Study on Work-related Basic Psychological Need: Local Construct and Scale Development

Abstract

Abstract: In recent years, work-related basic psychological need has been widely applied in organizational management field in western countries, which can explain how organization environment affects individual behavior and performance. However, related researches are limited in China because of cultural university issue. Under Chinese organization context, the paper firstly collects data by in-depth interviews and builds preliminary dimensions and develops scale of work-related psychological need on the basis of grounded theory. After that, the paper clarifies the construct dimensions and scale through empirical analysis of 1162 questionnaires. The study demonstrates that work-related basic psychological need in China has three second-order dimensions:relatedness, autonomy and occupation need, while such need in western countries is composed of three one-order dimensions:relatedness, autonomy and competence. To be specific, relatedness consists of esteem, acceptance, harmony and equity; Autonomy contains work characteristics and interaction way; Occupational safety and occupational planning comprise occupation. The conclusion supplies a theoretical foundation for empirical analysis of influence of organizational environment on employees' behavior and performance through mediating mechanism of work-related basic psychological need. In addition, it offers theoretical basis for Chinese managers to understand key psychological needs of employees and accordingly formulate related management strategies.

Key words: work-related basic psychological need, localization, scale development

Zhao Bin , Fu Zhengxue. Study on Work-related Basic Psychological Need: Local Construct and Scale Development[J]. , 2017, 29(2): 143-154,190.

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