The Curvilinear Relationship between Demand Level and Performance in an Organizational Field Setting

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (3-1) ◽  
pp. 835-840
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Organizational Field ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Job Demand ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Individual Self ◽  
Field Setting

A curvilinear relationship was posited between job demand and job performance and was tested in a two-year organizational field study involving male youth counselors placed in seven different demand levels. Over the course of the study, these on-call counselors worked in most levels. Composite aggregations of individual self-reported ratings of variations in the job-demand levels were derived. Support for the hypothesized curvilinear relationship was found. Possible implications of the results are discussed.

scholarly journals The relation between conscientiousness, empowerment and performance

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riëtte Sutherland ◽  
Gideon P. De Bruin ◽  
Freddie Crous
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Employee Empowerment ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Service Engineer

This study examined the relationship between conscientiousness, empowerment and job performance among information technology professionals. An Employee Empowerment Questionnaire (EEQ), a Conscientiousness Scale and a Social Desirability Scale were administered to 101 information technology customer service engineers. Managers completed a Performance Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) for each customer service engineer. The results indicated a significant relationship between conscientiousness and empowerment. A curvilinear relationship was found between empowerment and performance. The practical and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Are All Challenges Equal?

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Roy B. L. Sijbom ◽  
Bernd Carette ◽  
Nicoletta G. Dimitrova
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Wave Field ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Goal Theory ◽  
Job Experiences ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Advance Theory ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract. This study seeks to advance theory on the motivational underpinnings of striving for challenge. We propose and empirically demonstrate that challenging job experiences can be meaningfully subdivided into private challenging job experiences (private challenges) and public challenging job experiences (public challenges). Drawing on achievement goal theory, in a two-wave field study among 226 employees (Study 1) and a multi-source field study among 326 employees (Study 2), we found initial evidence regarding differential effects of employees' mastery-approach goals and performance-approach goals in relation to private challenges and public challenges. Furthermore, Study 2 showed a negative relationship between performance-approach goals and supervisor-rated in-role job performance when public challenges were low. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Does the Employability Paradox Exist or Not? An Inverted U-Shaped Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibo Yu ◽  
Changli Yan ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Zhenhua Dong ◽  
Long Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Linear Relationship ◽  
Prospect Theory ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Chinese Enterprises ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
And Performance

This paper’s purpose is to test the employability paradox by adopting a combined linear and non-linear approach based on the conservation of resource (COR) theory and the prospect theory and further to discuss it in two groups of employees with different seniority following the career timetable perspective. A total of 623 pairs of matched employee and manager surveys was collected from 27 Chinese enterprises in two waves. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The results show no paradox that perceived employability promotes both an employee’s turnover intention and performance. Specifically, perceived employability has a significant inverted U-shaped effect on turnover intention but no direct influence on job performance. Seniority is a moderator, showing the curvilinear relationship only exhibits for employees with shorter work seniority (≤3 years), and a positive linear relationship between perceived employability and job performance only exists for employees with longer seniority (>3 years). This study emphasizes the value of employability for employers and proposes who is more suitable and what timetable should be followed for employability enhancement in practice. In addition, the study provides an enlightening finding of the inverted U-shaped relationship between perceived employability and turnover intention, applies the COR theory and the prospect theory to explain the non-linear relationship, validates the effect of too much of a good thing (TMGT), and negates the paradox from the perspective of the perceived general employability and career timetable.

scholarly journals Revisiting the Role of Worries in Explaining the Link Between Test Anxiety and Test Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frieder L. Schillinger ◽  
Jochen A. Mosbacher ◽  
Clemens Brunner ◽  
Stephan E. Vogel ◽  
Roland H. Grabner
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Mathematical Competencies ◽  
And Performance

AbstractThe inverse relationship between test anxiety and test performance is commonly explained by test-anxious students’ tendency to worry about a test and the consequences of failing. However, other cognitive facets of test anxiety have been identified that could account for this link, including interference by test-irrelevant thoughts and lack of confidence. In this study, we compare different facets of test anxiety in predicting test performance. Seven hundred thirty university students filled out the German Test Anxiety Inventory after completing a battery of standardized tests assessing general intelligence and mathematical competencies. Multiple regressions revealed that interference and lack of confidence but not worry or arousal explained unique variance in students’ test performance. No evidence was found for a curvilinear relationship between arousal and performance. The present results call for revisiting the role of worries in explaining the test anxiety-performance link and can help educators to identify students who are especially at risk of underperforming on tests.

Candidate Age as a Factor in Promotability Ratings

1992 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor Cox ◽  
Stella M. Nkomo
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Performance Ratings ◽  
Job Tenure ◽  
Moderator Variable

This paper presents research addressed to understanding how candidate age affects promotability. A field study of 125 lower-level managers indicated that age had an inverse relationship with promotability for both young and older managers and also appeared to serve as a moderator variable for the job tenure and education factors. Job tenure and education were relevant criteria only for the younger managers. By contrast, job performance ratings were significant for both age groups. Alternative explanations for the results and the implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals How Individual Self-Regulation Affects Group Regulation and Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Panadero ◽  
Paul A. Kirschner ◽  
Sanna Järvelä ◽  
Jonna Malmberg ◽  
Hanna Järvenoja
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Individual Self

THE SOCIAL COSTS OF OBESITY: A NON-REACTIVE FIELD STUDY

1980 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter L. Benson ◽  
Drew Severs ◽  
John Tatgenhorst ◽  
Nancy Loddengaard
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cover Letter ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reactive Field ◽  
Health Administrators ◽  
Field Setting

The major purposes of this study were to investigate whether devaluation of obese persons, a phenomenon demonstrated exclusively in laboratory settings using reactive measures, generalizes to a nonreactive field setting. Seventy public health administrators were asked, via the mail, to help a college junior assess her chances of getting into graduate school and finding employment in this field. Subjects received a cover letter, a standard résumé∼, and a questionnaire. A picture of the student was affixed to some of the résumés. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three picture conditions: obese, normal, or no picture. Forty-six percent of the questionnaires were returned. Significantly fewer forms were returned in the obese condition than in the normal and no picture conditions. On both the graduate school and employment questionnaire items, forecasts were considerably more pessimistic than in the other two picture conditions. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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