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A New Model of Work Role Performance

Positive Behavior in Uncertain and Interdependent Contexts

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ID23319081
AuthorsMark A Griffin (University of Sheffield), Mark Griffin (0000-0003-4326-7752, The University of Queensland), Andrew Neal (0000-0002-5344-9376, The University of Queensland), K Parker (0000-0002-0978-1873, The University of Queensland), Sharon K Parker (University of Sheffield)
Year2007
Volume50
Issue2
Pages327-347
Publication date2007-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAcademy of Management Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-4273 • E-ISSN: 1948-0989
PublisherAcademy of Management (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5465/amj.2007.24634438
OpenAlexW2164356966
LanguageEN
Citations received365
References cited47

We propose that interdependence in a work context determines to what extent work roles are embedded within a broader social system and, further, that uncertainty determines whether work roles can be formalized or whether they emerge through adaptive and proactive behavior. Cross-classification of task, team member, and organization member behaviors with proficiency, adaptivity, and proactivity produced nine subdimensions of work role performance. Ratings from 491 supervisors from 32 organizations and self-ratings from employees in two organizations (n's = 1,228 and 927) supported the proposed distinctions. Self-reports of proactivity were positively correlated with two external measures of proactivity.

Context (archaeology) · Interdependence · Knowledge management · Management · Organizational Behavior · Proactivity · Sociology · Task (project management) · Work (physics) · Work behavior · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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