“…All these are processed internally by the individual employee and it affects his or her emotional state of mind (Deci & Ryan, 1985). To ensure that employees have positive mind set, organisations are expected to look into what can drive work engagement which include but not limited to career progression, employees support, the level of investment on employees, organisational reputation, fun at work, among others (Osborne & Hammoud, 2017;Ogbonnaya, Daniels & Nielsen, 2017). Therefore, according to the Self-determination theory, when employees perceive that their organisation is not doing anything to enhance their intrinsic motivation, they begin to gradually withdraw their commitment, hide their identities, ideas, and feelings.…”