How job characteristics relate to need satisfaction and autonomous motivation: Implications for work effort

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1342-1352

  De Cooman, Rein ^a   Stynen, Dave ^a,b   Van den Broeck, Anja ^a   Sels, Luc ^a   De Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84879416131     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12143     Document Type: Article

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