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===Autonomy: increased motivation for autonomous tasks===
Employees seek autonomy and responsibility in their work, contrary to assumptions of the rational theory of management. Because supervisors have direct authority over employees, they must ensure that the employee's actions are in line with the standards of efficient conduct.<ref name="Roethlisberger book"/> This creates a sense of restriction on the employee and these constraints are viewed as "annoying and seemingly functioned only as subordinating or differentiating mechanisms."<ref name="Roethlisberger book"/> Accordingly, the natural management system assumes that employees prefer autonomy and responsibility on the job and dislike arbitrary rules and overwhelming supervision. An individual's motivation to complete a task is increased when the task is autonomous. When the motivation to complete a task comes from an "external pressure" that pressure then "undermines" the person's motivation, and as a result decreases the person's desire to complete the task.<ref>{{cite book |title = Sharing Motivation |last = Walton, Cohen |first = Gregory, Geoffrey |publisher = Psychology Press |year = 2011 |location = New York |pages = 82–83 }}</ref>