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Self-Determination Theory and Workplace Outcomes : A Conceptual Review and Future Research Directions (2024)

McAnally, K., & Hagger, M. S. (2024). Self-Determination Theory and Workplace Outcomes : A Conceptual Review and Future Research Directions. Behavioral Sciences, 14(6), Article 428. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14060428

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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: McAnally, Kaylyn; Hagger, Martin S.

Lehti tai sarja: Behavioral Sciences

eISSN: 2076-328X

Julkaisuvuosi: 2024

Ilmestymispäivä: 22.05.2024

Volyymi: 14

Lehden numero: 6

Artikkelinumero: 428

Kustantaja: MDPI AG

Julkaisumaa: Sveitsi

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14060428

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Kokonaan avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/95208

Tiivistelmä

Adaptive workplace outcomes, such as employee work engagement, job performance, and satisfaction are positively associated with physical and psychological well-being, while maladaptive workplace outcomes, including work-related disengagement, dissatisfaction, stress, boredom, fatigue, and burnout, are negatively associated with well-being. Researchers have applied self-determination theory to identify key motivational correlates of these adaptive work-related determinants and outcomes. Research applying the theory has consistently indicated that autonomous forms of motivation and basic psychological need satisfaction are related to better employee performance, satisfaction, and engagement, while controlled forms of motivation and need frustration are associated with increased employee burnout and turnover. Forms of motivation have also been shown to mediate relations between need satisfaction and adaptive workplace outcomes. Despite support for these associations, a number of limitations in research in the field have been identified, which place limits on the inferences that can be drawn. Noted limitations encompass an over-reliance on single-occasion, correlational data; few fit-for-purpose tests of theory mechanisms; and a lack of consideration of key moderating variables. In the current conceptual review, we discuss these limitations in turn, with specific reference to examples from the extant research applying the theory in workplace contexts, and provide a series of recommendations we expect will set the agenda for future studies applying the theory in the workplace. Based on our review, we make three key recommendations: we stress the need for studies adopting experimental and longitudinal designs to permit better inferences (i.e., causal and directional), highlight the need for intervention research to explicitly test mediation effects to provide evidence for theory mechanisms, and outline some candidate moderators of theory effects, including workplace context, job type, pay structure, and causality orientations. We expect these recommendations to set an agenda for future research applying self-determination theory in workplace contexts with a view to filling the current evidence gaps and improving evidential quality.

YSO-asiasanat: työtyytyväisyys; työmotivaatio; itsemäärääminen; interventio; työpsykologia

Vapaat asiasanat: autonomous motivation; need support; behavioral intervention; occupation; job satisfaction

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2024

Alustava JUFO-taso: 1