Title: Relationship between employee involvement climate and autonomous motivation: results from the Indian context

Authors: Aditi Bisht; Santosh Rangnekar

Addresses: Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Distt-Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 247667, India ' Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Distt-Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 247667, India

Abstract: This paper aims to identify the impact of employee perceptions of employee involvement climate on work motivation. Employee motivation is still regarded as a critical outcome in the organisational behaviour literature. The data has been collected through survey questionnaires of 310 managers currently working in organisations in North India. The hypothesised relationship between employee employee involvement climate and work motivation has been tested using multiple hierarchal regression. Employee employee involvement climate is found to be positively correlated with autonomous motivation. The results indicate that participative decision-making and performance-based rewards facilitate autonomous motivation. This study provides insights for organisations regarding increased participative decision-making and performance-based reward that influence employee behaviour. This study contributes to the literature on the phenomenon of employee involvement climate efforts that facilitate employee motivation at work.

Keywords: employee involvement; climate; work motivation; self-determination theory; SDT; Indian organisations.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2025.150871

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2025 Vol.37 No.4, pp.524 - 540

Received: 27 May 2021
Accepted: 12 Jan 2022
Published online: 05 Jan 2026 *

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