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Ständig forskning pågår kring begreppet ledarskap i relation med andra viktiga delar som inkluderas i ledarskapet. Tidigare studier har undersökt ledarskapets påverkan på medarbetarnas motivation men resultaten är spretiga och trots omfattande studier tycks forskare inte vara helt överens. Forskningen kring ledarskap har gått från att främst handla om ledaren till att även inkludera följderna av ledarskapet. Det är även grunden för denna studie vars syfte är att förklara hur den transformativa och transaktionella ledarskapsstilen påverkar medarbetarnas motivation i arbetet samt beskriva på vilka sätt medarbetare inom rekryterings- och bemanningsbranschen i Sverige motiveras olika beroende på könstillhörighet. Studien är uppbyggd på en kvantitativ metod där hypoteser är utformade för att besvara studiens forskningsfrågor. Hypoteserna och forskningsfrågorna i studien undersöker ledarskapsstil och motivation indelat i inre och yttre motivation. Enkätundersökningen är utformad i Webbankäter.com och de påståenden som återfinns i enkäten är inspirerade av mätinstrumentet Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ). Utöver det är påståendena också formulerade utifrån dimensionerna inom det transformativa och transaktionella ledarskapet samt de ledarskapsbeteenden som återfinns inom respektive dimension. Studiens resultat visar att ledarskapsbeteenden inom det transformativa ledarskapet har en signifikant positiv påverkan på både män och kvinnors motivation, dock motiveras de av olika dimensioner och beteenden. Resultaten gällande det transaktionella ledarskapet visar att det endast är två dimensioner inom ledarskapet som har en signifikant positiv påverkan på män och kvinnors motivation. / Constant research is being conducted on leadership in relation to other important elements that are included in leadership. Previous studies have investigated the impact of leadership on employee motivation but the results are scattered and despite extensive studies, researchers don't seem to be in a complete agreement. Research has gone from primarily focusing on the leader to also including the consequences of leadership. That is also the purpose with this study, that aims to explain how the transformative and transactional leadership style affects employees motivation and describe in what ways employees in the recruitment- and staffing industry in Sweden are motivated differently depending on gender. The study is based on a quantitative method and hypotheses are designed to answer the study’s research questions. The hypotheses and research questions in the study investigate leadership style and motivation divided into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The survey is designed in Webbenkäter.com and the statements found in the survey are inspired by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ). In addition to that, the statements are also formulated based on the dimensions within transformative and transactional leadership and the leadership behaviors found within each dimension. The results of the study shows that the behaviors within the transformative leadership has a significant positive impact on both men and women’s motivation, although they are motivated by different dimensions and behaviors within the transformative leadership. The results regarding transactional leadership shows that only two of the three dimensions has a significant positive impact on men and women’s motivation.

Arbete inom den idéburna sektorn bedrivs utifrån andra mål än ekonomiska, mål som ofta delas av de anställda. Syftet med följande studie är att undersöka vilken roll dessa mål spelar för de anställdas motivation, och i synnerhet vilken kompenserande roll de kan utgöra för eventuella svagheter i den organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljön. Då avsikten är att undersöka olika aspekter av de anställdas egna upplevelser, lämpade sig en kvalitativ ansats. Det empiriska materialet utgörs av semistrukturerade intervjuer med ett urval bestående av sex personer jämt fördelade mellan två idéburna organisationer. De två valda organisationerna skiljer sig i viss mån åt gällande såväl organisationsstruktur som målgrupp, de har dock även gemensamma drag vilket synliggörs i det empiriska materialet. Det teoretiska ramverk som används ämnar undersöka relationen mellan de anställda och strukturen de verkar i, faktorer som leder till arbetstillfredsställelse samt hur krav och resurser påverkar upplevd motivation kontra belastning. Analysen visade på vikten av såväl struktur i arbetet som frihet i utförande, det egna engagemangets roll som drivkraft och betydelsen av ett utvecklande och stöttande socialt sammanhang. Slutsatsen som dras är att den personliga ideologin och engagemanget för organisationens sakfråga många gånger är avgörande för de anställda, och att brister främst i den sociala arbetsmiljön är den vanligast förekommande anledningen till bristande lojalitet mot organisationen. Även närvaron av en chef som leder och fördelar arbetet framstår som viktigt i båda organisationerna. / Work within the nonprofit sector is driven by goals other than economic ones, often shared bythe employees. The purpose of this study is to examine the role these goals play in employee motivation, particularly the compensatory role they may have for potential weaknesses in the organizational and social work environment. As the intention is to explore various aspects of employees' own experiences, a qualitative approach was deemed suitable. The empirical material consists of semi-structured interviews with six individuals, evenly distributed between two nonprofit organizations. While the two selected organizations differ to some extent in both organizational structure and target group, they also share common features, as evidenced in the empirical material. The theoretical framework used had the purpose of examining the relationship between employees and the structure they operate in, factors leading to job satisfaction, and how demands and resources affect perceived motivation versus strain. The analysis highlighted the importance of both structure in work and freedom in execution, the role of personal commitment as a driving force, and the significance of a supportive and developmental social context. The conclusion drawn is that personal ideology and commitment to the organization's cause are often crucial for employees, and deficiencies primarily in thesocial work environment are the most common reason for lacking organizational commitment. The presence of a leader guiding and allocating work is also deemed significant in both organizations.

