| Abstract |
This study aimed to examine the relationships among motivation, flow experience, and subjective wellbeing in the workplace. Two hundred and fifty-two people with work experience (82 male, 168 female, ...2 other) completed a questionnaire measuring subjective wellbeing (satisfaction with life, positive affect, and negative affect), motivation and flow experience. Results confirmed that flow experience and self-motivation were positively associated with satisfaction with life and positive affect, and negatively associated with negative affect. However, contrary to expectation, non-self-determined motivation was not negatively associated with satisfaction with life and positive affect. Introjected and external regulation, which belong to extrinsic motivation, were positively associated with satisfaction with life and positive affect. Furthermore, compared with flow experience, motivation was a more important predictor for subjective wellbeing, respectively explaining about 22%, 25%, and 11% of the variance of satisfaction with life, positive affect, and negative affect. We conclude that motivation is more related to subjective wellbeing than flow experience in the workplace.show more
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