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Gagné, M.Jauvin, F., Forest, J.Coulombe, P. (2025) Why bonuses promote deviant behaviors: A self-­determination theory perspective. Human Resource Management, Advance online publication

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Gagné, M., Olafsen, A. H., Howard, J. L.Parker, S. (2025) What matters more for work motivation? Compensation or work design?. Motivation Science, Advance online publication

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Beierlein, J. J.McCoy, L. (2025) Creating and testing a personal finance motivation scale based on Self-Determination Theory. Financial Planning Review, 8 ,e70009

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Pheasant, B.Lynn, C. (2025) Harnessing client motivation: The power of autonomy support. Journal of Financial Planning,

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Enete, S.Chin, E. G. (2025) Personal worldview conviction is a missing piece in financial well-being. Financial Planning Review, 8 ,e70001

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Jin, S.Pei, J.Nian, P.Lu, W. (2025) Pay for individual performance and knowledge sharing: A new explanation based on the nonlinear effect. Journal of Business Research, 189 ,115161

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Schmidt, C. V. H.Gaßmann, P. S.McElvany, N.Flatten, T. C. (2025) Angel funding and entrepreneurs’ well-being: The mediating role of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Journal of Business Venturing, 40 ,106468

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Saini, M.Uppal, N., Howard, J. L. (2025) Perceived financial incentive salience and its undermining effect: A moderated-mediation model. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(1) ,e70000

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Riddell, H.Sedikides, C.,Gucciardi, D. F.Sezer, B. (2024) Goal motives, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, and the self-regulation of saving goals: A longitudinal investigation. Motivation Science, 10(1) ,28–39

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Dold, M.Lewis, P. (2024) Towards a liberal behavioural political economy: The constitutional approach and the role of capable agency. Review of Behavioral Economics, 11(2) ,183-209

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Howard, J. L. (2024) Guaranteed basic income from the perspective of self-determination theory. Journal of Management Studies, Advance online publication

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Jain, P.Mekhaimer, M.Spahr, R. W.Sunderman, M. A. (2024) Freedom of choice impact on country‐specific liquidity commonality. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Advance online publication

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Ferguson, R. J.Schattke, K.Paulin, M.Dong, W. (2024) Integrated self-determined motivation and charitable causes: The link to eudaimonia in humanistic management. Humanistic Management Journal, Advance Online ,1-11

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Shahrasbi, N.Rohani, M.Purmehdi, M.Ghatari, A. R. (2024) Self-determination theory and customer revenge behavior: explaining how customers regulate their anger and revenge behavior. The Journal of consumer marketing, 41(2) ,129-147

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King, R. B.Haw, J. Y.Wang, Y. (2024) Need-support facilitates well-being across cultural, economic, and political contexts: A self-determination theory perspective. Learning and Instruction, 93 ,101978

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Sun, X.Zhao, L. (2024) Conspicuous or inconspicuous consumption? Consumer’s goal-framing perspective on purchase intentions of fashion-branded NFTs in the virtual world. International Textile & Apparel Association, 81(1)

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Labelle, L., Robichaud, J-M.Kil, H.Roy, M. (2024) Associations between socioeconomic status, child risk factors, and parenting during guided learning. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 91 ,101633

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Rahi, S.Alghizzawi, M.Ngah, A. H. (2023) Factors influence user’s intention to continue use of e-banking during COVID-19 pandemic: the nexus between self-determination and expectation confirmation model. EuroMed journal of business, 18(3) ,380-396

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Martela, F.Lehmus-Sun, A.Parker, P. D.Pessi, A. B. (2023) Needs and well-being across Europe: Basic psychological needs are closely connected with well-being, meaning, and symptoms of Depression in 27 European countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4(5) ,501–514

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Ryan, R. M., DeHaan, C. R. (2023) In R. M. Ryan (Ed.), The social conditions for human flourishing: Economic and political influences on basic psychological needs. Oxford University Press The Oxford handbook of self-determination theory, ,1149-1170

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Zhang, F.Jin, X.Fan, L.Zhao, Y. (2023) Does subjective socioeconomic status moderate the effect of basic psychological need satisfaction on undergraduates’ affective forecasting?. Frontiers in Psychology, 14

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Gagné, M.Nordgren Selar, A.Sverke, M. (2023) In R. M. Ryan (Ed.), How important is money to motivate people to work?. Oxford University Press The Oxford handbook of self-determination theory, ,pp. 901-919

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Gong, YTang, X.Chang, E-C. (2023) Group norms and policy norms trigger different autonomous motivations for Chinese investors in cryptocurrency investment. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 10 ,521

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Park, R.Kim, J. (2022) Differential effects of autonomy on employee satisfaction and organizational performance depending on the type of financial incentives: evidence from a four-wave panel of Korean companies. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34(19) ,3656-3686