[pt] Este estudo investigou interações entre a liderança e fatores do contexto organizacional e entre a liderança e características individuais dos seguidores na predição de atitudes e comportamentos favoráveis ao desempenho organizacional. A investigação se deu através de dois modelos teóricos. No primeiro modelo, foram testadas hipóteses de moderação da relação entre a liderança transformacional e o comprometimento organizacional afetivo pela riqueza das tarefas e pela necessidade pessoal de estrutura. No segundo, foram testadas hipóteses de moderação da relação entre a liderança transformacional e a motivação para o trabalho pelos atributos do estabelecimento de metas e pela orientação para aprendizado. Os dados para a pesquisa foram coletados através de questionários respondidos por 194 empregados de uma empresa pública brasileira do setor de energia. Foram confirmadas as hipóteses de moderação da relação entre a liderança transformacional e o comprometimento organizacional afetivo pela riqueza das tarefas e pela necessidade pessoal de estrutura. A pesquisa identificou ainda efeitos de mediação da relação entre a liderança transformacional e a motivação para o trabalho pelos atributos do estabelecimento de metas e pela riqueza das tarefas. / [en] This study investigated the interactions between leadership and factors of the organizational context related to goals and individual characteristics of the followers for the prediction of attitudes and behaviors favorable to organizational performance. Two theoretical models have been established. In the first model, hypotheses of moderation of the relationship between transformational leadership and affective organizational commitment by job enrichment and by personal need for structure have been tested. In the second model, hypotheses of moderation of the relationship between transformational leadership and work motivation by goal setting and by goal orientation have been tested. The data for the study have been collected through questionnaires answered by 194 employees of a Brazilian stateowned company of the energy sector. Hypotheses of moderation of the relationship between transformational leadership and affective organizational commitment by job enrichment and by personal need for structure have been confirmed. The study further identified mediation effects of the relationship between transformational leadership and work motivation by goal setting and job enrichment.

Text in Afrikaans / Hierdie navorsing het ten doel om die verband tussen organisasieklimaat en werksmotivering te bepaaL Organisasieklimaat is met die Organisasiediagnosevraelys (ODV) gemeet en werksmolivering is met die Verwagtingsmotiveringsvraelys (VMV) gemeet, 'n skaal wat gefundeer is in die teoretiese model van Edward E Lawler, III, en deur die navorser aangepas is vir die steekproef en deur faktorontleding valideer is. Die interalcsie deur biografiese en organisatoriese veranderlikes (ras, geslag, hierargiese posvlak, werkspan, ouderdom en diensjare) is dear ontleding van variansie en korrelasieontleding ondersoek. AI die korrelasies tussen die hoofdimensies van organisasieklimaat en werksmotivering, met die uitsondering van valensie, ondersteun die navorsingshipoteses met totale organisasieklimaat en totale werlcsmotivering (volgens die Lawler-formule) se korrelasie gelyk aan 0,549 teen die 0,01 peil. Deur stapsgewyse regressie-ontleding is twee dimensies van organisasieklimaat, naamlik taakeienskappe asook bestuur en leierskap, gebruik om totale werksmotivering volgens Lawler se formule te voorspel. Ongeveer 30% van die variansie van werksmotivering is hierdeur voorspel. / The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between organisational climate and work motivation. Organisational climate was measured by the Organisational Diagnostic Questionnaire (ODQ), and work motivation was measured by the Expectancy Motivation Questionnaire (EMQ), a scale based on the model of Edward E. Lawler, III, and validated by means of factor analysis for the population. The interaction of the biographical and organisational variables on the main variables was studied by means of ANOVA as well as correlations. The correlation between total organisational climate and total work motivation (calculated according to the Lawler formula) was 0,549 at the 0,01 level, thus supporting the research hypothesis. By following the stepwise regression analytical procedures, the two dimensions of organisational climate (task characteristics and manager/leadership) used to forecast work motivation (as calculated by the Lawler formula), explained 30% of the variance of work motivation. