Future and past negative time perspective influences on job satisfaction and organizational commitment in Mexico and the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Arturo Cernas Ortiz ◽  
Mark A. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Negative Time

Purpose This paper aims to examine the influence of future and past negative time perspectives on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The effect of national culture (Mexico versus the USA) as a moderator of the above baseline relationships is also analyzed. Design/methodology/approach The research model is tested using survey data drawn from a sample of 287 Mexican and 274 US MBA students (N = 561). Regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses. Findings Future time perspective has a positive relationship with job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Past negative time perspective has a negative association with both job attitudes. The effect of future time perspective on job satisfaction was significantly stronger in Mexico than in the USA. No other significant differences between the countries were found in terms of the time perspective and job attitudes association. Practical implications The results have implications for managing dispositions that affect work-related attitudes and behaviors with consequences for organizational effectiveness. Originality/value The findings suggest that time perspective affects job attitudes. Further, they also suggest that the interplay between future time perspective and culture influences job satisfaction.

scholarly journals The influences of career future time perspective on job attitudes and career behaviors

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-410
Author(s):  
InJo Park ◽  
Juil Rie
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Career Future

This study investigated the impacts of career future time perspective on occupational self-efficacy, organizational commitment, career commitment, turnover intention, and career development. Data was collected from full-time employees (N = 400) working at various private companies through online survey. The results from path model showed that career future time perspective influenced occupational self-efficacy, organizational commitment, career commitment, turnover intention, and career development. Additionally, the results from multi-group analysis indicated that the path from career future time perspective to career commitment was different along with age and job title. The results of this study suggested that career future time perspective has predictive role in job attitudes and career behavior among employees.

Age-inclusive HR practices and the thriving of older workers: the mediating role of occupational future time perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Surface Analysis ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Remaining Time

PurposeDrawing on social exchange theory and socio-emotional selectivity theory, this paper examines the role of occupational future time perspective (OFTP) in the relationship between age-inclusive HR practices (AIHRP) and the thriving of older workers.Design/methodology/approachA two-wave cross-sectional design was adopted with bootstrapped parallel multiple mediation analyses. In addition, polynomial regression with response surface analysis was used to examine the extent to which combinations of focus on opportunities and remaining time relate to thriving at work. Data were collected from 310 older workers working in 13 companies located in Portugal.FindingsAIHRP have direct effects on OFTP dimensions (i.e. focus on opportunities and remaining time), and indirect effects on the two thriving dimensions (i.e. learning and vitality) via focus on opportunities. The positive relationship between AIHRP and learning was mediated by remaining time, while no significant mediating effect on vitality through remaining time was found. Additionally, surface analysis showed that overall thriving and learning increase more sharply when focus on opportunities is higher than remaining time, rather than vice versa.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature by showing the importance of personal resources like OFTP in the relationship between AIHRP and the thriving of older workers. It also provides further support for the distinctiveness of the two OFTP dimensions as remaining time was not linked to vitality, whereas focus on opportunities was linked to both thriving dimensions.

scholarly journals Ecotourism intention: the roles of environmental concern, time perspective and destination image

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanh Song Thi Pham ◽  
Chi Nguyen Thi Khanh
Keyword(s):  
Time Perspective ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Organisations

Purpose This study aims to examine the decisive factors that affect travellers’ intention to visit ecotourism destinations. Design/methodology/approach Convenience sampling method was used to develop a research sample. The research sample includes visitors at eight ecotourism destinations in Vietnam who were randomly approached and agreed to participate in a structured questionnaire survey. The data set consists of 431 valid responses. A multivariate analysis method was used to analyse the data. Findings This study finds strong correlations between three factors that are important in determining the Vietnamese travellers’ intention to visit ecotourism locations. These are environmental concern, future time perspective (defined as individual views towards the importance of future time) and eco-destinations image (understood as individual perceptions of an ecotourism place). This study also reports robust associations between eco-destination image, future time perspective and environmental concern. Practical implications This study suggests policymakers in an emerging economy such as Vietnam to use efficient regulations on protecting the natural environment in tourism locations while tourism providers and marketers should invest in building eco-image of travel locations. This study also recommends public organisations to encourage greater awareness of the importance of environmental protection through education, propaganda and media as this will foster the demand for ecotourism. Last but not least, this study advises tourism marketers to develop marketing materials emphasising future time perspective and eco-destination images if they wish to promote ecotourism. Originality/value This study highlights the influential role of travellers’ future time perspective and eco-destination image in their travel intention. The existing literature does not pay sufficient attention to the impacts that these two considerations have on travellers’ environmental concerns and consequently stimulate their intention to visit ecotourism destinations. This study suggests relevant management strategies for the development of ecotourism in emerging economies.

