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Huyghebaert-Zouaghi, T., Morin, A. J. S., Ntoumanis, N., Thomas, J., & Gillet, N. (2025). Subordinates' perceptions of the need- supportive, need-thwarting, and need- indifferent behaviors used by their supervisors: A person-centered investigation. Applied Psychology, 74, e12573. doi: 10.1111/apps.12573

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Lobaton Gonzales, L., Matos, L., Van den Broeck, A., & Burga, A. (2024). Evidence of validity and reliability of the controlling motivational style questionnaire in the work context. Heliyon, 10, e25478. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25478

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Schoofs, L. K., Maunz, L. A., & Glaser, J. (2024). Multi-level effects of authentic leadership on self-actualization at work – the mediating roles of authentic followership and basic psychological need satisfaction. Current Psychology, 43, 14494–14505. doi: 10.1007/s12144-023-05480-6

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Firzly, N., Goulet-Pelletier, J-C., Pelletier, L. G., & Lagacé, M. (2024). Antecedents of mentors’ interpersonal behaviors at work: A cross-sectional study. The Career Development Quarterly, Advance online publication doi: 10.1002/cdq.12364

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Nair, R., Shmon, T., Neufeld, A., Malin, G., & McKague, M. (2024). When medical students are autonomously motivated to mentor: A pilot study on confidence in clinical teaching and psychological well-being. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 15(4), 56-62. doi: 10.36834/cmej.77991

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Kohnen, D., De Witte, H., Schaufeli, W. B., Dello, S., Bruyneel, L., & Sermeus, W. (2024). Engaging leadership and nurse well-being: The role of the work environment and work motivation—a cross-sectional study. Human Resources for Health, 22(8) doi: 10.1186/s12960-023-00886-6

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Lauer, S., & Wilkesmann, U. (2024). The mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction between transformational leadership and work motivation of predoctoral researchers at German professorships. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 24(8), 122-137. doi: 10.33423/jhetp.v24i8.7204

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Forest, J., Gadito Dubord, M-A., Olafsen, A. H., & Carpentier, J. (2023). doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197600047.013.45

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Huyghebaert-Zouaghi, T., Morin, A. J. S., Ntoumanis, N., Berjot, S., & Gillet, N. (2023). Supervisors’ interpersonal styles: An integrative perspective and a measure based on self-determination theory. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 72(3), 1097-1133. doi: 10.1111/apps.12423

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Kaabomeir, N., Mazhari, K., Arshadi, N., & Karami, M. (2023). . In , How supervisors can support employees' needs and motivation? an experimental study based on SDT (Vol 42, pp. 17206–17218). : . doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-02922-5

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Meng, L., Lin, X., Du, J., Zhang, X., & Lu, X. (2023). Autonomy support and prosocial impact facilitate meaningful work: A daily diary study. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 538-553. doi: 10.1007/s11031-023-10006-5

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Huyghebaert-Zouaghi, T., Gillet, N., Fernet, C., Thomas, J., & Ntoumanis, N. (2023). Managerial predictors and motivational outcomes of workers' psychological need states profiles: A two-wave examination. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(2), 216-233. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2022.2127354

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Van den Broeck, A., & Slemp, G. (2023). doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197600047.013.47

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De Clerck, T., Haerens, L., Devos, G., & Willem, A. (2023). A self-determination theory perspective on how autonomy-supportive and chaotic leadership relate to volunteers' need-based experiences and turnover intentions: A variable-centered and person-centered approach. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 34(4), 777-800. doi: 10.1002/nml.21591

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De Clerck, T., Haerens, L., Van Dyck, D., Devos, G., & Willem, A. (2023). . In , Professionalizing all-volunteer nonprofit organizations: An intervention study based on the competing values framework and self-determination theory (Vol 37(1), pp. 39-57). : . doi: 10.1108/JOCM-01-2023-0028

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Zhang, Z., Ni, G., Lin, H., Li, Z., & Zhou, Z. (2023). Linking empowering leadership to work-related well-being and project citizenship behavior in the construction context: A self-determination perspective. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 16(2) doi: 10.1108/IJMPB-10-2021-0288

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Alamer, A., & Al Sultan, H. (2022). The role of basic psychological needs on volunteering and national responsibility during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the context of Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Education, 7, 944048. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.944048