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / MCOM (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Alors que la théorie de l’autodétermination (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000, 2008) propose un bassin de connaissances pouvant être d’une réelle utilité pour aider les travailleurs et les organisations à croître et à prospérer, peu d’études ont porté, à ce jour, sur l’évaluation d’interventions visant à implanter ces connaissances sur le terrain en milieu organisationnel. En ce sens, la présente thèse a pour but de vérifier l’impact d’une formation visant le développement des habiletés de soutien aux besoins psychologiques des gestionnaires sur les comportements en emploi de ces gestionnaires ainsi que sur la satisfaction des besoins psychologiques, la motivation et la santé psychologique de leurs employés. Pour ce faire, 17 gestionnaires provenant de deux organisations canadiennes du secteur public ont participé à un programme de formation d’une durée de trois journées non consécutives. Ils ont également répondu à des questionnaires un mois avant la formation ainsi que trois à quatre mois après le début de celle-ci afin d’évaluer leurs apprentissages ainsi que leurs comportements de soutien aux besoins psychologiques en emploi. Par ailleurs, 55 de leurs employés ont répondu à des questionnaires préformation et postformation au sujet de leur perception à l’égard des comportements de soutien aux besoins psychologiques de leur supérieur immédiat ainsi que de leur propre niveau de satisfaction des besoins psychologiques, de motivation au travail et de santé psychologique. L’étude a été menée à l’aide d’un devis de recherche de type prétest et post-test à groupes non-équivalents, sans groupe contrôle. Afin de renforcer ce devis, la stratégie de référence interne a été utilisée auprès des employés (Haccoun & Hamtiaux, 1994). Les résultats suggèrent que, dans la mesure où des gains étaient possibles par le biais d’une formation plus traditionnelle (c.-à-d., que le potentiel des gestionnaires à s’améliorer davantage par rapport à leur niveau de base était suffisant et que les habiletés visées se développaient bien par le biais d’une telle formation), les gestionnaires ont développé leurs habiletés de soutien aux besoins psychologiques et, selon leur perspective, transféré leurs apprentissages au travail. Toutefois, les employés de ces gestionnaires n’ont pas perçu de changement statistiquement significatif entre les deux temps de mesure quant aux habiletés de soutien aux besoins psychologiques de leur supérieur immédiat en emploi et les retombées escomptées de la formation chez les employés n’ont pas été observées. À la lumière de ces résultats, le dernier chapitre de la thèse discute de l’importance de l’analyse des besoins, de l’implication de l’environnement organisationnel dans les initiatives de formation ainsi que de l’ajout de méthodes d’apprentissage complémentaires aux formations plus traditionnelles afin d’en assurer l’efficacité. Par ailleurs, les contributions, limites et pistes de recherches futures de la thèse y seront exposées. / Although the self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000, 2008) provides a pool of knowledge that could be highly useful to help workers and organisations thrive and grow, few studies have focused on assessing interventions introducing such knowledge in practical organisational settings. In this respect, the present dissertation aims to evaluate the impact of a training program for developing psychological needs support skills of managers on work behaviours of these managers as well as on the level of satisfaction of psychological needs, motivation and psychological health of their employees. Hence, 17 managers from Canadian public sector organisations took part in a three-day training program (non-consecutive days). They also completed questionnaires a month prior to training as well as three to four months following training onset in order to assess their learning progresses and psychological needs support behaviours at work. Furthermore, 55 of their employees completed pre-training and post-training questionnaires on their perception of their manager’s psychological needs support behaviours as well as on their own level of psychological needs satisfaction, work motivation and psychological health. The study used a pre-post test non-equivalent group design, without control groups. Such design was further strengthened with internal referencing strategy (IRS) with employees (Haccoun & Hamtiaux, 1994). Results suggest that, insofar as progresses were possible with more traditional training (i.e., that the managers’ improvement potential as compared to their baseline was sufficient and that targeted skills developed properly with such training) managers have increased their psychological need support skills and, based on their perceptions, transferred training at work. However, employees of these managers did not perceive statistically significant changes between both measurement times as regards their manager’s psychological needs support skills, and expected outcomes of training on employees have not been observed. In light of these results, the last chapter of the dissertation discusses the importance of needs assessment, of organisational environment involvement in training initiatives and of additional training methods that are complementary to more traditional trainings to ensure their effectiveness. Furthermore, research contributions, limits and avenues are presented.