Future time perspective and group performance among students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1265-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Gupta ◽  
Arnold B. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Group Performance ◽  
Group Cohesion ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role

PurposeThe objective of this study is to understand the mediating role of student engagement between future time perspective and group task performance. In addition, the study examines the interaction effect of group cohesion task with student engagement on group performance.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 170 (a total of 34 groups of five members each) business management students for three consecutive months. To analyze the data, multi-level modeling was carried out.FindingsThe results of the three-wave multi-level analysis indicate support for the hypotheses and suggest that future time perspective affects group performance through student engagement. Moreover, group cohesion interacts with student engagement to predict group task performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings show how the application of engagement theory can help in understanding the relationship between two distant variables, namely, future time perspective and group performance.Practical implicationsThe educators are encouraged to engage students for facilitating the positive impact of future time perspective on group task performance. The findings also imply that the students with future orientation perform well and thus, the educators may need to teach students to have futuristic perspective.Originality/valueThis study in one of its kinds to test the mediating role of student engagement between future time perspective and group task performance as well as the interaction effect of group cohesion task with student engagement on group performance at both the individual and group level over a period of time.

Positive risk behaviors and time perception among mountaineers

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (16) ◽  
pp. 159-170
Author(s):  
Magdalena Wizła
Keyword(s):  
Time Perception ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Risk Propensity ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Negative Time

The article concerns people engaged in hiking in the mountains as being the representatives of positive risk behaviour (PRB) (activities accepted by the members of society). The aim of the research is to determine whether people involved in hiking display significantly more risk behaviour, both positive and negative (NRB) and whether they perceive time in a different way. In the research participants were recruited and questionnaires were applied via the Internet. The analysis confirmed the hypothesis that hikers are characterised by a greater risk propensity and a greater number of activities recognised as PRB, but not NRB. Surprisingly no differences between future time perspective orientation were found. Moreover, people hiking in the mountains are characterised by higher measures of present hedonistic time perspective and lower past negative time perspective. Average value of DBTP is lower among them, which stands for a more balanced time perception orientation. Past negative time perspective is most strongly correlated with a balanced time perspective. Strong positive correlations between risk propensity and PRB were found. A negative correlation was observed between future time perspective and NRB, but not PRB. It is important to note that the correlation between present hedonistic time perspective and frequency of PRB activities was found only among mountain tourists. Further research could concentrate on the analysis of other specific groups and further exploration of hikers’ community concerning their personality and identity structures, cognitive styles, profits obtained from being a member of a group and engaging in sport.

Using the future time perspective to analyse resistance to, and readiness for, change

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Bagrationi ◽  
Thomas Thurner
Keyword(s):  
Time Perspective ◽  
Readiness To Change ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Internal Resistance ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Readiness For Change ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future

Purpose When a major Russian energy provider introduced a new technology that required organisational adjustment, the company’s management was surprised by the degree of internal resistance these changes provoked. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The authors took reference to the work on readiness to change and studied how the future time perspective, which connects with early writings by Lewin (1942), would explain the attitudes and behaviour of 148 managers. Findings The findings indicate that only a small number of employees perceived the future as offering many opportunities and showed willingness to pursue them. The majority of employees are either fearful of future changes, or do not have a strong sense of belonging to the company and hence are disinterested in prospective opportunities within the firm. Originality/value The different constructs of the future introduce an emic perspective to the study of organisational change and answer calls to enrich the measurements that are currently in use.

