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The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years
Thesis (MMus)--Stellenbosch University, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/124813 The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years Du Plessis-Kannemeyer, Christina Maria Muller, Danell Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Dept. of Music. Music -- Vocational guidance Self-determination theory Causality orientations theory Music -- Instruction and study -- Evaluation Music teachers Organismic integration theory Autonomy Mindfulness Music -- Psychological aspects Career choice UCTD Thesis (MMus)--Stellenbosch University, 2023. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A small percentage of students who commence with music learning persevere and continue with tuition in the long-term, to make a career choice towards music in the classical/jazz genres. The purpose of this research was to determine how, and to what degree, the direct environment (in this case, the microsystem) influences the motivation of the student musician/prospective professional musician in the South African context. This study used Self-Determination Theory, specifically the Causality Orientations Theory, to explore the impact that parental figures, music teachers and instruments have on the motivations of students to pursue a career in music. In this quantitative study, an online survey was conducted. Sixty-one South African professional musicians participated. The questionnaire focused on their background, perceived basic psychological needs support (BPNS), extrinsic controlled regulations and intrinsic motivation, and perceived autonomy support. The outcome revealed that high experience of the BPNS from the teacher and instrument is essential for intrinsic, long-term motivation and an autonomous choice of music as career. The relationships with the teacher and instrument (relatedness) seem more important and necessary to be experienced first, for the further experiences of the other two BPN, namely autonomy and competence. Further, the bond/relationship with the instrument plays a slightly more important role than the teacher, and specifically relatedness and autonomy experienced from the instrument may compensate for less BPNS experienced from the teacher. Self-regulatory levels were perceived as high in intrinsic motivation and autonomy, which correlates with the high experience of the BPNS. Further, high experience of autonomy support, and minimal extrinsic controlled psychological support from the teacher and parental figures were indicated, and therefore needed to facilitate integration and support autonomous behaviour and long-term intrinsic motivation. Goals support (identified regulations) from the teacher, specifically as a positive form of extrinsic controlled support, promotes motivation, whereas other negative forms of control seem to be non-contributing and may be de-motivational. Positive controlled support, such as praise (introjected regulation) and rewards (external regulation) were not tested and should be investigated in a further study, with regard to the effect thereof on motivation, as opposed to the effect of negative control (guilt inducement and fear threatening with punishment). AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Slegs ʼn klein persentasie musiekleerders wat met lesse begin volhard lang-termyn om ʼn loopbaan in musiek te kies. Die doel van hierdie studie was om vas te stel hoe, en tot in watter mate, die direkte omgewing (die mikrosisteem) motivering van die student musikant beïnvloed in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. Hierdie studie het gebruik gemaak van die Self-Determination Theory, spesifiek die Causality Orientations Theory, om die impak te ondersoek wat die ouerfigure, musiekonderwyser en –instrument het op die motivering om ʼn loopbaan in musiek te volg. ʼn Aanlyn opname is geloods ter ondersteuning van hierdie kwantitatiewe studie. Die vraelys is deur 61 professionele Suid-Afrikaanse musici voltooi. Dit het gefokus op hul agtergrond, basiese psigologiese behoefte ondersteuning (BPNS), ekstrinsiek gekontroleerde regulasies en intrinsieke motivering, asook die ervaring van outonomiteit ondersteuning. Die uitkomste het openbaar dat ʼn hoë ervaring van die BPNS vanaf die musiekonderwyser en instrument noodsaaklik is vir intrinsieke, lang-termyn motivering en ʼn outonome keuse vir musiek as loopbaan. Die verhouding met die onderwyser en instrument (verwantskap) blyk belangriker te wees, en is ook nodig om eerstens ervaar te word, vir die verdere ervaring van die ander twee BPN, naamlik outonomiteit en bekwaamheid. Verder, speel die band met die instrument ʼn effens belangriker rol as met die onderwyser, en die ervaring van spesifiek verwantskap en outonomiteit vanaf die instrument mag kompenseer vir laer/kariger ervaring van die BPNS vanaf die onderwyser. Self-regulerende vlakke is as baie hoog ervaar in intrinsieke motivering en outonomiteit, wat ooreenstem met die hoë vlak van die ervaring van die BPNS. Hoë vlakke van outonomiteit ondersteuning en minimale ekstrinsiek beheerde psigologiese ondersteuning vanaf die onderwyser en ouerfigure is aangedui, en dus nodig, vir die fasilitering van integrasie en ondersteuning van outonomiteit en lang-termyn intrinsieke motivering. Die stel van doelwitte (identified regulations) as ʼn positiewe vorm van ekstrinsiek beheerde ondersteuning, soos ondersteun deur die onderwyser, spesifiek, bevorder motivering; terwyl ander negatiewe vorme van ekstrinsieke beheer nie-bevorderlik is, en de-motiverend kan wees. Positiewe vorms van ekstrinsieke beheerde ondersteuning, soos lof (introjected regulations) en belonings (external regulations) is nie getoets nie, en behoort verder nagevors te word in ʼn verdere studie met betrekking tot die effek daarvan op motivering, teenoor die effek van negatiewe beheer (skuld gevoelens en vrees vir straf). Masters 2022-03-08T09:42:09Z 2022-04-29T09:34:30Z 2022-03-08T09:42:09Z 2022-04-29T09:34:30Z 2023-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124813 en_ZA Stellenbosch University xii, 162 pages : illustrations (some color) application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Music -- Vocational guidance Self-determination theory Causality orientations theory Music -- Instruction and study -- Evaluation Music teachers Organismic integration theory Autonomy Mindfulness Music -- Psychological aspects Career choice UCTD Du Plessis-Kannemeyer, Christina Maria The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years |
| title | The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years |
| title_full | The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years |
| title_fullStr | The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years |
| title_short | The role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of South African professional musicians, during their formative years |
| title_sort | role of causality orientations on the motivation and career choices of south african professional musicians during their formative years |
| topic | Music -- Vocational guidance Self-determination theory Causality orientations theory Music -- Instruction and study -- Evaluation Music teachers Organismic integration theory Autonomy Mindfulness Music -- Psychological aspects Career choice UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124813 |
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