Work motivation as a determinant of organisational and professional commitment in temporary organisations: theoretical lenses and propositions | Zendy

Ravikiran Dwivedula | Zendy; Christophe Bredillet | Zendy; Ralf Müller | Zendy

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Work motivation as a determinant of organisational and professional commitment in temporary organisations: theoretical lenses and propositions

Author(s) -

Ravikiran Dwivedula,

Christophe Bredillet,

Ralf Müller

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of project program and portfolio management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1838-7845

DOI - 10.5130/pppm.v4i1.2610

Subject(s) - organizational commitment , continuance , normative , work motivation , work (physics) , psychology , process (computing) , cognitive evaluation theory , social psychology , task (project management) , public relations , self determination theory , management , political science , economics , computer science , autonomy , mechanical engineering , law , engineering , operating system

The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical framework to investigate the relationship between work motivation, organisational commitment and professional commitment in temporary organisations. Through a review of theory, we contend that work motivation has two major patterns — internal motivation (which includes intrinsic, need-based and self-deterministic theories), and external motivation (which includes cognitive or process-based theories of motivation) through which it has been investigated. We also hold the nature of employee commitment to be of three types — affective, continuance and normative. This commitment may be towards either the organisation or the profession. A literature review revealed that the characteristics of the temporary organisation — specifically tenure and task — regulate the relationship between work motivation, organisational commitment and professional commitment. Testable propositions are presented

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