L’objectif de la recherche (dans le cadre de trois études empiriques) est d’expliquer comment la perception du contexte organisationnel politique peut être mobilisée pour améliorer la performance et la pro-activité des employés et pour réduire leurs intentions de démissionner. Notre approche théorique s’inscrit dans la théorie de l’auto-détermination (Deci & Ryan, 2000) et s’appuie sur la théorie de la conservation des ressources (Hobfoll, 2002) ainsi la théorie dite de « Human Agency » (Bandura, 2006), et la science de la psychologie positive (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2014). Une étude quantitative est menée au Pakistan pour évaluer les conceptualisations formulées. Nos résultats révèlent que les employés ayant un capital psychologique élevé développent de manière durable des comportements conduisant à la performance et qu’ils demeurent proactifs dans des contextes organisationnels perçus comme fortement politiques. En même temps, ces employés subissent une vulnérabilité psychologique qui les pousse à démissionner. A l’opposé, la perception d’un contexte organisationnel politique offre aux employés politiquement doués une source d’opportunités qui satisfait leurs besoins psychologiques tout en maintenant leurs proactivités. Enfin, en prenant en compte les effets motivationnels du contexte organisationnel politique, nous avons trouvé que ce dernier gêne l’intériorisation de la motivation extrinsèque au travail. En conclusion, l’idée que les jeux politiques ne peuvent pas être éliminés dans les organisations, nous suggérons aux managers d’équiper les employés de ressources psychologiques et sociales afin d’obtenir un fonctionnement optimal à tous les niveaux / This dissertation (in a series of three empirical studies) seeks to explicate how perceived politics in organizations can be used for accomplishing effective employee performance and proactivity, and to lower employees’ intentions to quit. We ground our theoretical frameworks in self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000) and also borrow support from conservation of resource theory (Hobfoll, 2002), human agency (Bandura, 2006), and the science of positive psychology (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2014). A quantitative survey was conducted in Pakistan to assess the proposed conceptualizations. Our findings reveal interesting patterns of relationships. We find employees with high psychological capital hold a sustainability demeanor in their performance and proactive behavior, when encountering high perceived politics. At the same time, they experience a psychological vulnerability that drives them to quit. On the contrary, perceived politics presents politically skilled employees an opportunistic / challenging turf that satisfies their innate psychological needs and uphold their proactive activities. Lastly, with regard to the motivational effects of perceived politics, we find that perceived politics hinders the internalization of extrinsic motivation at work. We conclude that employees are an integral part of an organization constituency and their well-being implies an organization’s sustainability. Since, politics cannot be eliminated we suggest managers to equip employees with psychological and social resources for the sake of optimal functioning at all levels

Alors que la théorie de l’autodétermination (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000, 2008) propose un bassin de connaissances pouvant être d’une réelle utilité pour aider les travailleurs et les organisations à croître et à prospérer, peu d’études ont porté, à ce jour, sur l’évaluation d’interventions visant à implanter ces connaissances sur le terrain en milieu organisationnel. En ce sens, la présente thèse a pour but de vérifier l’impact d’une formation visant le développement des habiletés de soutien aux besoins psychologiques des gestionnaires sur les comportements en emploi de ces gestionnaires ainsi que sur la satisfaction des besoins psychologiques, la motivation et la santé psychologique de leurs employés. Pour ce faire, 17 gestionnaires provenant de deux organisations canadiennes du secteur public ont participé à un programme de formation d’une durée de trois journées non consécutives. Ils ont également répondu à des questionnaires un mois avant la formation ainsi que trois à quatre mois après le début de celle-ci afin d’évaluer leurs apprentissages ainsi que leurs comportements de soutien aux besoins psychologiques en emploi. Par ailleurs, 55 de leurs employés ont répondu à des questionnaires préformation et postformation au sujet de leur perception à l’égard des comportements de soutien aux besoins psychologiques de leur supérieur immédiat ainsi que de leur propre niveau de satisfaction des besoins psychologiques, de motivation au travail et de santé psychologique. L’étude a été menée à l’aide d’un devis de recherche de type prétest et post-test à groupes non-équivalents, sans groupe contrôle. Afin de renforcer ce devis, la stratégie de référence interne a été utilisée auprès des employés (Haccoun & Hamtiaux, 1994). Les résultats suggèrent que, dans la mesure où des gains étaient possibles par le biais d’une formation plus traditionnelle (c.