Identified motivation definition
Identified motivation means that individuals behave in accordance with personal values and goals. “Integrated motivation” refers to identification with the value of an activity to the point that it becomes an internalized part of a person’s habitual functioning and self- identity (Deci & Ryan 2004). Altruistic motivation to serve others and the public interest relates to these forms of motivation. Vandenabeele (2007) suggests that altruistic “public service motivation” originates from within institutions that have institutionalized certain public values which individuals, in turn, internalize in their self-identity.