ABSTRACT

Research on the psychological mechanisms underlying employee motivation and psychological health at work has been limited to general and chronic workplace factors, such as job strenuousness or management style. In two studies, we examine how unique and time-specific work life events encoded as episodic memories can influence employee motivation and psychological health at work as a function of how these events are recalled having been experienced in terms of need satisfaction. In Study 1, participants described a self-defining work-related memory and rated it for need satisfaction. They also completed scales of need satisfaction at work, self-determined motivation, and positive and negative indicators of psychological health (i.e. work satisfaction and burnout). In Study 2, participants completed the same tasks and scales, but they did it again two years later. Results revealed that need satisfaction in self-defining work-related memories was associated with self-determined motivation and indicators of psychological health at work, over and above demographics (age, sex, weekly hours worked, education) and general perceptions of need satisfaction at work. Moreover, it predicted increases in self-determined motivation and in work satisfaction and decreases in burnout over two years. The present findings underscore the importance of considering unique work life events encoded in memory.

摘要

对员工激励和工作中心理健康的心理机制的研究仅限于一般和长期的工作场所因素，例如工作强度或管理风格。在两项研究中，我们研究了被编码为情景记忆的独特且特定于时间的工作生活事件如何影响员工的工作动机和工作中的心理健康，这取决于这些事件在需求满意度方面的经历。在研究1中，参与者描述了与工作相关的自定义记忆，并对其满意度进行了评估。他们还完成了对工作需求满意度，自我决定的动机以及心理健康的正负指标（即工作满意度和倦怠）的量表。在研究2中，参与者完成了相同的任务和量表，但两年后他们又做了一次。结果表明，自我定义的与工作相关的记忆中的需求满意度与自我决定的动机和工作中心理健康的指标，人口统计学（年龄，性别，每周工作时间，教育程度）以及对需求满意度的一般认识有关工作。此外，它预测了两年内自我决定的动机和工作满意度的提高，以及倦怠的降低。目前的发现强调了考虑记忆中编码的独特工作生活事件的重要性。教育）和对工作需要满足感的一般认识。此外，它预测了两年内自我决定的动机和工作满意度的提高，以及倦怠的降低。目前的发现强调了考虑记忆中编码的独特工作生活事件的重要性。教育）和对工作需要满足感的一般认识。此外，它预测了两年内自我决定的动机和工作满意度的提高，以及倦怠的降低。目前的发现强调了考虑记忆中编码的独特工作生活事件的重要性。