Open AccessThe Influence Of Extrinsic Motivation On Students’ Retention And Study Success
Author(s) -
Nur Hidayah Mohamed Yunus,
Aini Nazura Paimin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.e1062.0585c19
Subject(s) - incentive , thematic analysis , graduation (instrument) , axial coding , psychology , medical education , coding (social sciences) , qualitative research , engineering , grounded theory , medicine , theoretical sampling , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , economics , microeconomics
There are concerns over the growing need of more engineers to work for the market. However, graduation rate in this field has decreased over the years. There is an urge to understand why some engineering students can achieve success while others not. Extrinsic motivation is seen as an important motivational factor that could influence students’ decision to complete or quit their studies in engineering courses. The current study explores extrinsic motivation of engineering students using a qualitative approach. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, where 24 final year engineering undergraduates from the Malaysian Technical University Network (MTUN) universities were selected using referral and chain referral techniques of sampling. Data were analysed using a thematic coding approach and Atlas.Ti software was used to assist the coding process. The findings found that the successful students were mostly influenced by three main extrinsic factors namely people, program, and incentives.