UMK RESEARCH & INNOVATION SEMINAR 2017, 24 -26 OCTOBER 2017 ANALYSIS ON THE VALIDITY AND THE IMPACT OF CAREER MOTIVATION MODULE ON UNIVERSITY STAFF: A PRELIMINARY STUDY Siti Marziah Zakaria 1 *, Ruzaini Ijon 2 , Wan Yusoff Wan Shaharuddin 3 , Noor Hisham Md Nawi 4 , Nur Azuki Yusuff 5 , See Soo Yin 6 1 Centre for Psychology and Human well-being Research, UKM, Bangi, Selangor. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Centre for Language Studies and Generic Development, UMK, Bachok, Kelantan. * Corresponding author: marziah@ukm.edu.my Abstract Motivation can be divided into two different components; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Both have different effects in terms of the subjective feelings of the work, the desire to do the job, and the quality of the performance. Nevertheless, previous research claimed that intrinsic motivation will make work more satisfying and it is also one of the factors of work continuation while reducing stress levels. Thus, this study aims to 1) test the validity of Career Motivation Module; and 2) to analyse the impact of Career Motivation Module. This study has employed the face validity (content validity) test by selecting 10 experts to validate the content of the Career Motivation Module. On the other hand, the module efficacy test involving pre and post-test was conducted with 20 respondents in the preliminary study. The study was conducted at the counselling unit of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. The respondents were volunteers from different career backgrounds and ranks involved in a programme called “Syoknya Kerja”. The result of the Module Validity Test has indicated a significant score given by the experts. The result of the module efficacy test shows that there is a significant increase of motivation level among the respondents who had undergone the Career Motivation Module. The findings suggest that the Career Motivation Module can be implemented in various workplace settings and can also help to assess the level of workers’ motivation, thus helping them in improving their job performance as well as reducing stress. Keywords: Motivation module, intrinsic motivation, workplace, job performance, career motivation module INTRODUCTION According to Pinder (1998) motivation is defined as a set of driving power which comes from the internal and the external of individuals, and encourage employees to act in determining the direction and the desired goal. Motivated means “encouraged” to do something. Basically, someone who is not inspired to act towards a specific target is considered to be unmotivated (Battistelli et al., 2013). Employees who tend to be less motivated in trying to do their job, often refrain from work, out of the organization if there are opportunities, and produce low quality