Tests
What motivates you to work?
People work for different reasons, and none of them is wrong. But the reasons differ in how long they last: inner ones renew themselves, outer ones wear out, and when both are gone what is left is autopilot. Fifteen questions draw your profile.
What you get
- Your profile: driven by the work, paid by it, both, or neither
- Three dimensions separately: intrinsic, extrinsic, amotivation
- A result link you can share, and the full report by email if you want it
15 questions · about 3 min · Orientation, not a diagnosis.
Your answers stay with you. The result is encoded in the link - no name, no email - and only the people you send it to can see it.
The split into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and amotivation comes from self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan); the questions follow the structure of the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (MWMS, Gagné and colleagues, 2015), collapsed to three poles. They are ours, written for this site, and not a validated instrument. Extrinsic motivation is neither good nor bad on its own, which is why its bar carries no colour. When working with organisations, Motiva Metrics uses validated scales and a broader analytical approach, to give a more reliable basis for understanding employee experience.
The other tests
01
How exhausted are you by work?
Burnout is more than tiredness. See where you stand on exhaustion, your attitude to work, and your sense of your own effectiveness.
15 questions · about 3 min
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03
Are you a “quiet quitter”?
Do you do only what is strictly necessary, avoid extra effort and get less and less involved? See how your experience fits the patterns often described as quiet quitting.
12 questions · about 2 min
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A personal insight is a start.
Motiva Metrics helps organisations measure and analyse employee motivation, burnout and engagement, and then turn the results into concrete priorities and activities.