Capturing autonomy, competence, and relatedness at work: Construction and initial validation of the Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction scale

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 981-1002

  Van den Broeck, Anja ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   De Witte, Hans ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b   Lens, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 78650079057     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317909X481382     Document Type: Article

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