What is Self-Determination Theory …show more content…
Companies can give employees freedom over their workload which will result in higher job satisfaction and better job performance. In fact, "autonomous motivation has in turn been associated with numerous positive outcomes, including greater creativity, persistence in school, healthier lifestyles and eating behavior, and more positive psychotherapy outcomes" (Milyavskaya & Koestner, 2011). However, if workers do not experience autonomy, it will lead to dissatisfaction. Notably, if a worker believes they are just following orders from their manager, this can make the employee feel a lack of empowerment due to having little autonomy and freedom to experience …show more content…
If managers use self-efficacy correctly, it will give workers positive reinforcement to be proactive as well as promote engagement. There are four cognitions of psychological empowerment such as impact, competence, meaningfulness, and choice that are the beliefs of an individual's work environment relationship. "If one of the dimensions is not there, then the experience of empowerment will be limited" (Yuen-Onn & Teck-Chai, 2011). For this reason, all the cognitions needs have to happen at the same time to maximize the feeling of empowerment. It allows employees to have accountability of their judgment, values, work role and behaviors within the organization. It gives workers the opportunity to guide their ideas and standards to evaluate the achievement of the organizational expectation or purpose which leads to