Este artículo obedece a tres objetivos principales. Primero, cuestiona el uso generalizado de recompensas tangibles (bonos, premios, obsequios, etc.) o castigos para motivar a los empleados y hace referencia a diversas investigaciones que demuestran cómo este tipo de incentivos no promueve una...

This paper employs the three concepts of ‘gold’ (financial rewards), ‘ribbon’ (reputational/career rewards) and ‘puzzle’ (intrinsic satisfaction) to examine the extrinsic and intrinsic aspects of scientists’ motivation for pursuing commercial activities. The study is based on 36...

Der Beitrag untersucht auf Basis der Selbstbestimmungstheorie, wie Einflussgrößen des sozialen Kontexts Arbeitnehmervertreter und Arbeitnehmervertreterinnen zur Übernahme eines Aufsichtsratsmandats motivieren. Die Analyse von 29 teilstrukturierten Interviews zeigt ein breites...

The purpose of this article is to understand how to better leverage monetary rewards at work using Self-Determination Theory (SDT). According to SDT research, employees can ascribe different functional meaning to monetary rewards. When rewards take on an informative meaning, they positively...

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...

We demonstrate why meaningful work, i.e. job-related activities that individuals view as purposeful and worthwhile, 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...

We demonstrate why meaningful work, i.e. job-related activities that individuals view as purposeful and worthwhile, 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...