Friendship is a consistent correlate of happiness, yet less is known about the associations of friendship specific experiences and feelings with happiness. In this study (n = 4,382) the roles of perceived responses to capitalization attempts, perceived mattering to and satisfaction of basic...

This paper explores the impact of participation in the strategy development process on managers’ creation of budgetary slack. It is proposed that a participative strategy development process affects budgetary slack through the mediating effect of the managers’ autonomous motivation to attain...

This study explored the relation between social beliefs, organizational justice evaluation, and learning motivation. Three hypotheses were tested. Hypothesis 1 suggested that justice evaluation is negatively related to amotivation and positively related to intrinsic learning motivation....

In order to promote the generation of market breakthroughs and disruptive innovation, organizations increasingly promote grassroots innovation, i.e. the emergence of innovative ideas from their whole employee base. Despite this surge in interest in grassroots innovation, there is a lack of...

Purpose – With their specific characteristics, religious orders provide an interesting environment that can be used to deepen the understanding and dynamics of work motivation in the public sector. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper empirically...

The aim of the paper is to demonstrate how a humanistic style of management may lead to the achievement of social goals and development of a sense of responsibility. These two elements are attached to one of the three principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR): the managerial...

Purpose – The purpose of this exploratory, empirical study is to identify motivations for expatriation among religious and humanitarian (R&H) workers. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 158 active expatriate Christian R&H workers from 25 countries, representing 48 international...

This study focuses on the relevance of spirituality as an essential element for the Good Life. Despite spirituality’s prominence in people’s lives and cultures, it has been mostly neglected in psychological needs theories. This paper investigates the value of spirituality compared to that of...

Subjective vitality is an indicator of eudaimonic well-being that refers to the feeling of being alive and full of energy. According to Self-Determination Theory (SDT), awareness of what is truly occurring in the present is conducive to subjective vitality. The current study examined the...

Adolescent conspicuous consumption attitudes are perversely rooted in human relationships and interfere with personal growth and engagement in adult roles. Negative associations between parental caring and conspicuous consumption could be evidence of a compensatory motive to seek for the passing...