This paper aims to present the main factors that influence motivation in academic research: extrinsic/ intrinsic factors, motivator/ demotivator factors, personal/ interpersonal/ social factors, individual/ collective factors. Also brought into the discussion and the main theories related to...

This paper is a literature review, with a conclusion that leaves open many doors for future research. In the first part are reviewed a series of qualitative and quantitative research characteristics. The second part explains briefly the reliability and validity of instruments used in qualitative...