Managing Employee Motivation: Exploring the Connections Between Managers’ Enforcement Actions, Employee Perceptions, and Employee Intrinsic MotivationMikkelsen, M. F., Jacobsen, C. B., & Andersen, L. B. (2017). Managing Employee Motivation: Exploring the Connections Between Managers’ Enforcement Actions, Employee Perceptions, and Employee Intrinsic Motivation. International Public Management Journal, 20(2), 183–205.
This article discusses research on whether local managers affect employee’s perception of a command system and thus affect employee intrinsic motivation. The researchers found that employee intrinsic motivation depends upon the employee’s need for self-determination.