The role of supervisor autonomy support, organizational support, and autonomous and controlled motivation in predicting employees' satisfaction and turnover intentions

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-460

  Gillet, Nicolas ^a   Gagné, Marylène ^b   Sauvagère, Séverine ^a   Fouquereau, Evelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Motivation; Perceived organizational support; Satisfaction; Self Determination Theory; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882255574     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2012.665228     Document Type: Article

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