Cited by 434Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsHuman Behavior and Motivation

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 213 of the 213 references it cites were found in a registry or an index; 92 of the 289 sources its claims cite were checked for support.

Understanding and shaping the future of work with self-determination theory

Open access
Gagné, Marylène, Parker, Sharon K., Griffin, Mark A., Dunlop, Patrick D., Knight, Caroline, Klonek, Florian E., Parent-Rocheleau, Xavier·2022·Nature Reviews Psychology

Abstract

Self-determination theory has shaped our understanding of what optimizes worker motivation by providing insights into how work context influences basic psychological needs for competence, autonomy and relatedness. As technological innovations change the nature of work, self-determination theory can provide insight into how the resulting uncertainty and interdependence might influence worker motivation, performance and well-being. In this Review, we summarize what self-determination theory has brought to the domain of work and how it is helping researchers and practitioners to shape the future of work. We consider how the experiences of job candidates are influenced by the new technologies used to assess and select them, and how self-determination theory can help to improve candidate attitudes and performance during selection assessments. We also discuss how technology transforms the design of work and its impact on worker motivation. We then describe three cases where technology is affecting work design and examine how this might influence needs satisfaction and motivation: remote work, virtual teamwork and algorithmic management. An understanding of how future work is likely to influence the satisfaction of the psychological needs of workers and how future work can be designed to satisfy such needs is of the utmost importance to worker performance and well-being. Technology is changing the nature of work by enabling new forms of automation and communication. In this Review, Gagné et al. describe how self-determination theory can help researchers and practitioners to shape the future of work to ensure that it meets the psychological needs of workers.

Overview

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1038/s44159-022-00056-w

Cites

213 of 213 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Nothing to recompute.

Verification

Claims the paper makes

70 No full text of the sources · 59 Own interpretation · 40 Partly supported · 20 Supported · 12 Sources not found · 7 Not checked yet · 5 No basis given · 4 Supported so far · 2 Couldn’t confirm · 1 Mixed support · accuracy not yet measured

Show all 110 claims

  • Probably not a substantial claim. 38
  • It may state two separate claims as one. 85
110 of 110
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Technology will continue to change the nature of work across many industries.

    “The nature of work is changing as technology enables new forms of automation and communication across many industries.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Basic psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness are critical determinants of work motivation.

    “However, these needs are critical determinants of work motivation.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Informational feedback enhances intrinsic motivation because it provides information about one's competence.

    “Informational feedback can enhance intrinsic motivation because it provides information about one’s competence.”
  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    The current trend for working from home will continue.

    “if the current trend for working from home continues”
4 of 4

Citations

Cites

Show all 201 references

Research works printed but not linked: 10

  1. McGraw, K. O. in The Hidden Costs of Reward (eds Lepper. M. R. & Greene, D.) 33–60 (Erlbaum, 1978).
  2. Van Dijk, J. The Digital Divide (Wiley, 2020).
  3. Van Den Bos, K. & Lind, E. A. in Handbook of the Uncertain Self (eds Arkin, R. M., Oleson, K. C. & Carroll, P. J.) 122–141 (Routledge, 2013).
  4. Lukacik, E.-R., Bourdage, J. S. & Roulin, N. Into the void: a conceptual model and research agenda for the design and use of asynchronous video interviews. Hum. Resour. Manag. Rev. 32, 100789 (2020).
  5. Alexander, A. L., Brunyé, T. T., Sidman, J. & Weil, S. A. From Gaming to Training: A Review of Studies on Fidelity, Immersion, Presence, and Buy-in and Their Effects on Transfer in PC-Based Simulations and Games (DARWARS Training Impact Group, 2005).
  6. Mohlmann, M. & Zalmanson, L. in Proc. Int. Conf. Inf. Syst. 1–17 (ICIS, 2017).
  7. Aiello, J. R. & Shao, Y. in Human–Computer Interaction: Applications and Case Studies (eds Smith, M. J. & Salvendy, G.) 1011–1016 (Elsevier Science, 1993).
  8. Stone, E. F. & Stone, D. L. in Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management Vol. 8 (eds Ferris, G. R. & Rowland, K. M.) 349–411 (JAI, 1990).
  9. De Tienne, K. B. & Abbott, N. T. Developing an employee-centered electronic monitoring system. J. Syst. Manag. 44, 12–13 (1993).
  10. Stark, D. & Pais, I. Algorithmic management in the platform economy. Sociologica 14, 47–72 (2020).

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Items 301–400 of 424

Metadata

Authors
Gagné, M., Parker, S. K., Griffin, M. A., Dunlop, P. D., Knight, C., Klonek, F. E., & Parent-Rocheleau, X.
Affiliations
Curtin University (AU)
Corresponding author
Gagné, Marylène
Venue
Nature Reviews Psychology
Published
2022-05-10
Volume
1
Issue
7
Pages
378-392
ISSN
2731-0574 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4229457720
Cited by
434
References
201
Citations by year
2026: 151 · 2025: 139 · 2024: 91 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 8
FWCI
11.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
Keywords
self-determination theory, future of work, employee motivation, basic psychological needs, competence, autonomy, relatedness, job selection, remote work, virtual teamwork, algorithmic management, job design, employee well-being, workplace technology

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-09-28, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).

A second model labelled each claim on 2026-09-28 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).

Cited sources are checked with a language model’s help (gpt-6-sol).

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review