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Intrinsic Motivation

The topic that I wanted to do research on was the effect of a coach’s leadership style on an athlete’s intrinsic motivation. I also wanted to find out how an athlete’s scholarship status has an effect on their intrinsic motivation. I think this topic is important for the field of sport and physical activity to investigate because everyone in this field should be familiar with how a coach’s leadership style and an athlete’s scholarship status effects the outcome of an athlete’s intrinsic motivation.
Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation to engage in an activity for its own sake. People who are intrinsically motivated work on tasks because they find them enjoyable. In the next couple of paragraphs I will comment on the research that I have found on how intrinsic motivation is effected by a coach’s leadership style and an athlete’s scholarship status (Kerr, 1997).
For the first research article that I found, the study examined whether the intrinsic motivati...

Posted by: Raymon Androckitis

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