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Sandrin, E., Morin, A. J. S., Fernet, C., Huyghebaert-Zouaghi, T., Suarez, M., Duarte, F., & Gillet, N. (2022). Nature, predictor, and outcomes of motivation trajectories during a professional training program. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 31(2), 226-244. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2021.1950140

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De Clerck, T., Willem, A., De Cocker, K., & Haerens, L. (2022). Toward a refined insight into the importance of volunteers’ motivations for need-based experiences, job satisfaction, work effort, and turnover intentions in nonprofit sports clubs: A person-centered approach. Voluntas, 33, 807–819. doi: 10.1007/s11266-021-00444-5

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Firzly, N., Chamandy, M., Pelletier, L. G., & Lagace, M. (2022). An examination of mentors’ interpersonal behaviors and mentees’ motivation, turnover intentions, engagement, and well-being. Journal of Career Development, 49(6), 1317-1336. doi: 10.1177/08948453211039286

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Fernet, C., Gillet, N., Austin, S., Trépanier, S-G., & Drouin-Rousseau, S. (2021). Predicting nurses' occupational commitment and turnover intention: The role of autonomous motivation and supervisor and coworker behaviors. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(8), 2611-2619. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13433

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Sarmah, P., Van den Broeck, A., Schreurs, B., Proost, K., & Germeys, F. (2021). Autonomy supportive and controlling leadership as antecedents of work design and employee well-being. Business Research Quarterly, 25(1), 1-18. doi: 10.1177/23409444211054508

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Kaplan, H. (2021). Promoting optimal induction to beginning teachers using Self-Determination Theory. SAGE Open, 11(2), 1-14. doi: 10.1177/21582440211015680

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Levesque, C. S. (2021). Student-centered pedagogy and course transformation at scale: Facilitating faculty agency to IMPACT institutional change. : .

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Bureau, J. S., Gagné, M., Morin, A.J.S., & Mageau, G. A. (2021). Transformational leadership and incivility: A multilevel and longitudinal test. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 448-473. doi: 10.1177/0886260517734219

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Slemp, G., Lee, M. A., & Mossman, L. H. (2021). . In , Interventions to support autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs in organizations: A systematic review with recommendations for research and practice: . doi: 10.1111/joop.12338

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van Tuin, L., Schaufeli, W. B., & Van den Broeck, A. (2021). Engaging leadership: Enhancing work engagement through intrinsic values and need satisfaction. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 32(4), 483-505. doi: 10.1002/hrdq.21430

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Levesque-Côté, J., Fernet, C., Morin, A. J. S., & Austin, S. (2020). On the motivational nature of authentic leadership practices: a latent profile analysis based on self-determination theory. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 42(2), 178-194. doi: 10.1108/LODJ-12-2019-0522

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Jungert, T., Schattke, K., Proulx, F. A., Taylor, G., & Koestner, R. (2020). Whose autonomy support is more effective? Managers' or Co‐Workers’? An experimental comparison of source and occupational context on intrinsic motivation. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Advance Online First doi: 10.1002/cjas.1598

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Orsini, C., & Rodrigues, V. (2020). Supporting motivation in teams working remotely: The role of basic psychological needs. Medical Teacher, 42(7), 828-829. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1758305

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Kanat-Maymon, Y., Elimelech, M., & Roth, G. (2020). Work motivations as antecedents and outcomes of leadership: Integrating self-determination theory and the full range leadership theory. European Management Journal, 38, 555-564. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2020.01.003

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Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2019). Research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is alive, well, and reshaping 21st-century management approaches: Brief reply to Locke and Schattke (2019). Motivation Science, 5(4), 291-294. doi: 10.1037/mot0000128

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Lumpkin, A., & Achen, R. M. (2018). Explicating the synergies of self-determination theory, ethical leadership, servant leadership, and emotional intelligence. Journal of Leadership Studies, 12(1), 1-83. doi: 10.1002/jls.21554

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Huyghebaert, T., Gillet, N., Fernet, C., Lahiani, F.-J., Chevalier, S., & Fouquereau, E. (2018). Investigating the longitudinal effects of surface acting on managers' functioning through psychological needs. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23, 207-222. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000080

