Workers' Personal Initiative as a Moderator of the Relations between Job Characteristics and Well-Being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13664337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Toon W Taris (0000-0003-1946-3307, Radboud University Nijmegen, Utrecht University, corresponding author), Etty G A Wielenga-Meijer (Radboud University Nijmegen, Hogeschool Arnhem–Nijmegen) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 255-264 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/01.02.09.20.pr0.107.4.255-264 |
| PMID | 20923071 |
| OpenAlex | W2034375893 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Having personal initiative means that workers are self-starting, pro-active, and persistent in pursuing their goals. This study examined whether personal initiative contributed to the prediction of two aspects of well-being (emotional exhaustion and learning motivation). Personal initiative was expected to have direct effects on well-being as well as moderate the effects of relevant work characteristics such as job demands and control. As expected, stepwise hierarchical regression using data from 834 Dutch telecommunications workers yielded positive main effects of personal initiative on both aspects of well-being. Moreover, personal initiative moderated the relationship between control and learning motivation: the positive effect of control on learning motivation was stronger for workers with high initiative. These findings support the hypothesis that personal initiative is a predictor of well-being
Control (management · Management · Moderation · Multilevel model · Personal development · Personal life · Well-being · Applied Psychology · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being
Personal initiative
Method Variance in Organizational Research
The relationships between work characteristics and mental health
The structure of occupational well‐being
"The very best of the millennium"
Proactive Behavior in Organizations
The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)
The concept of personal initiative
The structure of psychological well-being revisited
Subjective well-being
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |