Self-determination theory posits that individuals are motivated at work when their inherent psychological needs for … competence, autonomy, and relatedness are satisfied. Drawing on this theory, this paper presents a new conceptual model … explaining how work meaningfulness influences effort at work. In our model, motivation decreases the disutility of exerting …

, matters to labour economists. Building on self-determination theory, which specifies the roles of autonomy, competence, and … relatedness as preconditions for motivation, we are the first to explore the determinants of work meaningfulness. Specifically …

of an exogenously administered change in beliefs in both of these dimensions on the motivation to learn. We find that …