| dc.description.abstract | This study evaluated the motivation of master students in Brazilian management
courses for its conclusion, considering that several situations of stress and daily
difficulties can negatively affect these students, resulting in failure in completing the
Master's course. For the analysis, it was used a questionnaire answered by 1,098
students who started Masters Courses in Management. The students were categorized
according to the conclusion of the course, that is, if they finished, if they gave up or if
they were disconnected in a period of 3 years. The operational model provided 11
hypotheses that could support the thesis: facing the difficulties establishes the
relationship between self-determination and the conclusion or not of the course. From
exploratory and confirmatory data analysis; from structural equation modeling and
supported by the Self-Determination Theory, it can be said that the data confirmed the
thesis, as well as corroborated results of similar studies. In most cases, there was
Identified Extrinsic Motivation to attend the master's degree, and when asked about
the difficulties, many did not classify them as difficulties. It was noticed that success in
the course was associated with overcoming difficulties and with a low level of Intrinsic
Motivation and high Intrinsic Motivation, that is, they suffered little internal pressure
and had a lot of self-motivation, unlike those who did not finish, who faced difficulties
feeling they are pressured and distressed, with a lot of external and intrinsic motivation
and with low intrinsic motivation, which means that they felt pressured and with low
internal motivation. The pressure to publish and the lack of time to devote to studies
were the most reported difficulties. Therefore, it was concluded that these individuals
sought, through the master's degree, to enter or improve their position in the job
market, facing these situations as something that was part of the journey. An important
contribution of this thesis consists of the EMEPSS scale, which assesses the
motivation level of master and doctoral graduate students, however, one limitation was
not having heard the respondents right after leaving the course. This present analysis
may give rise to future studies using other methodologies, for example, qualitative, that
analyze the difficulties identified in the existing relationships in this context, such as
university and student, career and university, teacher and student, among others. | en |
