Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between organizational factors and autonomous work motivation among older Japanese workers. We hypothesized that organizational justice and organizational support are positively related, and role conflict and role ambiguity are negatively related to autonomous work motivation. The participants consisted of older employees working in seven corporations (N = 558, Mage = 62.00 years, SD = 1.35 years，men = 93.7% [n = 523], women = 4.3% [n = 24], unknown = 2.0% [n = 11]). Multiple regression analysis indicated that organizational support positively predicted autonomous motivations, and organizational justice positively predicted intrinsic, contribution, and self-fulfillment autonomous motivation. In contrast, role conflict was negatively associated with these variables. These results suggest that optimal interpersonal relationships in organizations promote older adults’ autonomous motivations. Therefore, we suggest that organizations foster environments where older workers can receive fair performance evaluations from their superiors and experience supportive relationships with the organization’s members.
