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Toward an Improved Understanding of Work Motivation Profiles

Tóth‐Király, István, Morin, Alexandre J.S., Bőthe, Beáta, Rigó, Adrien, Orosz, Gábor·2021·Applied Psychology
DOI 10.1111/apps.12256
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Abstract

The present research proposes an improved understanding of work motivation by identifying employees’ motivational profiles while taking into account the dual global and specific nature of work motivation proposed by self‐determination theory (SDT). To document the construct validity of these latent profiles, we relied on the circumplex model of employees’ well‐being to investigate whether they differed in terms of burnout, work satisfaction, and work addiction. Results from analyses conducted among a sample of 955 employees revealed five distinct profiles characterized by differing levels of global and specific forms of motivation: Intrinsically Motivated, Poorly Motivated, Driven, Conflicted, and Self‐Determined. Lower levels of burnout and work satisfaction were associated with profiles characterized by higher global levels of self‐determination and more autonomous forms of motivation, matching theoretical expectations. Interestingly, work addiction was highest in the Driven profile and lowest in the Self‐Determined profile, suggesting that autonomous forms of motivation are not always able to buffer the adverse effects of controlled forms of motivation. Our results also suggest that the specific qualities of work motivations are just as important as the global levels of self‐determination in the identification of work motivation profiles.

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Authors
Tóth‐Király, I., Morin, A. J. S., Bőthe, B., Rigó, A., & Orosz, G.
Affiliations
  • Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
  • Concordia University (CA)
  • Université de Montréal (CA)
Corresponding author
Tóth‐Király, István
ORCID
Venue
Applied Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-05-23
Volume
70
Issue
3
Pages
986-1017
ISSN
  • 0269-994X (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-0597
DOI
10.1111/apps.12256
OpenAlex
W3019165561
Semantic Scholar
22683df0946188aeeed39abccc57ca880a89db8e
Cited by
40
References
97
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7
FWCI
7.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Concordia University
  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Société et Culture (Postdoctoral fellowship from the SCOUP Team – Se)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (435‐2018‐0368)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Keywords
employee motivation, motivational profiles, self-determination theory, autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, burnout, job satisfaction, workaholism, employee well-being, latent profiles

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