scholarly journals Experiences of Honours Research Students and Supervisors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Study Framed by Self-Determination Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha N. Kumar ◽  
Elizabeth Summerell ◽  
Branka Spehar ◽  
Jacquelyn Cranney
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
Research Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

This study evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of Honours students (n = 21) and Honours supervisors (n = 41) at a major Australian university. Data were collected from voluntary, online, anonymous surveys, which included ratings of the pandemic’s impact on their 1) experience of Honours research activities, and 2) sense of relatedness, competence, autonomy, and wellbeing. Self-determination theory (SDT), which posits that the psychological needs of relatedness, competence, and autonomy lead to a sense of wellbeing, provided a theoretical framework for understanding student and supervisor experience during the pandemic. Both students and supervisors indicated significant impact of the pandemic on the students’ research projects, and the degree of perceived impact did not differ between students and supervisors. There was no relationship between the severity of impact and student or supervisor wellbeing. Student wellbeing was low, but the hypotheses that student SDT needs would not be met were only partly supported. Overall, the extent to which Honours students’ SDT needs were met predicted wellbeing; the outcome was similar for supervisors. Our hypothesis that SDT needs and wellbeing would be higher for supervisors than for students was supported. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed, including recommendations for Honours programs as we move through the current pandemic.

Improving service employee work affect: the transformative potential of work design

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven W. Rayburn
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Work Design ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Design Variables ◽  
Work Affect ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to employ Self-Determination Theory to explain the mediated impact of work design – empowerment and serial and investiture socialization – on employee work affect. The theory proposes fulfilment of three psychological needs – autonomy, competence, and relatedness – will mediate individuals' ability to achieve contextually relevant well-being. An empirical study tests this claim and exposes the structure of the mediating effects. Design/methodology/approach – Survey responses were collected from a sample of 239 front-line service employees using snowball data collection. SEM was used to test hypotheses. Findings – Findings suggest that empowerment and serial and investiture socialization are significantly differentially related to need fulfilment. Additionally, all forms of need fulfilment do not directly influence employee affect. Instead, there are both direct and interactive effects that work simultaneously to influence employees' positive work affect. Practical implications – This study exposes specific work design levers managers can manipulate to benefit employees. This research highlights the different effects of specific work design variables on employee work affect. Originality/value – This paper extends understanding of Self-Determination Theory by exposing the direct and interactive effects of need fulfilment on work affect for service workers. Also, it delivers a deeper exploration of the impact of work design on employees by modelling multiple work design variables as well as process variables simultaneously to provide a more detailed picture of how work design influences employee work affect.

scholarly journals Is self-determination good for your effectiveness? A study of factors which influence performance within self-determination theory

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0256558
Author(s):  
Michał Szulawski ◽  
Izabela Kaźmierczak ◽  
Monika Prusik
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
External Incentives ◽  
The Impact

Despite the vast body of studies within self-determination theory, the impact of factors which influence performance in experimental paradigm is still underresearched. The aim of the two studies presented in this paper was to investigate the impact of basic psychological needs on performance with the simultaneous presence of external incentives. Study 1 tested whether the satisfaction of competence and relatedness during task performance (while external incentives were present) can impact individual’s performance. Study 2, on the other hand, investigated whether the basic psychological needs and provision of external incentives can impact an individual’s performance. Moreover, in both studies the mechanisms behind the need–performance relationship was checked. Our results showed that out of the three basic needs, competence had the strongest positive impact on performance, which was partially mediated by the subjective evaluation of the levels of difficulty and intrinsic motivation. The weak relationship between relatedness and task performance was fully mediated by the level of intrinsic motivation.

