and environmental factors that support social-work-faculty research in aging. Intrinsic factors include faculty's interest in gerontology as a field of practice, the desire to advance knowledge in the field of gerontology, including producing publications that disseminate information about their research, and the desire to make tenure and/or to advance their careers. Environmental factors include institutional supports such as release time to do research, reduced teaching loads, summer research support. Also included are mentoring relationships that complement the faculty's intrinsic motivation and create an environment supportive of research, grant writing, and publishing. Faculty motivation to work in the field of gerontology and institutional support for gerontological research are critical to sustain and expand the capacity of social work faculty to advance science in gerontology research. Such motivation is also needed to create vibrant academic environments that attract students at all levels into the field of gerontology, a field experiencing a rapidly expanding gap between service need and workforce capacity of social-work-faculty research in aging. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10