Employee and Supervisor Ratings of Motivation: Main Effects and Discrepancies Associated with Job Satisfaction and Adjustment in a Factory Setting.
B Ilardi, D Leone, T Kasser, R Ryan Journal of Applied Social Psychology 1993
Examined employee and supervisor perceptions of the employee's autonomy, competence, and relatedness in the workplace, as well as the degree and direction of discrepancies between employee and supervisor reports. 117 employees and supervisors (aged 18–60 yrs) completed the Job Descriptive Index, the Self-Esteem Inventory, the General Heal...