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Intrinsic Need Satisfaction: A Motivational Basis of Performance and Weil‐Being in Two Work Settings 1
Author(s) -
Baard Paul P.,
Deci Edward L.,
Ryan Richard M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02690.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , psychology , competence (human resources) , self determination theory , path analysis (statistics) , social psychology , work motivation , causality (physics) , perception , structural equation modeling , work (physics) , statistics , mathematics , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , political science , law , engineering
Studies in 2 work organizations tested a self‐determination theory based model in which employees' autonomous causality orientation and their perceptions of their managers' autonomy support independently predicted satisfaction of the employees' intrinsic needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness, which in turn predicted their performance evaluations and psychological adjustment. Path analysis indicated that the self‐determination theory model fit the data very well and that alternative models did not provide any advantage.