-à-d., que le potentiel des gestionnaires à s’améliorer davantage par rapport à leur niveau de base était suffisant et que les habiletés visées se développaient bien par le biais d’une telle formation), les gestionnaires ont développé leurs habiletés de soutien aux besoins psychologiques et, selon leur perspective, transféré leurs apprentissages au travail. Toutefois, les employés de ces gestionnaires n’ont pas perçu de changement statistiquement significatif entre les deux temps de mesure quant aux habiletés de soutien aux besoins psychologiques de leur supérieur immédiat en emploi et les retombées escomptées de la formation chez les employés n’ont pas été observées. À la lumière de ces résultats, le dernier chapitre de la thèse discute de l’importance de l’analyse des besoins, de l’implication de l’environnement organisationnel dans les initiatives de formation ainsi que de l’ajout de méthodes d’apprentissage complémentaires aux formations plus traditionnelles afin d’en assurer l’efficacité. Par ailleurs, les contributions, limites et pistes de recherches futures de la thèse y seront exposées. / Although the self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000, 2008) provides a pool of knowledge that could be highly useful to help workers and organisations thrive and grow, few studies have focused on assessing interventions introducing such knowledge in practical organisational settings. In this respect, the present dissertation aims to evaluate the impact of a training program for developing psychological needs support skills of managers on work behaviours of these managers as well as on the level of satisfaction of psychological needs, motivation and psychological health of their employees. Hence, 17 managers from Canadian public sector organisations took part in a three-day training program (non-consecutive days). They also completed questionnaires a month prior to training as well as three to four months following training onset in order to assess their learning progresses and psychological needs support behaviours at work. Furthermore, 55 of their employees completed pre-training and post-training questionnaires on their perception of their manager’s psychological needs support behaviours as well as on their own level of psychological needs satisfaction, work motivation and psychological health. The study used a pre-post test non-equivalent group design, without control groups. Such design was further strengthened with internal referencing strategy (IRS) with employees (Haccoun & Hamtiaux, 1994). Results suggest that, insofar as progresses were possible with more traditional training (i.e., that the managers’ improvement potential as compared to their baseline was sufficient and that targeted skills developed properly with such training) managers have increased their psychological need support skills and, based on their perceptions, transferred training at work. However, employees of these managers did not perceive statistically significant changes between both measurement times as regards their manager’s psychological needs support skills, and expected outcomes of training on employees have not been observed. In light of these results, the last chapter of the dissertation discusses the importance of needs assessment, of organisational environment involvement in training initiatives and of additional training methods that are complementary to more traditional trainings to ensure their effectiveness. Furthermore, research contributions, limits and avenues are presented.

Text in Afrikaans / Hierdie navorsing het ten doel om die verband tussen organisasieklimaat en werksmotivering te bepaaL Organisasieklimaat is met die Organisasiediagnosevraelys (ODV) gemeet en werksmolivering is met die Verwagtingsmotiveringsvraelys (VMV) gemeet, 'n skaal wat gefundeer is in die teoretiese model van Edward E Lawler, III, en deur die navorser aangepas is vir die steekproef en deur faktorontleding valideer is. Die interalcsie deur biografiese en organisatoriese veranderlikes (ras, geslag, hierargiese posvlak, werkspan, ouderdom en diensjare) is dear ontleding van variansie en korrelasieontleding ondersoek. AI die korrelasies tussen die hoofdimensies van organisasieklimaat en werksmotivering, met die uitsondering van valensie, ondersteun die navorsingshipoteses met totale organisasieklimaat en totale werlcsmotivering (volgens die Lawler-formule) se korrelasie gelyk aan 0,549 teen die 0,01 peil. Deur stapsgewyse regressie-ontleding is twee dimensies van organisasieklimaat, naamlik taakeienskappe asook bestuur en leierskap, gebruik om totale werksmotivering volgens Lawler se formule te voorspel. Ongeveer 30% van die variansie van werksmotivering is hierdeur voorspel. / The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between organisational climate and work motivation. Organisational climate was measured by the Organisational Diagnostic Questionnaire (ODQ), and work motivation was measured by the Expectancy Motivation Questionnaire (EMQ), a scale based on the model of Edward E. Lawler, III, and validated by means of factor analysis for the population. The interaction of the biographical and organisational variables on the main variables was studied by means of ANOVA as well as correlations. The correlation between total organisational climate and total work motivation (calculated according to the Lawler formula) was 0,549 at the 0,01 level, thus supporting the research hypothesis. By following the stepwise regression analytical procedures, the two dimensions of organisational climate (task characteristics and manager/leadership) used to forecast work motivation (as calculated by the Lawler formula), explained 30% of the variance of work motivation. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / MCOM (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

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