Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital

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Autor(a) principal: Ferraro, Tânia
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Pais, Leonor, Moreira, João Manuel, dos Santos, Nuno Rebelo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22508
Resumo: This article aimed to investigate the role of Decent Work as a predictor of different types of Work Motivation and to explore the possible role of Psychological Capital in mediating this relationship. The Decent Work Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale, and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire were administered to 3004 knowledge workers, in Portugal and Brazil. Results from Structural Equation Modeling analyses support the hypothesized model, showing the predictor role of Decent Work and complete and partial mediation effects of PsyCap in different relationships between Decent Work motivation variables. The results also support the idea that a decent work context predicts more autonomous work motivations again with the mediation of PsyCap. In sum, the results suggest that decent work plays an important role in promoting a positive approach to work, and that Psychological Capital is an important mediating variable in the promotion of autonomous Work motivation. Limitations and practical implications conclude the article.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
title Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
spellingShingle Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
Ferraro, Tânia
Decent Work
Work Motivation
Psychological Capital
title_short Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
title_full Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
title_fullStr Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
title_full_unstemmed Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
title_sort Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
author Ferraro, Tânia
author_facet Ferraro, Tânia
Pais, Leonor
Moreira, João Manuel
dos Santos, Nuno Rebelo
author_role author
author2 Pais, Leonor
Moreira, João Manuel
dos Santos, Nuno Rebelo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ferraro, Tânia
Pais, Leonor
Moreira, João Manuel
dos Santos, Nuno Rebelo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Decent Work
Work Motivation
Psychological Capital
topic Decent Work
Work Motivation
Psychological Capital
description This article aimed to investigate the role of Decent Work as a predictor of different types of Work Motivation and to explore the possible role of Psychological Capital in mediating this relationship. The Decent Work Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale, and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire were administered to 3004 knowledge workers, in Portugal and Brazil. Results from Structural Equation Modeling analyses support the hypothesized model, showing the predictor role of Decent Work and complete and partial mediation effects of PsyCap in different relationships between Decent Work motivation variables. The results also support the idea that a decent work context predicts more autonomous work motivations again with the mediation of PsyCap. In sum, the results suggest that decent work plays an important role in promoting a positive approach to work, and that Psychological Capital is an important mediating variable in the promotion of autonomous Work motivation. Limitations and practical implications conclude the article.
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