Senior Executives’ Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Psychological Well-being: Is It Different at the Top?

Marcus Mueller; Geoff Lovell

doi:10.18639/MERJ.2018.04.734411

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Senior Executives’ Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Psychological Well-being: Is It Different at the Top?

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Senior Executives’ Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Psychological Well-being: Is It Different at the Top?

Marcus Mueller and Geoff Lovell

Management and Economics Research Journal, Vol.4, pp.289-304

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18639/MERJ.2018.04.734411

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Abstract

Psychology

senior executives

human resource development

need satisfaction

well-being

performance

gender

managerial level

Senior executives' decisions can have a substantial impact on their own lives, their families, their organizations' workers and employees, and society. This quantitative study (1) investigated the relationship between basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) at work and psychological well-being (PWB) in 142 senior executives as antecedent of their decision making and (2) compared the results to two other managerial level samples of 260 managers and 445 employees. The results have implications for theory and practice. Our findings contribute the new theoretical perspectives of differences in the relationship between BPNS at work and PWB by managerial level and senior executives' gender ("complementarity effect"). In turn, our research provides evidence for practical organizational applications such as the design and implementation of effective human resource development programs based on BPNS. Our findings further underscore the importance of senior executive psychology as a field of academic inquiry and provide directions for future research focused on further improving senior executives' optimal functioning.

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Title: Senior Executives’ Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Psychological Well-being: Is It Different at the Top?
Authors: Marcus Mueller (Author) - Sacred Heart University, United States
Geoff Lovell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social Sciences
Publication details: Management and Economics Research Journal, Vol.4, pp.289-304
Publisher: HATASO
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.18639/MERJ.2018.04.734411
ISSN: 2469-4339
Copyright note: Copyright © 2018 The Author. This work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License. This permits anyone to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited.
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: 99451129602621
Output Type: Journal article

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