Fatores motivacionais dos voluntários do projeto 6 de Março: uma análise sob a ótica da teoria da autodeterminação

Abstract

There are several factors that influence human behavior, one of them is motivation. There are several theories that discuss motivation, but the contemporary ones still have a lot of space for discussions. Therefore, the general objective of this research is to identify the motivational factors of the volunteers of the March 6 Project in the light of the theory of self-determination. 31 active volunteers of the March 6 Project were surveyed in the city of Maracanaú. Therefore, a quantitative and descriptive case study was carried out, with data collected through a questionnaire with nineteen variables divided into six motivational dimensions and eight questions about the profile of the respondents. Data were analyzed using basic descriptive statistics, namely, frequency, mean and standard deviation. The main findings made it possible to organize the motivational factors in the following descending order: Regulation identified; Intrinsic motivation; Introjected regulation; Extrinsic regulation – material; Extrinsic regulation – social; Amotivation5. Thus, the research allows us to infer that the main motivational factor of the project volunteers is the identified regulation, in the continuum of self-determination it is part of the extrinsic motivation, but it is a moderately autonomous motivation, as the participants show that they care about the objectives, values and project regulations.