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Fowler, S. (2018). Toward a new curriculum of leadership competencies: Advances in motivation science call for rethinking leadership development. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 20(2), 182–196. doi: 10.1177/1523422318756644

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Adachi, P. J. C., Ryan, R. M., Frye, J.,, McClurg, D., & Rigby, C. S. (2018). “I can’t wait for the next episode!” Investigating the motivational pull of television dramas through the lens of self-determination theory. Motivation Science, 4(1), 78-94. doi: 10.1037/mot0000063

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Slemp, G., Kern, M. L., Patrick, K. J., & Ryan, R. M. (2018). Leader autonomy support in the workplace: A meta-analytic review. Motivation and Emotion, 42, 706-724. doi: 10.1007/s11031-018-9698-y

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Dubreuil, P., & Forest, J. (2017). Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life: A strengths-based leadership approach to optimal functioning at work. In K. Kelloway, K., Nielsen, & J. Dimoff (Eds.), Leading to Occupational Health and Safety (pp. 281-306). Toronto: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Lewis, V., Ryan, R. M., Martina, C. A., McDermott, M. P., Chaudron, L., Trief, P. M., La Guardia, J. G., Sharp, D., Goodman, S. R., & Morse, G. D. (2017). . In , Mentoring interventions for underrepresented scholars in biomedical and behavioral sciences: Effects on quality of mentoring interactions and discussions (Vol 16(3), pp. ar44). : . doi: 10.1187/cbe.16-07-0215

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Nilsen, E. R., Olafsen, A. H., Steinsvag, A. G., Halvari, H., & Grov, E. K. (2016). Stuck between a rock and a hard place: The work situation for nurses as leaders in municipal health care. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 9, 153—161. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S100640

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Lewis, V., Martina, C. A., McDermott, M. P., Trief, P. M., Goodman, S. R., Morse, G. D., La Guardia, J. G., Sharp, D., & Ryan, R. M. (2016). . In , A randomized controlled trial of mentoring interventions for underrepresented minorities (Vol 91(7), pp. 994-1001). : . doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001056

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Fernet, C., Austin, S., Gagné, M., & Forest, J. (2015). Extending the scope of the motivational effect of transformational leadership on employee functioning: The role of employees’ perceived job characteristics and motivation. Work and Stress, 29, 11-31. doi: 10.1080/02678373.2014.1003998

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Fernet, C., Trépanier, S.-G., Austin, S., Gagné, M., & Forest, J. (2015). Transformational leadership and optimal functioning at work: On the mediating role of employees’ perceived job characteristics and motivation. Work and Stress, 29, 11-31. doi: 10.1080/02678373.2014.1003998

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Janssen, S., Van Vurren, M., & De Jong, M. D. T. (2014). Motives to mentor: Self-focused, protégé-focused, relationship-focused, organization-focused, and unfocused motives. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85, 266-275. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.08.002

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Smith, J. J., Morgan, P. J., Plotnikoff, R. C., Dally, K. A., Salmon, J., Okely, A. D., . . ., & Lubans, D. R. (2014). . In , Rationale and study protocol for the ‘Active Teen Leaders Avoiding Screen-time’ (ATLAS) group randomized controlled trial: An obesity prevention intervention for adolescent boys from schools in low-income communities (Vol 37(1), pp. 106-119). : . doi: doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.11.008

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Mosteller, J., & Mathwick, C. (2014). Reviewer online engagement: The role of rank, well-being, and market helping behavior. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 31, 464-474. doi: 10.1108/jcm-05-2014-0974

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Sweeney, J. C., Webb, D., Mazzarol, T. W., & Soutar, G. N. (2014). Self-determination theory and word of mouth about energy-saving behaviors: An online experiment. Psychology and Marketing, 31, 698-716. doi: 10.1002/mar.20729

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Williams, G. C., Halvari, H., Niemiec, C. P., Sorebo, O., Olafsen, A. H., & Westbye, C. (2014). Managerial support for basic psychological needs, somatic symptom burden and work-related correlates: A self-determination theory perspective. Work & Stress, 28(4), 404-419. doi: 10.1080/02678373.2014.971920

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Wang, Z., & Gagné, M. (2013). A Chinese-Canadian cross-cultural investigation of transformational leadership, autonomous motivation and collectivistic value. Journal of Leadership and Organization Studies, 20, 134-142. doi: 10.1177/1548051812465895

