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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 3 Overview of scale characteristics

From: Do they intend to stay? An empirical study of commercial apprentices’ motivation, satisfaction and intention to remain within the learned occupation

Scale

# Of items

Valid N

Scale mean (SD)

Cronbach’s alpha

t1

t2

t3

t4

t1

t2

t3

t4

t1

t2

t3

t4

    

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

    

Learning motivation

 Achievement-oriented motivationa

3

1644

1404

1290

–

2.87

.64

2.77

.70

2.68

.72

–

–

.77

.83

.86

–

 Long-term instrumental motivationa

3

1649

1404

1291

–

3.07

.65

2.88

.71

2.76

.73

–

–

.83

.84

.88

–

 Self-determined motivationb

6

1649

1417

1294

–

3.48

.90

3.36

.96

3.29

.98

–

–

.82

.84

.86

–

 External motivationb

5

1654

1425

1291

–

2.37

.93

2.5

.96

2.63

1.03

–

–

.78

.77

.79

–

Apprenticeship satisfactionb

3

1662

1445

1324

1155

4.95

.96

4.56

1.14

4.31

1.15

4.25

1.16

.86

.88

.87

.88

  1. aAnswers on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 to 4
  2. bAnswers on a 6-point Likert scale from 1 to 6
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