Motivasi Mahasiswa dalam Mengikuti Organisasi Kemahasiswaan di Universitas Islam Makassar: Students’ Motivation to Participate in Student Organizations at Islamic University of Makassar

Sumarni, Sumarni
Fadhli, Muhammad

Dirasat Islamiah: Jurnal Kajian Keislaman
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024)

This study focuses on student motivation in joining campus organizations. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. The primary data source is informants from students of the Islamic Religious Education Study Program, Makassar Islamic University. Secondary data sources are relevant books and journals. Data collection through observation, interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique uses descriptive analysis techniques. The results of the study show that student motivation to join student organizations is characterized by the will of themselves (intrinsic) and also from outside (extrinsic). Intrinsic motivation of students is the desire to have self-confidence to be able to speak in public, increase insight both in terms of worldly knowledge and also the knowledge of the afterlife, and also soft skills or personal abilities for a student for their future. While the extrinsic motivation of students is the support of parents, invitations from friends, and wanting to have closeness with seniors or lecturers who have previously joined the organization. This study has implications for the importance of a cadre pattern that maintains the ideology of students to remain tolerant and not forget academic activities in lectures.