Thompson, Renae (2013) Predicting Proactive Prosocial Intent in Employees with Autonomous Motivation for Participation in Non-Mandatory Professional Development. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Proactive employees behave in ways that prepare them for unexpected events. They can also assist organisations by helping and mentoring colleagues at work. Non-mandatory professional development can be undertaken volitionally by employees, and information and skills learnt at such activities can be prosocially shared to assist others within the workplace. The first aim of the present study was to assess the degree to which autonomous motivation, perceived investment in employee development, and perceived intrinsic benefits of nonmandatory professional development were able to meaningfully predict individuals’ prosocial intentions following non-mandatory professional development. The second aim was to assess the degree to which autonomous motivation for participation in non-mandatory professional development and perceived investment in employee development were able to predict meaningful variance in employees’ perceptions of the intrinsic benefits of non-mandatory professional development. It was demonstrated that autonomous motivation and perceived intrinsic benefits of non-mandatory professional development, but not perceived investment in employee development, significantly predicted unique variance in prosocial intentions. It was also found that both autonomous motivation and perceived investment in employee development meaningfully predicted variance in intrinsic benefits of non-mandatory professional development. The central finding was that greater autonomously-motivated participation in voluntary professional development yields both greater perceived intrinsic benefits of training and development and greater prosocial intent, which has important implications for wellbeing, organisational productivity, and participation in professional development activities.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology, Counselling and Community (1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2014) |
| Supervisors: | Tony Machin |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2025 01:25 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2025 01:25 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | prosocial, proactive, autonomous motivation, non-mandatory professional development |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52818 |
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