Unraveling the Importance of the Quantity and the Quality of Workers' Motivation for Well-Being: A Person-Centered Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Van den Broeck, Anja; Lens, Willy; De Witte, Hans; Van Coillie, Hermina
Titel	Unraveling the Importance of the Quantity and the Quality of Workers' Motivation for Well-Being: A Person-Centered Perspective
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82 (2013) 1, S.69-78 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2012.11.005
Schlagwörter	Motivation; Personal Autonomy; Well Being; Self Determination; Theories; Profiles; Job Satisfaction; Work Attitudes; Burnout; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Individuelle Autonomie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Selbstbestimmung; Theory; Theorie; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom
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. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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