Self-determination theory and basic need satisfaction: Understanding human development in positive psychology.

By Edward L. Deci, Maarten Vansteenkiste. 2004

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The dark side of experiencing job autonomy: Unethical behavior (2017, background): “According to SDT, the need for autonomy is conceptualized as the “universal urge to be causal agents, to experience volition, to act in accord with their integrated sense of self (i.e., with their interests and values)” (Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004, p. 25).”
On the relations among work value orientations, psychological need satisfaction and job outcomes: A self-determination theory approach. (2007, background): “First, in line with the current positive psychology movement that characterizes both the field of psychology in general (Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004; Seligman & Csikszentminhalyi, 2000; Sheldon & King, 2001) and occupational health psychology in particular (Schaufeli, 2004; Schaufeli & Bakker,…”
Motivation, Satisfaction, and Innate Psychological Needs (2012, background): “SDT describes the socio-context variables that assist and impede human motivation, performance, and development (Deci, Vallerand, Pelletier, & Ryan, 1991; Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004).”
Person-Centered Personality Theory: Support from Self-Determination Theory And Positive Psychology (2007, background): “A similar argument is made by Linley and Joseph (2004) and by Deci and Vansteenkiste (2004), who write: Although positive psychology researchers are working to identify factors that enhance individuals’ capacities, development, and well-being, only a few . . . fully embrace and utilize this…”
Test of a mediation model of psychological capital among hotel salespeople (2017, background): “Competence refers to “people’s inherent desire to be effective in dealing with the environment”, while autonomy refers to “people’s universal urge to be causal agents, to experience volition, to act in accord with their integrated sense of self” (Deci and Vansteenkiste, 2004, p. 25).”
Happiness and despair on the catwalk: Need satisfaction, well-being, and personality adjustment among fashion models (2007, background): “Study 1 In the first study, we measured the extent to which the three basic needs stipulated in self-determination theory (Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004; Ryan & Deci, 2002) were met in a group of professional fashion models versus a comparison group.”
Leadership and Fulfillment of the Three Basic Psychological Needs at Work. (2011, background): “…are so essential, transformational leaders could be a means of attracting the best employees and could as such be a competitive advantage, as people tend to orient toward those situations that allow satisfaction of the needs and away from those that thwart the need (Deci and Vansteenkiste, 2004).”
Do hotel employees really care for corporate social responsibility (CSR): a happiness approach to employee innovativeness (2021, background): “Based on the need satisfaction theory (Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004), we assumed that instrumental CSR composed of economic and legal CSR activities and operations at the workplace might influence employees’ hedonic happiness through basic need satisfaction.”
Perceived coach-autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the well- and ill-being of elite youth soccer players: A longitudinal investigation (2012, background): “BNT assumes that satisfaction of the three basic needs via interactions with the social environment can promote optimal functioning (Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004).”
The Validation of the German Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale in the Context of Mental Health (2018, background): “Several scholars (Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004; Sheldon & King, 2001) have suggested that the organismic-dialectical principles underlying Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000; Ryan & Deci, 2017), a broad theory on human motivation and growth, are fully compatible with and may even help…”
Implicit need for achievement moderates the relationship between competence need satisfaction and subsequent motivation (2010, background): “The need for autonomy ‘‘concerns people’s universal urge to be causal agents, to experience volition, to act in accord with their integrated sense of self (i.e., with their interests and values)” (Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004, p. 25).”
Self‐Determination Theory and the Relation of Autonomy to Self‐Regulatory Processes and Personality Development (2010, background): “For the past 35 years researchers within the SDT tradition have identified three basic psychological needs, namely autonomy, competence, and relatedness, each of which represents a distinct foundation for wellness (see Deci & Ryan, 1985b, 2000; Deci & Vansteenkiste, 2004; Ryan & Deci, 2000b).”