You will notice two things right away if you watch the TEDx talk given by Dr. Edward Deci on YouTube (http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=VGrcetsOE6I). Eirst, he is unabashedly passionate about the topic of motivation. "I LOVE motivation," he says, his voice charged with excitement. Second, you will recognize that he is a masterful teacher. Just as I learned during my coursework in adult learning, ...

Athletes' sport experiences are often influenced by the interpersonal styles of communication used by their coaches. Research on personality antecedents of such styles is scarce. We examined the link between a well-researched personality trait, namely narcissism, and two types of coaching interpersonal style, namely autonomy-supportive and controlling styles. We also tested the mediating roles ...

The persistence of unrecognized states as territorial units is both intellectually puzzling and normatively problematic. Unrecognized are characterized by stagnant or crumbling economies and instability on their borders, often serve as havens for illicit trade, and challenge the territorial sovereignty of recognized states. Nonetheless, unrecognized statehood can be a remarkably stable outcome,...

Macey and Schneider (2008) draw on numerous theories to explain what engagement is and how it is similar to and different from related constructs in the organizational behavior literature. As a result, we now have a better understanding of some of the key ‘‘components’’ of engagement. What appears to be missing, however, is a strong unifying theory to guide research and practice. We believe tha...

Motivation is, by its very nature, a dynamic process. Human motives and desires fluctuate in direction and strength according to inner promptings and environmental contingencies that can facilitate or inhibit the satisfaction of needs, and desires also vary as individuals negotiate their day-to-day lives. This dynamic character of motivation has implications for research designs and analytic ap...

Article history: Received 17 April 2012 Available online 27 September 2012 Self-determination theory (SDT) posits the existence of distinct types of motivation (i.e., external, introjected, identified, integrated, and intrinsic). Research on these different types of motivation has typically adopted a variable-centered approach that seeks to understand how each motivation in isolation relates to...

This paper analyses to what extent a 'remedial right' to secession, as suggested by Allen Buchanan's Remedial Right Only Theory, would be suitable for regulating secession of substate entities on an international platform. In doing so it will be argued that a number of problems would have to be addressed and ambiguities removed for a ‘remedial right’ to be realisable: firstly, the entity which ...

A theoretical approach to the design and implementation of a web-enhanced course template for Introduction to Psychology is reviewed. Links between psychological constructs and pedagogical principles of learning that are pertinent to a web-based course and the self-determination theory literature are discussed in relation to the design and implementation of a web-enhanced template. The authors ...

Doctoral student attrition is a troubling and costly phenomenon. Alarmingly, 40-60% of doctoral students will not complete their Ph.D. Several explanations for this high and persistent attrition rate have been discussed in the extant literature, including questioning the quality, mental health, and motivation of doctoral students. However, stricter admission standards and empirical evidence pro...

The purpose of this study was to propose and test a model of career indecision based on selfdetermination theory (E. L. Deci & R. M. Ryan, 1985). This model posits that peer and parental styles predicted career indecision through perceived self-efficacy and autonomy. Participants were 834 college students (236 men, 581 women, 17 without gender identification). Results from structural equation m...