dc.contributor.author | Van den Broeck, Anja | |
dc.contributor.author | Lens, Willy | |
dc.contributor.author | De Witte, Hans | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Coillie, Hermina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-19T09:56:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-19T09:56:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Van Den Broeck, A. et al. 2013. Unraveling the importance of the quantity and the quality of workers motivation for well–being: a person–centered perspective. Journal of vocational behavior, 82:69-78. [http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jvb#sthash.GWTZ9BoY.dpuf] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0001-8791 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1095-9084 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14284 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jvb#sthash.GWTZ9BoY.dpuf | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 a person-centered approach to identify workers' naturally occurring motivational profiles and compared them in terms of positive and negative aspects of worker well-being. Across a representative population sample (Sample 1) as well as two divergent samples of different organizations (Samples 2 and 3), four profiles were found: (1) a HA-HC profile characterized by high autonomous and high controlled motivation, (2) a HA-LC profile characterized by high autonomous and low controlled motivation, (3) a LA-HC profile typified by low autonomous and high controlled motivation and (4) a LA-LC profile characterized by low autonomous and low controlled motivation. In general, workers in the former two profiles (both scoring high on autonomous motivation) reported most job satisfaction, work enthusiasm/engagement and the lowest levels of strain/burnout. The latter two profiles (both scoring low on autonomous motivation) displayed the least optimal outcomes. Results seem to point at the importance of autonomous motivation. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Unraveling the importance of the quantity and the quality of workers motivation for well–being: a person–centered perspective | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 25966499 - Van den Broeck, Anja | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 13285440 - De Witte, Hans | |