{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3093375615","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","title":"Self-Determination Theory and Its Relation to Organizations","display_name":"Self-Determination Theory and Its Relation to Organizations","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-08-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3093375615","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","mag":"3093375615"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363604762","display_name":"Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology","raw_type":"reference-entry"},"volume":{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7144302831","display_name":"Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology"},"type":"reference-entry","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085949404","display_name":"Anja H. Olafsen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8600-5747","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8600-5747"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801380234","display_name":"University of South-Eastern Norway","ror":"https://ror.org/05ecg5h20","country_code":"NO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801380234"]}],"countries":["NO"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anja H Olafsen","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of South-Eastern Norway, School of Business"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of South-Eastern Norway, School of Business","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801380234"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004154542","display_name":"Edward L. Deci","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8246-8536","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8246-8536"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801380234","display_name":"University of South-Eastern Norway","ror":"https://ror.org/05ecg5h20","country_code":"NO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801380234"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5388228","display_name":"University of Rochester","ror":"https://ror.org/022kthw22","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I5388228"]}],"countries":["NO","US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Edward L Deci","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Rochester, Department of Psychology and University of South-Eastern Norway"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Rochester, Department of Psychology and University of South-Eastern Norway","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801380234","https://openalex.org/I5388228"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":74,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11400","display_name":"Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports","score":0.9502000212669373,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11400","display_name":"Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports","score":0.9502000212669373,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.03280000016093254,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12787","display_name":"Human Behavior and Motivation","score":0.011800000444054604,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3202","display_name":"Applied Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/self-determination-theory","display_name":"self-determination theory","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/basic-psychological-needs","display_name":"basic psychological needs","score":0.8759999871253967},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intrinsic-motivation","display_name":"intrinsic motivation","score":0.6769999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/extrinsic-motivation","display_name":"extrinsic motivation","score":0.9459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/amotivation","display_name":"amotivation","score":0.7919999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/working-conditions","display_name":"working conditions","score":0.5789999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supervisory-support","display_name":"supervisor support","score":0.3630000054836273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/individual-differences","display_name":"individual differences","score":0.6129999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-motivation","display_name":"employee motivation","score":0.6069999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-attitudes","display_name":"work attitudes","score":0.5429999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/occupational-health","display_name":"occupational health","score":0.7979999780654907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-performance","display_name":"employee performance","score":0.5479999780654907}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146854351","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433910","display_name":"Self-determination theory","level":3,"score":0.6842365860939026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779719641","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8034631","display_name":"Work motivation","level":3,"score":0.6477627158164978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6448362469673157},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2718322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629463","display_name":"Job satisfaction","level":2,"score":0.5758188962936401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776035688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606558","display_name":"Affect (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.5601372718811035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5085333585739136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130497676","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2045692","display_name":"Industrial and organizational psychology","level":2,"score":0.5029613375663757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166955791","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629579","display_name":"Macro","level":2,"score":0.4955681562423706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.48516160249710083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778564829","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17010605","display_name":"Employee motivation","level":2,"score":0.4806134104728699},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.46517205238342285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197811513","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15135860","display_name":"Need