Topic
Autonomy, competence, relatedness
4 articles on this topic.
- Radojka Šolak10 min read
Engagement data is not neutral: when 57% of answers becomes the wrong conclusion about 100% of employees
If your response rate is 57%, did you measure employee engagement - or the engagement of the people still willing to talk to the organisation? The question is not how many answered, but who did not.
- Bojana Naumovski2 min read
Intrinsic motivation at work: myth, or something you can actually build?
How often have you heard that people “only work for the money”, or that motivation is something that has to be topped up from outside? There is something deeper going on - and yes, you can feel it at work, under certain conditions.
- Bojana Naumovski7 min read
Why pay matters, but does not create intrinsic motivation
Most managers assume the easiest way to raise motivation is to raise pay. Yet plenty of well-paid employees still feel tired, dissatisfied, or ready to leave. The relationship between money and motivation is not linear - and the research explains why.
- Bojana Naumovski3 min read
When chemistry happens at work: where does closeness become a problem?
Relatedness is one of the most important psychological needs people bring to work. But as with most things, too much closeness creates its own problem - especially where there is a difference in power.
