The Relationship of Intrinsic-Extrinsic Motivation and Communication Climate in Organizations

Abstract

Supervisory -managerial personnel at two large manufacturing compan ies completed questionnaires to measure their intrinsic/extrinsic motiva tion. The subjects also completed questionnaires measuring their per ceptions of six aspects of the communication climate within their respective organizations: supportiveness, openness and empathy, per ceived accuracy of downward communication, upward communication satisfaction, perceived information reliability, and the overall openness of communication. Results indicate partial support for the overall hypothesis that individuals who are intrinsically motivated would per ceive the communication climate as more open than would those who are extrinsically motivated.