This research focuses upon non-financial work motivation against the background of the debate about the introduction of a basic income. We focus on work commitment; that is the question what binds workers to the employment system except for the wage. We argue that work commitment measures intrinsic work motivation, and that intrinsic work motivation is dependent on the extent to which paid work satisfies the human needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Empirical analyses on ESS 2010 for 26 countries show that 55% of the European employees would go on working if means would allow not to and about 25% not. Workers who answer affirmatively work in jobs with high levels of autonomy, good development opportunities, and have co-worker support. Greater autonomy, not only in the job, but also in decisions about work times and the number of work hours, is associated with greater work commitment. Workers in temporary jobs and workers in financial problems have low work commitment. We conclude by arguing that the introduction of a basic income will increase work commitment, because it will relieve workers’ strains and stresses, and will be an incentive for employers to improve the quality of work.

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超越收入：为什么我们即使不需要钱也要继续工作

在关于引入基本收入的辩论的背景下，本研究关注非财务工作动机。我们专注于工作承诺；这就是除了工资之外，什么因素使工人受雇于就业制度。我们认为工作承诺可以衡量内在的工作动机，而内在的工作动机则取决于有偿工作满足人类对自治，能力和相关性的需求的程度。对26个国家/地区的ESS 2010进行的经验分析表明，如果有条件的话，有55％的欧洲员工会继续工作，而有25％的欧洲员工会继续工作。给予肯定回答的工人将从事具有高度自治权，良好发展机会并获得同事支持的工作。更大的自主权，不仅在工作上，而且在决定工作时间和工作时间时，还需要更多的工作投入。从事临时工作的工人和遇到财务问题的工人的工作承诺低。我们最后得出结论，引入基本收入将增加工作投入，因为这将减轻工人的压力和压力，并将激励雇主提高工作质量。