A Profile Approach to Self-Determination Theory Motivations at Work.

By Christina M. Moran, J. Diefendorff, Tae-Yeol Kim, Zhiqiang Liu. 2012

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Self-determination theory (SDT) posits the existence of distinct types of motivation (i.e., external, introjected, identified, integrated, and intrinsic). Research on these different types of motivation has typically adopted a variable-centered approach that seeks to understand how each motivation in isolation relates to employee outcomes. We extend this work by adopting cluster analysis in a person-centered approach to understanding how different combinations or patterns of motivations relate to organizational factors. Results revealed five distinct clusters of motivation (i.e., low introjection, moderately motivated, low autonomy, self-determined, and motivated) and that these clusters were differentially related to need satisfaction, job performance, and work environment perceptions. Specifically, the self-determined (i.e., high autonomous motivation, low external motivation) and motivated (i.e., high on all types of motivation) clusters had the most favorable levels of correlates; whereas the low autonomy (i.e., least self-determined) cluster had the least favorable levels of these variables.

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

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Pay, Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Performance, and Creativity in the Workplace: Revisiting Long-Held Beliefs (2015, background): “…Correlations between Intrinsic Motivation and Four Types of Extrinsic Motivation, Workplace Settings Tremblay et al. (2009) Gagné et al. (2010) Moran et al. (2012) Boiché and Stephan (2014) Extrinsic Motivation Type Correlation of Intrinsic Motivation with: Integrated Extrinsic Motivation .69…”
Motivation profiles at work: A self-determination theory approach (2016, methodology): “…person-centered research on work motivation, the current results provide an incremental contribution to the literature by replicating, in part, the profiles found by Graves et al. (2015), and expanding greatly on the cluster analytic results of Van den Broeck et al. (2013) and Moran et al. (2012).”
A Review of Self-Determination Theory’s Basic Psychological Needs at Work (2016, unknown): “…as, for example, professors may put effort in their teaching both because they enjoy it (i.e., intrinsic motivation) and because they see it as needed for tenure (i.e., external motivation; see also Moran, Diefendorff, Kim, & Liu, 2012; Van den Broeck, Lens, De Witte, & Van Coillie, 2013).”
Teachers' engagement in professional learning: Exploring motivational profiles (2014, methodology): “Finally, three studies found a profile in which values of motivational dimensions were moderate, and consequently labelled it ‘moderate motivation’ (Matsumoto & Takenaka, 2004; Moran et al., 2012; Ntoumanis, 2002).”
How Colleagues Can Support Each Other's Needs and Motivation: An Intervention on Employee Work Motivation (2018, background): “, 2007), job performance (Moran et al., 2012), and work satisfaction (Van den Broeck et al.”