Autonomy in the Workplace: An Essential Ingredient to Employee Engagement and Well-being in Every Culture

• Main Authors: GAGNE, Marylène, BHAVE, Devasheesh P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Well-being; Positive Psychology; Quality of Life Research; Cross Cultural Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology; Health Psychology; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Multicultural Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3676; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4675/viewcontent/Gagne_and_Bhave__chapter__v2.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The nature of organizational life requires questioning the role of worker autonomy. An impressive amount of management research has been devoted to autonomy issues in organizations. Autonomy is at the forefront of research on job design and the management of employees. Therefore, we review evidence in the area of job design and management practices that deeply affect worker autonomy. Throughout this discussion, we evaluate the cross-cultural applicability of research and practice and offer future directions based on self-determination theory.