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Roche, M., & Haar, J. M. (2013). A metamodel approach towards self- determination theory: a study of New Zealand managers' organisational citizenship behaviours. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(18), 3397-3417. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.770779

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Webb, D., Soutar, G. N., Mazzarol, T., & Saldaris, P. (2013). Self-determination theory and consumer behavioural change: Evidence from a household energy-saving behaviour study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 35, pp. 59-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.04.003

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Trepanier, S, Fernet, C., & Austin, S. (2012). Social and motivational antecedents of perceptions of transformational leadership: A self-determination theory perspective. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 44, 272-277. doi: 10.1037/a0028699

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Lian, H., Ferris, D. L., & Brown, D. J. (2012). Does taking the good with the bad make things worse? How abusive supervision and leader–member exchange interact to impact need satisfaction and organizational deviance. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 117, 41–52.

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Moreau, E., & Mageau, G. A. (2012). The importance of perceived autonomy support for the psychological health and work satisfaction of health professionals: Not only supervisors count, colleagues too!. Motivation and Emotion, 36, 268-286. doi: 10.1007/s11031-011-9250-9

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Kovjanic, S., Schuh, S. C., Jonas, K., Van Quaquebeke, N., & Van Dick, R. (2012). How do transformational leaders foster positive employee outcomes? A self-determination-based analysis of employees’ needs as mediating links. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33, 1031-1052. doi: 10.1002/job.1771

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Hetland, H., Hetland, J., Andreassen, C. S., Pallesen, S., & Notelaers, G. (2011). Leadership and fulfillment of the three basic psychological needs at work. Career Development International, 16, 507-523.

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Eyal, O., & Roth, G. (2011). Principals’ leadership and teachers’ motivation: Self-determination theory analysis. Journal of Educational Administration, 49(3), 256-275.

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DeVoe, S. E., & Pfeffer, J. (2010). The stingy hour: How accounting for time affects volunteering. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 470-483.

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Hardré, P. L., & Reeve, J. (2009). . In , Training corporate managers to adopt a more autonomy-supportive motivating style toward employees: An intervention study (Vol 13(3), pp. 165-184). : . doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2009.00325.x

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Stone, D., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2009). Beyond talk: Creating autonomous motivation through self-determination theory. Journal of General Management, 34, 75-91. doi: 10.1177/030630700903400305

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Millette, V., & Gagné, M. (2008). Designing volunteers’ tasks to maximize motivation, satisfaction and performance: The impact of job characteristics on volunteer engagement. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 11-22. doi: 10.1007/s11031-007-9079-4

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Lucidi, F., Zelli, A., & Violani, C. (2008). Motives and determinants of volunteering in older adults: An integrated model. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 67(4), 305-236. doi: 10.2190/AG.67.4.b

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informIT: Choosing to Perform Well

May 22, 2011 by Shannon

May 23rd 2011. “Recently, motivational psychologists have come up with various models to answer these questions. Many researchers maintain that one of our basic needs is autonomy. If we feel we’ve freely chosen to do something, we are happy to do it, and we perform better. Experiments by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan of the University of...

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LA TIMES: Busy bodies, happy minds

September 20, 2010 by Shannon

September 20th 2010. With unemployment idling near 10%, the negative effect of job loss on mental health has assumed a sharp relevance. Losing work has been linked to depressive symptoms, heavy alcohol use and even long-term psychological damage. But research suggests that loss of income explains only part of this pain. The rest has something...

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SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER: Motivating Employees in the 21st Century

April 5, 2010 by Shannon

April 5th 2010. Forget all the things you may currently believe about motivating employees. Cash incentives to stimulate productivity may work in the short term, but are ultimately not sustainable. Threats are also short lived because employee resentment brings about ill will and this is counterproductive in the long run. Such carrot and stick approaches...

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WALL STREET JOURNAL: More Than a Paycheck Workers are more efficient, loyal and creative when they feel a sense of purpose—when work has meaning

February 5, 2010 by Shannon

February 5th 2010. “The science that Mr. Pink is referring to rests largely on the work of Edward Deci and Richard Ryan at the University of Rochester and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi at Claremont Graduate University. These three researchers have found that we do our best work when motivated from within, when we have control over our...

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