?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=First+principles+at+work+%3A+self+determination+theory+and+the+mechanism+of+organismic+integration+over+individual+dispositions+in+entrepreneurship&rft.creator=Fellows%2C+Graham+T.&rft.subject=entrepreneur&rft.subject=individual&rft.subject=difference&rft.subject=self&rft.subject=determination&rft.subject=theory&rft.subject=motivation&rft.subject=intrinsic&rft.subject=extrinsic&rft.subject=autonomous&rft.description=This+is+a+cross-sectional+study+of+the+mechanism+of+autonomous-controlled+motivation+and+the+underlying+relationship+with+entrepreneurial+performance.+It+challenges+the+assumption+that+individual+disposition+variables+are+ideal+predictors+of+entrepreneurial+performance.+It+was+found+that+the+satisfaction+of+the+needs+for+competence%2C+autonomy+and+relatedness+in+the+entrepreneurship+domain+is+positively+related+to+autonomous+motivation%2C+and+that+the+autonomous-controlled+motivation+continuum+predicts+entrepreneurial+performance+more+strongly+than+individual+dispositions+in+entrepreneurship.+The+finding+that+the+degree+of+autonomous+and+controlled+motivation+states+matter%2C+opens+opportunities+for+research+exploration+centred+on+the+study+of+motivation+types+described+by+self-determination+theory.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F101570%2F1%2FGraham_Fellows_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Fellows%2C+Graham+T.+(2016)+First+principles+at+work+%3A+self+determination+theory+and+the+mechanism+of+organismic+integration+over+individual+dispositions+in+entrepreneurship.+Masters+by+Research+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F101570%2F&rft.identifier=QUT+Business+School%3B+School+of+Management