Basic psychological needs | Satisfaction | Frustration |
Autonomy | Feeling of a sense of integrity (self-endorsed and authentic feelings, thoughts and actions) due to the occurrence of feelings of optimism, growth mindset, activated motivation and the ability of adaptation. | Feeling of being pushed into an unwanted direction and experiencing a sense of pressure due to fear of the unknown or due to feeling of hope, justification, pressure of uncertainty, demotivation, reorientation, feeling externally determined, risk of losing control, struggle with change, and anxiety. |
Competence | Experience of effectiveness and mastery (extending their skills and expertise) has led to the development of team involvement, the optimization of business processes, and the sharing of knowledge within the team when it has been satisfied. | A sense of ineffectiveness, failure or helplessness that has been impacted by a fear of loss, time pressure, coordination issues, and a feeling of giving up (hopelessness). |
Relatedness | Experience of care, bonding, and warmth (connecting to and feeling significant to others) has been satisfied through open communication, a sense of social responsibility, trust, and the development of team involvement. | To a sense of social alienation, exclusion, and loneliness due to the lack of social responsibility, disappointment, imbalance, worrying, feeling excluded from the group, a lack of belonging and inclusion, missing solidarity, no feeling of communitas, and perceiving adjustment anxiety/social anxiety. |