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Di Domenico, S. I., Ryan, R. M., Bradshaw, E. L.Duineveld, J. J. (2022) Motivations for personal financial management: A Self-Determination Theory perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 ,977818

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St-Onge, S.Legault, M-E. (2022) What can motivate me to keep working? Analysis of older finance professionals’ discourse using Self-Determination Theory. Sustainability, 14 ,484

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Khan, S. U.Wang, M.Khan, I. U.Liu, X. (2022) Evaluating stock trading behaviour: Information sources nexus through intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 27(3) ,2965-2976

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Inan, D. I.Hidayanto, A. N.Juita, R.Soemawilga, F. F. (2021) Service quality and Self-Determination Theory towards continuance usage intention of mobile banking. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 14(2) ,303-328

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Zajack, M. (2021) Work as a choice: Autonomous motivation and the basic income. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 14 ,597-599

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Park, H. (2021) Financial behavior among young adult consumers: The influence of self-determination and financial psychology. Young Consumers, 22(4) ,597-613

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Bitrián, P.Buil, I.Catalán, S. (2021) Making finance fun: the gamification of personal financial management apps. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 39(7) ,1310-1332

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Manganelli, S.Cavicchiolo, E.Lucidi, F.Galli, F. (2021) Differences and similarities in adolescents’ academic motivation across socioeconomic and immigrant backgrounds. Personality and Individual Differences, 182

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Fabian, M.Bring, R.De Neve, J-E. (2020) Eudaimonic well-being and the Trump vote: Unearthing the psychological roots of racialized economics. Brookings Insitution, May

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Gagné, M., Forest, J. (2020) Financial incentives to promote optimal work motivation: Mission impossible?. The Journal of Total Rewards, Q4 ,36-47

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Selar, A. N.Falkenberg, H.Hellgren, J., Gagné, M. (2020) “It’s [Not] All ‘Bout the Money”: How do performance-based pay and support of psychological needs variables relate to job performance?. Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 9 ,1-14

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White, C. J.Tong, E. (2019) On linking socioeconomic status to consumer loyalty behaviour. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 50 ,60-65

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Lonsdale, C.Lester, A.Owen, K. B.White, R. L. (2019) An internet-supported school physical activity intervention in low socioeconomic status communities: results from the Activity and Motivation in Physical Education (AMPED) cluster randomised controlled trial. , British Journal of Sports Medicine , 53(6) (pp. 341-347) doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097904

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Gul Gilal, F.Zhang, J.Paul, J.Gul Gilal, N. (2019) The role of self-determination theory in marketing science: An integrative review and agenda for research. European Management Journal, 37(1) ,29–44

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Parker, S. L.Bell, K., Gagné, M.Carey, K. (2019) Collateral damage associated with performance-based pay: the role of stress appraisals. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(5) ,691-707

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Weinstein, N., Stone, D. (2018) Need depriving effects of financial insecurity: Implications for well-being and financial behaviors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(10) ,1503-1520

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Kumar, R. R.Israel, D.Malik, G. (2018) Explaining customer’s continuance intention to use mobile banking apps with an integrative perspective of ECT and Self-determination theory. Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 10(2) ,79-112

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Shannon, S.Brennan, D.Hanna, D.Younger, A. (2018) The effect of a school-based intervention on physical activity and well-being: a non-randomised controlled trial with children of low socio-economic status. , Sports Medicine , 4(16) doi: 10.1186/s40798-018-0129-0

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Park, L. E.Ward, D. E.Naragon-Gainey, K. (2017) It’s all about the money (for some): Consequences of financially contingent self-worth. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(5) ,1-12

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Thibault-Landry, A., Gagné, M., Forest, J.Guerrero, S. (2017) The relation between financial incentives, motivation, and performance: An integrative SDT-based investigation. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 16 ,61-76

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Breslin, G., Shannon, S.Fitzpatrick, B.Hanna, D. (2017) Physical activity, well-being and needs satisfaction in eight and nine-year-old children from areas of socio-economic disadvantage. , Child Care in Practice , 23(3) (pp. 275-291) doi: 10.1080/13575279.2017.1299108

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Ryan, R. M., Di Domenico, S. I.Ryan, W. S., Deci, E. L. (2017) In F. Guay, H. W. Marsh, D. McInerney, & R. Craven (Eds.), Pervasive influences on wellness and thriving: Cultural, political, and economic contexts and the support of basic psychological needs. Information Age Press 6 ,199-232

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Santos, I.Ball, K.Crawford, D., Teixeira, P. J. (2016) Motivation and barriers for leisure-time physical activity in socioeconomically disadvantaged women. PLOS ONE, 11(1) ,e0147735

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Lonsdale, C.Lester, A.Owen, K. B.White, R. L. (2016) An Internet-supported physical activity intervention delivered in secondary schools located in low socio-economic status communities: Study protocol for the Activity and Motivation in Physical Education (AMPED) cluster randomized controlled trial. , BMC Public Health , 16(17) (pp. 1-15) doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2583-7

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Mulder, M. R.Joireman, J. (2016) Encouraging charitable donations via charity gift cards: A self-determination theoretical account. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 28(3) ,234-251

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Koen, J.Van Vianen, A. E. M.Van Hooft, E. A. J.Klehe, U-C. (2016) How experienced autonomy can improve job seekers’ motivation, job search, and chance of finding reemployment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 95-96 ,31-44

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Kuvaas, B.Buch, R., Gagné, M.Dysvik, A. (2016) Do you get what you pay for? Sales incentives and implications for motivation and changes in turnover intention and work effort. Motivation and Emotion, 40 ,667-680

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Gonzalez, M. G.Swanson, D. P., Lynch, M. F., Williams, G. C. (2016) Testing satisfaction of basic psychological needs as a mediator of the relationship between socioeconomic status and physical and mental health. Journal of Health Psychology, 21 ,972-982

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Guillen-Royo, M., Kasser, T. (2015) Personal goals, socio-economic context and happiness: Studying a diverse sample in Peru. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16(2) ,405-425

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Ferguson, R.Gutberg, J.Scattke, K.Paulin, M. (2015) Self-determination theory, social media and charitable causes: An in-depth analysis of autonomous motivation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45(3) ,298-307

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Olafsen, A. H., Halvari, H., Forest, J., Deci, E. L. (2015) Show them the money? The role of pay, autonomy support, and justice in a self-determination theory model of intrinsic work motivation. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 56(4) ,447-457

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Chen, B.Van Assche, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B. (2015) Does psychological need satisfaction matter when environmental or financial safety are at risk?. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16(3) ,745-766

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Jackson, B.Richman, L. S.LaBelle, O.Lempereur, M. S. (2015) Experimental evidence that low social status Is most toxic to well-being when internalized. Self and Identity, 14(2) ,157-172

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Di Domenico, S.Fournier, M. (2014) Socioeconomic status, income inequality, and health complaints: A basic psychological needs perspective. Social Indicators Research, 119 ,1679-1697

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Forest, J.Gilbert, M.-HBeaulieu, G.Le Brock, P. (2014) In M. Gagné (Ed.), Translating research results in economic terms: An application of economic utility analysis using SDT-based interventions. Oxford: Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Work Engagement, Motivation, and Self-Determination Theory, ,335-346

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Hagger, M. S.Keatley, D. A.Chan, D. C. K., Chatzisarantis, N. L. (2014) The goose is (half) cooked: A consideration of the mechanisms and interpersonal context is needed to elucidate the effects of personal financial incentives on health behaviour. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine,

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Cerasoli, C. P.Nicklin, J. M.Ford, M. T. (2014) Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic incentives jointly predict performance: A 40-year meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 140(4) ,980-1008

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Moller, A. C., Deci, E. L. (2014) In E. Bijleveld, & H. Aarts (Eds.), The psychology of getting paid: An integrated perspective. Springer The psychological science of money, ,189–211

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Martos, T.Kopp, M. S. (2012) Life goals and well-being: Does financial status matter? Evidence from a representative Hungarian sample. Social Indicators Research, 105 ,561-568

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National Research Council (2011) In M. Hout and S. W. Elliott (Eds.), Incentives and test-based accountability in education. National Academy Press

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Stone, D.Bryant, S. M.Wier, B. (2010) Why are financial incentive effects unreliable? An extension of self-determination theory. Behavioral Research in Accounting, 22(2) ,105-132

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Brown, K. W., Kasser, T., Ryan, R. M.Linley, P. A. (2009) When what one has is enough: Mindfulness, financial desire discrepancy, and subjective well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 43 ,727-736

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Stone, D.Bryant, S.Wier, B. (2008) Reducing materialism through financial literacy. The CPA Journal, 78 ,(online)

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Gagné, M., Forest, J. (2008) The study of compensation systems through the lens of self-determination theory: Reconciling 35 years of debate. Canadian Psychology, 49(3) ,225-232

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Stone, D.Wier, B.Bryant, S. (2007) Does financial literacy contribute to happiness?. The CPA Journal, 77

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Vansteenkiste, M.Lens, W.De Witte, S.De Witte, H. (2004) The “why” and “why not” of job search behavior: Their relation to searching, unemployment experience, and well-being. European Journal of Social Psychology, 34(3) ,345-363

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Dion, S., Pelletier, L. G., Green-Demers, I. (1996) Statut socio-économique et santé physique: le rôle modérateur de l’autodétermination. Science et Comportement, 25 ,183-206

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Kasser, T., Ryan, R. M. (1993) A dark side of the American dream: Correlates of financial success as a central life aspiration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65(2) ,410-422

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