theory","level":3,"score":0.4585963785648346},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25343380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277521","display_name":"Relation (database)","level":2,"score":0.45730096101760864},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206705377","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5575184","display_name":"Goal theory","level":2,"score":0.4569684565067291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75630572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538904","display_name":"Applied psychology","level":1,"score":0.4357931911945343},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4291646480560303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189465574","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179515","display_name":"Maslow's hierarchy of needs","level":2,"score":0.38384315371513367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.1076653003692627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.09175121784210205},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65414064","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484105","display_name":"Autonomy","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.112","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363604762","display_name":"Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology","raw_type":"reference-entry"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.7257999777793884,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":83,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W133513643","https://openalex.org/W1516086978","https://openalex.org/W1588086203","https://openalex.org/W1818192987","https://openalex.org/W1888221950","https://openalex.org/W1946466850","https://openalex.org/W1968384011","https://openalex.org/W1970389678","https://openalex.org/W1975106940","https://openalex.org/W1984194936","https://openalex.org/W1985971882","https://openalex.org/W1996397389","https://openalex.org/W1999675554","https://openalex.org/W2001080778","https://openalex.org/W2002099824","https://openalex.org/W2005588044","https://openalex.org/W2005787471","https://openalex.org/W2006905596","https://openalex.org/W2007851141","https://openalex.org/W2010348352","https://openalex.org/W2013015393","https://openalex.org/W2013203414","https://openalex.org/W2013741298","https://openalex.org/W2013897994","https://openalex.org/W2017546717","https://openalex.org/W2024990025","https://openalex.org/W2029112894","https://openalex.org/W2051124460","https://openalex.org/W2056047565","https://openalex.org/W2060848476","https://openalex.org/W2064858303","https://openalex.org/W2065539443","https://openalex.org/W2070365963","https://openalex.org/W2074730346","https://openalex.org/W2077525737","https://openalex.org/W2084389751","https://openalex.org/W2107482931","https://openalex.org/W2109724177","https://openalex.org/W2110510055","https://openalex.org/W2119818578","https://openalex.org/W2120440106","https://openalex.org/W2122517769","https://openalex.org/W2129808449","https://openalex.org/W2149285766","https://openalex.org/W2151820962","https://openalex.org/W2157568949","https://openalex.org/W2159178555","https://openalex.org/W2161059643","https://openalex.org/W2165228447","https://openalex.org/W2229053995","https://openalex.org/W2294890106","https://openalex.org/W2329359251","https://openalex.org/W2490715667","https://openalex.org/W2517055066","https://openalex.org/W2531876072","https://openalex.org/W2559535220","https://openalex.org/W2599823115","https://openalex.org/W2603555206","https://openalex.org/W2615105156","https://openalex.org/W2731147989","https://openalex.org/W2732679205","https://openalex.org/W2743604413","https://openalex.org/W2746086928","https://openalex.org/W2761704554","https://openalex.org/W2766501974","https://openalex.org/W2767909714","https://openalex.org/W2782017457","https://openalex.org/W2794663741","https://openalex.org/W2802625589","https://openalex.org/W2804181490","https://openalex.org/W2885944771","https://openalex.org/W2914602633","https://openalex.org/W2921831795","https://openalex.org/W2929692594","https://openalex.org/W2945539206","https://openalex.org/W2965617214","https://openalex.org/W2966454373","https://openalex.org/W2967599355","https://openalex.org/W2970364202","https://openalex.org/W2978271387","https://openalex.org/W2985957149","https://openalex.org/W2989954837","https://openalex.org/W3000989574"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3094492285","https://openalex.org/W2369559805","https://openalex.org/W3021347323","https://openalex.org/W1484226464","https://openalex.org/W2235527335","https://openalex.org/W2752414639","https://openalex.org/W4385934431","https://openalex.org/W172435696","https://openalex.org/W2223577290","https://openalex.org/W4238506208"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Self-determination":[1],"theory":[2,7,37],"(SDT)":[3],"is":[4],"a":[5],"macro":[6],"of":[8,25,49,57,81,99,106,122,131,137],"human":[9],"motivation":[10,26,107,139],"that":[11,42,77,94,108],"utilizes":[12],"concepts":[13,20],"essential":[14],"for":[15],"organizational":[16],"psychology.":[17],"Among":[18],"the":[19,36,45,50,55,82,97,104,109,120,124,129,142],"are":[21,78],"types":[22,56,105],"and":[23,27,31,54,70,86,103,135,152],"quality":[24],"basic":[28,51,100,132],"(i.e.,":[29],"innate":[30],"universal)":[32],"psychological":[33,52,133],"needs.":[34],"Further,":[35],"has":[38,115],"specified":[39],"social-environmental":[40,60],"factors":[41,61,146],"affect":[43],"both":[44],"satisfaction":[46,102],"versus":[47],"frustration":[48],"needs":[53,134],"motivation.":[58],"The":[59],"concern":[62],"ways":[63],"in":[64,140],"which":[65],"colleagues,":[66],"employees\u2019":[67,83],"immediate":[68],"supervisors,":[69],"their":[71],"higher-level":[72],"managers":[73],"create":[74],"workplace":[75,145],"conditions":[76],"important":[79],"determinants":[80],"motivation,":[84],"performance,":[85],"wellness.":[87],"In":[88],"addition,":[89],"SDT":[90],"highlights":[91],"individual":[92],"differences":[93],"also":[95],"influence":[96],"degrees":[98],"need":[101],"employees":[110],"display.":[111],"This":[112],"theoretical":[113],"framework":[114],"gained":[116],"increasingly":[117],"attention":[118],"within":[119],"context":[121],"work":[123,138,148,150],"last":[125],"15":[126],"years,":[127],"showcasing":[128],"importance":[130],"type":[136],"explaining":[141],"relation":[143],"from":[144],"to":[147],"behaviors,":[149],"attitudes":[151],"occupational":[153],"health.":[154]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}