Unintended effects of marketing messages on salespeople’s cynicism

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 1047-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olalekan K. Seriki ◽  
Kenneth R. Evans ◽  
Hyo-Jin (Jean) Jeon ◽  
Rajiv P. Dant ◽  
Amanda Helm
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Organizational Cynicism ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Marketing Messages

Purpose This paper aims to examine how external marketing messages, which are generally used to convey company and product information to external target audiences, influence job attitudes and behaviors of salespeople. Design/methodology/approach The study is conducted based on survey data on 348 salespeople working at regional banks in the Midwestern USA. The relationships among salespeople’s perceptions of marketing messages (i.e. in terms of value incongruence and claim inaccuracy), organizational cynicism, job attitudes (i.e. organizational commitment and job satisfaction) and behaviors (i.e. extra-role performance) are empirically tested. Findings Salespeople’s perceptions of value incongruence and claim inaccuracy of marketing messages heighten organizational cynicism, which in turn negatively impacts on organizational commitment, job satisfaction and extra-role performance. Also, inaccurate claim directly decreases job attitudes and behaviors. Research limitations/implications The results are limited to salespeople in financial institutions, and future research should investigate perceptions of non-customer contact employees in other industry contexts. Future investigation may also include objective performance metrics and consumer satisfaction ratings. Practical implications Service firms should strive to align salespeople’s perceptions of marketing messages with firms’ intended goals from those messages. Originality/value Drawing on attitude theory and perspectives from sales literature, social psychology and organizational behavior literature, in the first of such investigations, the authors studied the impact of external marketing messages on salespeople’s cynicism, job attitudes and behaviors.

Employee value congruence and job attitudes: the role of occupational status

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Ren ◽  
Darla J. Hamann
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Value Congruence ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects

Purpose – Extant research has shown the positive effects of value congruence on individual attitudes, behaviors and performance. However, very few studies have been conducted to examine the difference in the relationship between value congruence and attitudinal outcomes across people of different attributes. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the relationships between employee-organization value congruence and job attitudes vary across different occupational groups, with the focus on different levels of nurses. The study provides evidence to organizations to adopt better approaches to harness the benefit from employees’ spontaneous work motivation. Design/methodology/approach – Nursing homes provide a unique research context because of the different nursing occupations with varying degree of identifying characteristics including educational attainment, skill level, income and decision-making power. The present study thus examines how the relationships between nurses-home value congruence and nurses’ job attitudes vary across different nursing occupations, instrumented by a survey of nursing staff of nursing homes in a Midwestern state in the USA. Findings – Consistent with prior research, value congruence is found positively associated with nurses’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment, but negatively with turnover intention. Consistent with the “diminishing marginal effect” argument, the relationships between value congruence and job satisfaction and organizational commitment are found more pronounced among nurses of lower occupational level. Originality/value – The extant literature does not explicitly compare the effect of within-occupation value congruence on various attitudinal and behavioral outcomes across different occupations. As values have individual and social foundations, in a specific workplace context, it is impractical, if not impossible, to gain a comprehensive view of employees’ value profile and work-related consequences without looking further into the differences across types of employee. Although without sufficient existing literature to compare to, the present study does provide consistent results with theoretical predictions, and display a relatively clear picture of how the relationships between value congruence and job attitudes are unwrapped along the occupational dimension.

Business students' future time perspective and quality of university life: evidence from Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen N.Q. Thu ◽  
Nguyen T.M. Trang ◽  
Nguyen Dinh Tho
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Life

PurposeThis study, based on self-determination theory (SDT), investigates the effect of business students' future time perspective (FTP), directly and indirectly (mediated by deep learning approaches), on quality of university life.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 547 business students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was surveyed via a two-wave process to collect data to validate the measures and to test the hypotheses using structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThe results produced by SEM demonstrated that FTP had no direct effect on quality of university life and that deep learning approaches fully mediated the impact of FTP on quality of university life.Practical implicationsThe study findings provide business educators with a better understanding of the role that FTP can play for business students. Increased awareness of this issue may help nurture the FTP of business students, which in turn directs them to pursue deep learning approaches to achieve a higher level of quality of university life.Originality/valueThis study is among the first to empirically investigate the overarching role that FTP plays in both deep learning approaches and quality of university life.

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