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Unraveling the importance of the quantity and the quality of workers motivation for well–being: a person–centered perspective
(Elsevier, 2013)
The current study compares the quantitative and the qualitative viewpoints on work motivation by relying on Self-Determination Theory's differentiation between autonomous and controlled motivation. Specifically, we employed ...
Kan het daderschap van pesterijen verklaard worden via het job demands–resources model?
(Boom Lemma uitgevers, 2012)
Workplace bullying leads to negative consequences and should be prevented. Studies investigating antecedents of bullying showed however two shortcomings. First, they mainly focused on targets, so little is known about ...
How job characteristics relate to need satisfaction and autonomous motivation: implications for work effort
(Wiley, 2013)
To explore the motivational potential of job design, we linked job demands and job
resources, as defined in the job demands–resources model, to the motivational
process defined in self-determination theory. Specifically, ...
Cross–lagged associations between perceived external employability, job insecurity, and exhaustion: testing gain and loss spirals according to the conservation of resources theory
(Wiley, 2012)
This study investigates perceived external employability (PEE) as a personal resource in relation to job
insecurity and exhaustion. We advance the idea that PEE may reduce feelings of job insecurity and, through
felt job ...
Does positive affect buffer the associations between job insecurity and work engagement and psychological distress? A test among South African workers
(Wiley, 2013)
This study aims to respond to earlier calls to study well-known concepts, more specifically, job insecurity, in less traditional (i.e. non-European, non-US) settings, as well as factors that may mitigate the aversive ...
Does financial hardship explain differences between Belgian and South African unemployed regarding experiences of unemployment, employment commitment, and job search behaviour?
(Ubiquity Press, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Belgian and South African unemployed differed regarding three psychological dimensions of unemployment: affect (experiences of unemployment), attitudes (employment ...
Threat of losing valued job features: The role of perceived control in mediating the effect of qualitative job insecurity on job strain and psychological withdrawal
(Taylor &Francis, 2014)
Quantitative job insecurity, relating to threat of job loss, has received considerable research attention, but relatively little is known about qualitative job insecurity. The latter relates to uncertainty regarding valued ...
Perception of organization's value support and perceived employability: insights from self-determination theory
(Taylor & Francis/Routledge, 2014)
Perceived employability (PE; i.e. the worker's perception about available job opportunities) is portrayed as the upcoming resource for workers and organizations. However, organizations might particularly want to stimulate ...
Job and organizations: Explaining group level differences in job satisfaction in the banking sector
(2012)
Purpose
– This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of group level differences in job satisfaction. Specifically, the authors seek to understand the shared variance in job satisfaction at the group level of ...
The mediating role of frustration of psychological needs in the relationship between job insecurity and work related well–being
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
This study aims to test a new process underlying the negative relationship between job insecurity and work-related well-being. Specifically, based on Self-Determination Theory, frustration of the psychological needs for ...