Dissertation
Relatedness Need Satisfaction in Senior Executives
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast
2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00609
Abstract
Senior executives' actions play a material role for organisational outcomes, and in turn, for society. However, senior executives' inner resources as determining factors of their actions have been underexplored in organisational psychology research. This thesis addressed this limitation by examining relatedness need satisfaction in senior executives. The author's management background helped overcome the substantial challenges of senior executive research such as access, confidentiality, time, cost, and terminology. For the first time, self-determination theory (SDT) was applied to the field of senior executives in two qualitative and two quantitative research studies. Relatedness need satisfaction was identified as a predictor of senior executives' motivation, behaviour, and well-being. Senior executives' general causality orientations and physical distance as a social environmental factor could be shown to be associated with the level of relatedness need satisfaction. Furthermore, this research identified a process model underlying senior executives' relatedness need satisfaction. The results contribute to both academic research and practice. Firstly, this thesis' findings may stimulate further organisational psychology research into senior executives' inner resources as well as the impact of these inner resources on organisational outcomes. Secondly, the practical application of this thesis' results can help monitor and influence senior executives' motivation, behaviour, and well-being as determining factors of societal outcomes.
Details
- Title
- Relatedness Need Satisfaction in Senior Executives
- Authors
- Marcus Mueller
- Contributors
- Geoff Lovell (Supervisor)
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00609
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450175802621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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