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Employees' motivational orientation and well‐being at work
Katariina Salmela-aroJari-erik Nurmisubject
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Managementbusiness.industryStrategy and Managementmedia_common.quotation_subjectPublic sectorSelf-esteemGeneral Decision SciencesEmployee motivationBurnoutEducational institutionDienerManagement of Technology and InnovationWell-beingPsychologybusinessHobbySocial psychologymedia_commondescription
This study utilises a person‐oriented view to examine what kind of motivational orientations employees have, and how they contribute to their well‐being. Two separate studies were carried out. A total of 286 white‐collar workers employed in a public sector educational institution in a middle‐sized town in Central Finland participated in the first study (116 men and 170 women). All the participants filled in Little's Personal Project Analysis and burnout inventory, a work ability index, Beck's Depression and Diener's Satisfaction with life scales. Analysis of the results found four motivational orientations, work‐, self‐, hobby‐ and health‐orientations among the employees. The work‐orientation was related to burnout and low working ability, the self‐orientation was related to depression and burnout, and the hobby‐ and health‐orientations were related to high life‐satisfaction. Study 2, conducted among 186 IT workers replicated the main results. The results are discussed in relation to workaholism and well‐being at work.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-10-01 | Journal of Organizational Change Management |