Applying self-determination theory to explaining differences in career commitment between self-employed and salaried employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 593-619
Author(s):  
Martin Mabunda Baluku ◽  
Richard Balikoowa ◽  
Edward Bantu ◽  
Kathleen Otto
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Salaried Employment ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Based on self-determination theory, this study aims to examine the impact of satisfaction of basic psychological needs (BPNs) on the commitment to stay self- or salary-employed. Not only the entry of individuals but also their commitment to remain self-employed is important. Enterprises established by the self-employed can only survive longer if the owners are willing to continue in self-employment. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted among a cross-country sample drawn from Germany, Kenya and Uganda. An online survey was conducted among self- and salary-employed individuals in Germany. In Uganda and Kenya, cross-sectional samples were recruited through their workplaces and business forums. These processes yielded 869 responses (373 self-employed and 494 salary-employed). Differences in the impact of BPNs on the commitment to self-employed or salaried-employment across countries were examined using PROCESS macro 2.16. Findings The findings revealed that the self-employed exhibit higher commitment to their current form of employment than the salary-employed. The satisfaction of needs for autonomy and competence were associated with higher levels of commitment to self-employment than to salary-employment across the three countries. The need for relatedness was also strongly associated with commitment to self-employment much more than to salary-employment for Ugandan and Kenyan participants; but not for the German participants. Originality/value Persistence in self-employment is essential not only for individuals to remain employed but also as a pathway to achieving career success. However, research has paid limited attention to persistence in self-employment. This research contributes to the understanding of antecedents for commitment to self-employment across countries, and therefore what should be done to enable particularly young individuals to stay self-employed. Moreover, the study also examines whether these antecedents have similar effects among individuals in salaried-employment.

Needs frustration makes me silent: Workplace ostracism and newcomers’ voice behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 635-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Wu ◽  
Yongzheng Qu ◽  
Yihua Zhang ◽  
Shengyue Hao ◽  
Fangcheng Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Technology ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Workplace Ostracism ◽  
Practical Implications

AbstractEmploying self-determination theory, in this study, we explore how workplace ostracism (being ignored and excluded by others) affects newcomer’s voice behavior. Through an empirical study with 353 matched supervisor–subordinate pairs from a large high-technology company, we find that workplace ostracism has negative influence on newcomer’s both promotive and prohibitive voice through the mediating effect of psychological needs satisfaction. In addition, narcissism moderates the effects of ostracism on psychological needs satisfaction. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

The Effect of Social Networking Sites’ Activities on Customers’ Well-Being

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1086-1105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seonjeong (Ally) Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Number Of Customers ◽  
Practical Implications

With the growing number of customers engaged with social networking sites (SNSs), scholars have started investigating the effects of SNSs’ activities on customers’ well-being perceptions. However, the extant literature has not fully investigated SNSs’ activities that influenced customers’ well-being perceptions when customers shared their hotel experiences. This study explored the effectiveness of the well-being marketing to investigate SNSs’ activities that influenced customers’ psychological needs and impact of a sense of well-being on customers’ brand usage intent, based on self-determination theory in the context of the hotel industry. Results from this study provided theoretical and practical implications on the roles of SNS activities that led to customers’ well-being perceptions.

scholarly journals Exploring the utility of self-determination theory in complex interventions in multimorbidity: A qualitative analysis of patient experiences of the CARE Plus intervention

2019 ◽  
pp. 174239531988410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne McCallum ◽  
Cindy M Gray ◽  
Peter Hanlon ◽  
Rosaleen O’Brien ◽  
Stewart W Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
The Impact

Objectives CARE Plus is a primary-care-based complex intervention for patients with multimorbidity living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation. This study explores patients’ experience of the intervention and whether self-determination theory is useful to understand reported impacts. Method Thematic analysis of semistructured interviews of 14 participants conducted during a randomised controlled trial of CARE Plus. Improvement in wellbeing in daily lives following CARE Plus was estimated from participants’ accounts of their experiences of the intervention. Findings Participants valued the CARE Plus consultations irrespective of perceived improvements. Six participants reported changes in wellbeing that improved daily life, three reported slight improvement (not impacting daily life) and five no improvement. Evidence of satisfaction of the three major self-determination theory psychological needs – relatedness, competence and autonomy – was prominent in the accounts of those experiencing improved wellbeing in daily life; this group also spoke in ways congruent with more self-determined motivational regulation. These changes were not evident in those with little or no improvement in wellbeing. Discussion This study suggests self-determination theory has utility in understanding the impact of CARE Plus on patients and may be a useful theory to inform development of future interventions to improve outcomes for patients with multimorbidity.

