Organizational Support, Job Resources, Soldiers’ Motivational Profiles, Work Engagement, and Affect

When considering studies that considered a broader set of behavioral regulations, despite some variations, results seem to converge on profiles characterized by: (a) high autonomous motivation and low controlled motivation and amotivation (HAu-LC-LAm), (b) high autonomous and controlled motivations and low amotivation (HAu-HC-LAm), (c) low autonomous motivation and high controlled motivation and a

“Still, when we consider these studies as well as those in which a broader set of behavioral regulations has been considered (Gillet, Becker et al., 2017;Gillet et al., 2018;Graves et al., 2015;Howard et al., 2016;Jansen in de Wal et al., 2014;Moran et al., 2012), despite some variations, the results seem to converge on profiles characterized by: (a) high levels of autonomous motivation, and low”

Person-centered studies have shown that controlled forms of motivation may sometimes be associated with positive outcomes, but only when accompanied by high levels of autonomous motivation.

“Even more precisely, person-centered studies have shown that controlled forms of motivation may sometimes be associated with positive outcomes, but only when accompanied by high levels of autonomous motivation (e.g., Gillet, Becker et al., 2017;Moran et al., 2012), underscoring the importance of studying behavioral regulations in combination.”

Some of these studies have also supported the importance of differentiating among more specific types of regulation by identifying profiles characterized by differentiated levels of introjected and external regulations.

“Some of these studies (Gillet, Becker et al., 2017;Moran et al., 2012) have also supported the importance of differentiating among more specific types of regulation by the identification of profiles characterized by differentiated levels of introjected and external regulations.”

The Value-Reward Self-Driven profile shares similarities with the Moderate Autonomous/Introjected/External profile identified by Gillet et al. (2018), with the Moderate profile identified by Gillet, Becker et al. (2017) and Moran et al. (2012), and with the Moderately Motivated profile identified by Jansen in de Wal et al. (2014).

“The Value-Reward Self-Driven profile was found to share similarities with the Moderate Autonomous/Introjected/External profile identified by Gillet et al. (2018), with the Moderate profile identified by Gillet, Becker et al. (2017) and Moran et al. (2012), and with the Moderately Motivated profile identified by Jansen in de Wal et al. (2014).”