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On the global and specific nature of psychological need satisfaction and work motivation in predicting employees' wellbeing: a self-determination theory perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2022

Yael Blechman ,
István Tóth-Király Open the ORCID record for István Tóth-Király [Opens in a new window] ,
Lindsey R. Nadon ,
Claude Fernet Open the ORCID record for Claude Fernet [Opens in a new window]  and
Alexandre J. S. Morin
Yael Blechman
Affiliation:
Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
István Tóth-Király*
Affiliation:
Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Lindsey R. Nadon
Affiliation:
Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Claude Fernet
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
Alexandre J. S. Morin
Affiliation:
Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Author for correspondence: István Tóth-Király, E-mail: tothkiralyistvan@gmail.com, istvan.toth-kiraly@concordia.ca
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Abstract

Using data from 708 French-Canadian nurses, the present study relies on self-determination theory (SDT) and its proposed motivation mediation model to examine the associations between need satisfaction, work motivation, and various manifestations of psychological wellbeing (work satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intentions). To increase the precision and accuracy of these analyses, we relied on analytic approaches that explicitly account for the dual global/specific nature of both work motivation and need satisfaction. Results revealed that nurses' global psychological need satisfaction, and their specific autonomy and competence satisfaction, were positively associated with their global self-determined work motivation and specific intrinsic motivation. In turn, global self-determined work motivation and specific intrinsic motivation were associated with more desirable outcome levels. Nurses' global need satisfaction and specific autonomy satisfaction were also directly associated with more desirable outcome levels. Our results provided support for a partially mediated version of SDT's motivation mediation model.

Keywords

Bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (bifactor-ESEM)emotional exhaustionneed satisfactionnurseself-determination theory (SDT)wellbeingwork motivationwork satisfaction
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Research Article
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Journal of Management & Organization , First View , pp. 1 - 22
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management

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Since the first two authors (Y. B. and I. T.-K.) contributed equally to the preparation of this article, their order was determined at random; both should be considered first authors.

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