Achieving success at work: development and validation of the Motivational Climate at Work Questionnaire (MCWQ)

Abstract Although work represents an important achievement setting, research on the perceived motivational climate, as defined by the achievement goal theory ( AGT ), remains limited. Calls have been made for research on the salience of such situational influences based on traditional AGT . Therefore, the aim of this research was to develop a scale to measure the motivational climate at work. In a pilot study, participants completed a developed questionnaire and the findings supported psychometric properties of the questionnaire. Two further studies were conducted and the findings provided evidence of content validity, criterion‐related validity, construct validity, and internal consistency. The findings suggest the questionnaire might be used to determine the perception of the extant motivational climate in the workplace.