The relationship between students’ motivation and their perceived amount of basic psychological need satisfaction – a differentiated investigation of students’ quality of motivation regarding biology

Senior executives’ decisions can have a substantial impact on their own lives, their families, their organizations’ workers and employees, and society. This quantitative study (1) investigated the relationship between basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) at work and psychological well-being (PWB) in 142 senior executives as antecedent of their decision making and (2) compared the results to two other managerial level samples of 260 managers and 445 employees. The results have implications for theory and practice. Our findings contribute the new theoretical perspectives of differences in the relationship between BPNS at work and PWB by managerial level and senior executives’ gender (‘complementarity effect’). In turn, our research provides evidence for practical organizational applications such as the design and implementation of effective human resource development programs based on BPNS. Our findings further underscore the importance of senior executive psychology as a field of academic inquiry and provide directions for future research focused on further improving senior executives’ optimal functioning.

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Basic psychological need satisfaction mediates the relationship between engaging leadership and work engagement: A cross‐national study

Human Resource Development Quarterly ◽

10.1002/hrdq.21366 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 453-471 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Vivi Gusrini Rahmadani ◽

Wilmar B. Schaufeli ◽

Tatiana Y. Ivanova ◽

Evgeny N. Osin

Keyword(s):

Work Engagement ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

National Study ◽

Psychological Need ◽

Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽

Cross National Study ◽

The Relationship ◽

Cross National ◽

Psychological Need Satisfaction

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The relationship between the perception of reduced performance due to injury or illness and basic psychological need satisfaction in Norwegian youth elite handball: a cross-lagged panel analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ◽

10.7146/sjsep.v3i.120880 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 76-82

Author(s):

Siv Gjesdal ◽

Christian Thue Bjørndal ◽

Live Steinnes Luteberget

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Structural Model ◽

Psychological Needs ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Basic Psychological Needs ◽

Psychological Need ◽

Time Points ◽

Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽

The Relationship ◽

Psychological Need Satisfaction

This study investigated the relationship between perceived reduction in performance due to injury or illness (RPII) and basic psychological need satisfaction in youth elite handball. Participants were 174 elite youth handball players between 15 to 18 years of age, from five different sport schools. It was a quantitative study, with two time points (one week apart), resulting in a crossed-lagged structural equation model. Competence and relatedness satisfaction were found invariant across the two time points, autonomy was not. The structural model showed good fit ((S- B χ²) = [df = 130, N= 174] = 182.327, p < .0017; CFI = .96; RMSEA = .05 [.03-.06], and SRMR = .08). Competence (β= .64, 95%CI: .51, .76), relatedness (β= .77, 95%CI: .66, .88) and RPII (β= .51, 95%CI: .37, .66) showed moderate temporal stability. When accounting for previous levels of the basic psychological needs, RPII negatively predicted competence (β= -.20, 95%CI: -.35, .83) and relatedness (β= -.16, 95%CI: -.30, -.01). Taken together, these findings suggest that experiencing RPII can have implications for basic psychological need satisfaction in youth elite handball, showing that factors other than psychosocial ones may play a role therein.

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