Influence of relationship conflicts with leaders and coworkers on employees' voice

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Siyuan Chen ◽  
Mingyu Zhang ◽  
Yihua Zhang ◽  
Wen Wu ◽  
Zhimin Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Conflicts ◽  
Semiconductor Manufacturer ◽  
Practical Implications

Building on self-determination theory and relational attribution theory, in this study we examined how relationship conflicts with leaders and coworkers simultaneously affect employee voice behaviors. We expanded relational attribution theory by developing two new constructs we labeled leader-relational attribution orientation and coworker-relational attribution orientation to describe employees' different responses to relationship conflicts with leaders and coworkers via psychological needs satisfaction. We surveyed 328 employee–leader dyads who were employed at a semiconductor manufacturer to test our hypotheses. We found that leader-relational attribution orientation can strengthen the influences of relationship conflicts with leaders on psychological needs satisfaction and its indirect effects on employee voice behaviors. Coworker-relational attribution orientation can strengthen the influences of relationship conflicts with coworkers on psychological needs satisfaction and its indirect effects on employee voice behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Does Self-Determination Theory help explain the impact of social prescribing? A qualitative analysis of patients’ experiences of the Glasgow ‘Deep-End’ Community Links Worker Intervention

2019 ◽  
pp. 174239531984542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hanlon ◽  
Cindy M Gray ◽  
Nai Rui Chng ◽  
Stewart W Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Sense Of Competence ◽  
Social Prescribing ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Objectives The Links Worker Programme is a primary care-based social prescribing initiative in Glasgow, Scotland, targeting patients with complex needs in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation. The programme aims to improve wellbeing by connecting patients to appropriate community resources. This study explored the utility of Self-Determination Theory in understanding the reported impacts of the intervention. Methods Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 12 patients (34–64 years, six female) referred to Community Links Practitioners using Self-Determination Theory as a framework. Impact was assessed from participants’ description of their personal circumstances before and after interaction with the Community Links Practitioner. Results Four patients described no overall change in daily life, two described slight improvement and six described moderate or major improvement. Improvers described satisfaction of the three psychological needs identified in Self-Determination Theory: relatedness, competence and autonomy. This often related to greater participation in community activities and sense of competence in social interaction. Patients who benefitted most described a change towards more intrinsic regulation of behaviour following the intervention. Conclusions Understanding the impact of this social prescribing initiative was facilitated by analysis using Self-Determination Theory. Self-Determination Theory may therefore be a useful theoretical framework for the development and evaluation of new interventions in this setting.

scholarly journals Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: An Examination of Teleworkers’ and Office Workers’ Job Satisfaction Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402098551
Author(s):  
Eric Brunelle ◽  
Jo-Annie Fortin
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Although research on teleworking dates back about a decade, much remains unknown with regard to how teleworking impacts employees’ experience at work. Based on self-determination theory, this research seeks to understand the dynamics underlying the impact of teleworking on employees’ job satisfaction. The study was conducted in an organization with a formal teleworking program; 448 respondents (211 teleworkers and 237 office workers) completed an online questionnaire. The results of structural equation model analysis indicate that teleworking is a better way of meeting workers’ psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. In addition, our results indicate that there is a moderating effect on the relationship between these three types of psychological needs and employees’ job satisfaction, supporting the idea that the satisfaction of psychological needs does not operate in the same way for teleworkers and office workers.

Frustration and Violence in Mobile Video Games

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Petr Květon ◽  
Martin Jelínek
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Mobile Video ◽  
Violent Content ◽  
Before And After

Abstract. This study tests two competing hypotheses, one based on the general aggression model (GAM), the other on the self-determination theory (SDT). GAM suggests that the crucial factor in video games leading to increased aggressiveness is their violent content; SDT contends that gaming is associated with aggression because of the frustration of basic psychological needs. We used a 2×2 between-subject experimental design with a sample of 128 undergraduates. We assigned each participant randomly to one experimental condition defined by a particular video game, using four mobile video games differing in the degree of violence and in the level of their frustration-invoking gameplay. Aggressiveness was measured using the implicit association test (IAT), administered before and after the playing of a video game. We found no evidence of an association between implicit aggressiveness and violent content or frustrating gameplay.

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