Self-determined work motivation predicts job outcomes, but what predicts self-determined work motivation?

By Chak Fu Lam, S. Gurland. 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Perceived Organizational Support, Motivation, and Engagement Among Police Officers (2013, background): “Indeed, self-determined work motivation has consistently been associated with positive outcomes such as performance (e.g., Gillet, Berjot, & Paty, 2010), organizational citizenship behavior (e.g., Kuvaas & Dysvik, 2009), and satisfaction (e.g., Gagné et al., 2010; Lam & Gurland, 2008).”
When does quality of relationships with coworkers predict burnout over time? The moderating role of work motivation (2010, background): “…motivation has been associated with more job satisfaction (Blais, Brière, Lachance, Riddle, & Vallerand, 1993; Millette & Gagné, 2008), commitment (Lam & Gurland, 2008), as well as less job burnout (Fernet, Guay, & Senécal, 2004) and turnover intentions (Richer et al., 2002).”
The role of supervisor autonomy support, organizational support, and autonomous and controlled motivation in predicting employees' satisfaction and turnover intentions (2013, methodology): “Past research (e.g., Guay, Mageau, & Vallerand, 2003; Lam & Gurland, 2008; Williams, Grow, Freedman, Ryan, & Deci, 1996) provided some evidence for the significant relationship between motivation at the global level assessed with the General Causality Orientations Scale (Deci & Ryan, 1985a) or the…”
The effects of work motivation on employee exhaustion and commitment: An extension of the JD-R model (2012, background): “For instance, autonomous motivation has been positively associated with psychological well-being (Blais, Briere, Lachance, Riddle, & Vallerand, 1993 ), job satisfaction (Millette & Gagne, 2008 ) and organizational (Lam & Gurland, 2008 ) and occupational commitment (Fernet, 2011 ).”
Achievement Goals, Reasons for Goal Pursuit, and Achievement Goal Complexes as Predictors of Beneficial Outcomes: Is the Influence of Goals Reducible to Reasons? (2017, unknown): “For instance, in the workplace, autonomous reasons have been shown to positively predict job interest (Gagné & Deci, 2005), job satisfaction (Lam & Gurland, 2008), and job positive emotion (Gagné et al., 2010).”
Observed need-supportive and need-thwarting teaching behavior in physical education: Do teachers' motivational orientations matter? (2013, background): “In the studies of Lam and Gurland (2008) and Taylor et al. (2008), for instance, an autonomous orientation related positively to psychological need satisfaction, job satisfaction and work motivation, while controlled orientation was unrelated to job satisfaction or identificationwith the school’s…”