title: Intrinsic motivation and organizational identification among on-demand workers.
abstract: On-demand firms provide services for clients through a network of on-demand workers ready to complete specific tasks for a set contractual price. Given such on-demand work is defined by payment on short-term contracts with no obligation for continued employment, there is little reason to believe on-demand workers experience more than extrinsic motivation and a transactional relationship with the on-demand firm. However, using self-determination theory, we argue that to the degree that on-demand work fulfills innate psychological needs individual on-demand workers will develop intrinsic motivation, which further leads to organizational identification with the on-demand firm. Across 2 survey-based studies we find support for this path to organizational identification. This adds to the literature on motivation and identification by strengthening the link between individual needs and the individual-organizational relationship. Implications for theory and for the management of on-demand workers are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: School of Business, George Mason University.
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Rockmann
authors.affiliation: McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia.
authors.forename: Gary A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ballinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003284:Contract Services; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010558:Personnel Loyalty