The importance of universal psychological needs for understanding motivation in the workplace

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Promoting harmonious work passion among unmotivated employees: A two-nation investigation of the compensatory function of cooperative psychological climate (2018, background): “…and cultural boundaries, and to the extent that such universal needs are satisfied, individuals will experience more autonomous forms of motivation and positive psychological and behavioral outcomes despite cross-cultural differences (Baard et al., 2004; Deci & Ryan, 2014; Deci et al., 2001).”
EMPLOYEE RESILIENCE: DIRECTIONS FOR RESILIENCE DEVELOPMENT (2017, background): “…supports that a sense of control over aspects of one’s job (e.g., autonomy over task choice and scheduling) offsets stress and other negative feelings associated with work demands (e.g., Bakker, 2014) and enhances engagement by rendering work intrinsically motivating (e.g., Deci & Ryan, 2014).”
Teachers’ well-being and job satisfaction: the important role of positive emotions in the workplace (2021, background): “…level, the explanatory strength of each domain could benefit from consulting additional theoretical concepts, such as positive emotion theory (e.g. Fredrickson 2001), basic psychological needs or other workplace-related psychological frameworks (e.g. Deci and Ryan 2014; Bakker and Demerouti 2007).”