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Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109159 Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector Ntshakala, Thembekile ichelp@gibs.co.za Ntjana, Mapeete UCTD Intrinsic motivation Women's leadership advancement Self-determination theory (SDT) Gender equity Internal psychological drivers Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025. There is a persistent gap in women's representation in leadership roles in the private sector of Lesotho, despite the level of educational attainment and demonstrated competence, which reduces leadership diversity, limiting high performance, innovation and engagement. This study explores how Self-Determination Theory (SDT), explains the influence of intrinsic motivation on women’s leadership advancement. The study adopted a qualitative interpretivist design. The data were collected from 17 purposively selected women, occupying multi-level managerial positions across six industries, via semi-structured interviews, and were analysed thematically to identify, interpret and synthesise the findings. The study found that intrinsic motivation drives women’s leadership advancement and aspirations while sustaining persistence where organisational support is limited. It further revealed how women utilise intrinsic motivation to circumvent systemic barriers, acknowledging the significant influence of organisational dynamics to its sustainability, which either supports or suppresses it. Taken together, this set of findings highlights that intrinsic motivation is a potent yet fragile resource, this means that a culture of organisation needs to promote psychological safety as a strategy to retain human talent. Theoretically, the study extends SDT by proposing the cycle of the self-determined growth model, which enhances the static existing theory with evolving organisational and interpersonal contexts. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-05: Gender equality 2026-03-23T09:35:29Z 2026-03-23T09:35:29Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109159 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Intrinsic motivation Women's leadership advancement Self-determination theory (SDT) Gender equity Internal psychological drivers Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector |
| title | Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector |
| title_full | Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector |
| title_fullStr | Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector |
| title_short | Intrinsic motivation in women’s leadership advancement- exploring the Lesotho’s private sector |
| title_sort | intrinsic motivation in women s leadership advancement exploring the lesotho s private sector |
| topic | UCTD Intrinsic motivation Women's leadership advancement Self-determination theory (SDT) Gender equity Internal psychological drivers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109159 |