"The study has once again validated the fact that employee motivation is largely intrinsic and it is vital for organisations to constantly satisfy the three psychological needs of competence, relatedness and autonomy of their employees, which are fundamentally different from the need to gain a reward or avoid a punishment," said Andrew Calvert, regional director and solution architect at AchieveGlobal Singapore. "The Singapore workforce is largely motivated by responsibility, autonomy and knowledge sharing. It is important for employers here to create conditions that allow employees to meet these needs so as to raise and sustain performance and teamwork at the workplace."