The role of basic need satisfaction for junior academics’ goal conflicts and teaching motivation

The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan · Psychological Inquiry · 2000 · 32.1K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

Perceived locus of causality and internalization: Examining reasons for acting in two domains.

Richard M. Ryan, James P. Connell · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1989 · 3.3K citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Clinical Medicine +2

Perceived locus of causality and internalization: Examining reasons for acting in two domains.

Richard M. Ryan, James P. Connell · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1989 · 3.2K citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Clinical Medicine +2

Goal constructs in psychology: Structure, process, and content.

James T. Austin, Jeffrey B. Vancouver · Psychological Bulletin · 1996 · 2.2K citations

Management, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

Need Satisfaction, Motivation, and Well-Being in the Work Organizations of a Former Eastern Bloc Country: A Cross-Cultural Study of Self-Determination

Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan, Marylène Gagné et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2001 · 1.8K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +17