Keep the fire burning: Reciprocal gains of basic need satisfaction, intrinsic motivation and innovative work behaviour

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 491-504

  Devloo, Toon ^a   Anseel, Frederik ^a   De Beuckelaer, Alain ^a,b   Salanova, Marisa ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic need satisfaction; Innovative work behaviour; Intrinsic motivation; Reciprocal relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929607038     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.931326     Document Type: Article

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