The Effects of Intrinsic Motivation on Job Satisfaction

In 20 15, my colleagues and i published some research in journal of vocational behavior. And what we found was that for intrinsic motivation, the effects of intrinsic motivation on job satisfaction were just consistently good throughout the workday. What was really interesting was that these extrinsic reasons for doing our work, so because some one else wanted me to do it, or because the situation demanded it, when employees reported doing those things, that actually benefited their job satisfaction. It was later in the day when they were more fatigued and more exhausted, that they felt like that was a problem, right? And so the effect completely flipped.