On the temporal stability of self-determined work motivation profiles: a latent transition analysis |
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Authors: | Claude Fernet David Litalien Alexandre JS Morin Stéphanie Austin Marylène Gagné Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay |
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Institution: | 1. Département de gestion des ressources humaines, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canadaclaude.fernet@uqtr.ca;3. Département des fondements et pratiques en éducation, Université Laval, Québec, Canada;4. Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada;5. Département de gestion des ressources humaines, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada;6. Business School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia;7. Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis study extends the research and theory on work motivation by examining temporal stability and change in employees’ self-determined work motivation profiles and their differential relations to various predictors and outcomes. We gathered data at two time points over a 24-month period from a sample of 438 newly registered public health care nurses. Results of latent profile and latent transition analyses revealed four distinct profiles (strongly, moderately, self-determined, and poorly motivated), estimated from the position of global and specific behavioural regulations on the motivation continuum proposed by self-determination theory. These profiles were entirely stable at the within-sample level, although within-person changes in profile membership occurred for 30–40% of employees. Of particular interest, perceptions of job resources were consistently associated with greater likelihood of membership in the strongly and moderately motivated profiles. These profiles were also consistently associated with lower emotional exhaustion and intentions to leave the occupation and the organization and with higher in-role performance compared to the self-determined and poorly motivated profiles. |
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Keywords: | Work motivation self-determination theory job demands job resources latent profile analysis |
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