Title: Supporting employee autonomous motivation: does the sense of influence increase organisational commitment?

Authors: Justyna Pawlak; Małgorzata Adamska-Chudzińska

Addresses: Department of Psychology and Didactics, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland ' Department of Psychology and Didactics, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland

Abstract: An important determinant of the quality of human capital is an organisation's ability to retain talented employees. One way to achieve this is to strengthen their autonomous motivation, which, among others, is related to feeling a sense of influence on organisational reality. The purpose of this paper is to examine the sense of organisational influence and its role in strengthening employees' organisational commitment. The paper identifies two dimensions of sense of influence on organisation: autonomy in professional roles and experiencing support for innovative ideas. The study was conducted on a sample of 541 employees, and it used the author's Employee Sense of Influence questionnaire and the organisational commitment model proposed by Mayer and Allen. The results showed that providing employees with a sense of influence has a positive impact on their affective and normative organisational commitment. These results point to specific methods that managers can use to build human capital.

Keywords: sense of influence; organisational commitment; autonomy; self-determination theory; employees' psychological needs; motivation; sense of subjectivity; human capital; human potential; participation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2023.132864

International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 2023 Vol.14 No.3, pp.241 - 257

Accepted: 06 Aug 2022
Published online: 13 Aug 2023 *

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