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The goals of this study were to extend and to verify the generalizability of Deci et al.'s (1989) results, and to test the validity of a preliminary quality of worklife model in which feelings of self-determination play a key mediational role. This model states that informational and controlling...
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In this paper, we provide an analysis of the water sector in France. Together with a description of the specificities of water delivery and the collection and treatment of waste waters, we highlight three crucial points to understand "the French water school"": the organization of the sector,...
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This study examines the links between antecedents and consequences of Gabonese teachers' work motivation (N= 152). The … generalizability for the MMJB and SDT. Cette étude examine la nature des liens entre des antécédents et conséquences de la motivation …'attachement, plus la motivation des employés sera autodéterminée. Plus la motivation sera autodéterminée, meilleure sera la satisfaction …
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, customers' loyalty, etc.). Although motivation was proposed as an emotional labour predictor, measurement issues of this concept … (n = 223) a scale measuring motivation to regulate emotions at work. Confirmatory Factor Analyses supported globally the … presence of the different types of motivation postulated by the Self-determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985). Moreover, deep …
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We test the simple wealth maximization theory of quitting behavior on the German Socioeconomic Panel (1985-1993). We develop a new methodology to extract a consistent estimate of how the expected present value of one's job (including the non-pecuniary component) compares with outside...
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By reporting his satisfaction with his job or any other experience, an individual does not communicate the number of utils that he feels. Instead, he expresses his posterior preference over available alternatives conditional on acquired knowledge of the past. This new interpretation of reported...
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This study analyzes the impact of career plateau and job characteristics on people's attitudes or behaviors, but it also extends the traditional field of research on career plateau by taking into account the influence of factors linked to job characteristics on the relationship between career...
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We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent … increase. Changes in the composition of the workforce explain less than 25% of the rise in wage inequality. However …
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Nous étudions l'évolution récente de l'écart salarial entre les sexes chez les Canadiens nouvellement diplômés des études postsecondaires. Cette comparaison est intéressante car il s'agit d'un groupe relativement homogène de gens instruits, faisant partie d'une même cohorte et presque...
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In this paper, we empirically investigate Canadian initial public offerings (IPOs) to provide one case on the international evidence on the long-run performance of IPOs. Specifically, we examine whether the choice of a performance measurement methodology directly determines both the size and...
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