scholarly journals Personality and work outcomes: A moderated mediation model of self-leadership and gender

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1292-1304
Author(s):  
Jessie Ho ◽  
Paul L Nesbit

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between personality traits (conscientiousness and internal locus of control) and self-leadership. Specifically, we tested a moderated mediation model with self-leadership as the mediator between personality traits and job performance and job satisfaction and with gender as the moderator in influencing the mediations. Data were collected from a variety of organizations from 341 supervisor-subordinate dyads located in China and Hong Kong. Our analyses revealed that: (1) conscientiousness and internal locus of control were positively related to self-leadership in Chinese contexts; (2) self-leadership mediated the relationships of conscientiousness and internal locus of control with both job performance and job satisfaction; and (3) the mediating effects of self-leadership were not moderated by gender.  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Botang Guo ◽  
Binbin Qiang ◽  
Haiyun Chu ◽  
Jiawei Zhou ◽  
Xiuxian Yang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background:To explore the mechanisms between achievement motivation and job performance among physicians of public hospitals in China, this article researched the influence of different personality traits on physicians' job performance. Methods: A survey conducted in 2017, containing samples of 1,523 physicians from eight tertiary grade A hospitals in Harbin, China.A cross-sectional study was applied to data collection about physicians’ achievement motivation, job performance, organizational commitment, personality traits and other demographic variables. This paper also analyzed the relationships between physicians’ job performance and achievement motivation using a moderated mediation model.Independent t-test and ANOVA were applied to describe and compare the demographic data. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to examine the correlation among the variables. To test the correlation of the eight variables, moderated mediation analysis was performed in this study. Results:Achievement motivation directly affects job performance of Chinese physicians, and organizational commitment partially mediates the direct effects of achievement motivation on job performance. Additionally, we also found that agreeableness and conscientiousness moderate the strength of the relationships between achievement motivation and job performance mediated by organizational commitment. Conclusions:Managers in Chinese public hospitals should pay attention to increase physicians’ level of achievement motivation, and we recommend to enhance organizational commitment through a reasonable compensation system and active organizational culture. And they should also tend to be conscientiousness or agreeableness in the arrangement. Key Words job performance; hospital management; achievement motivation; psychology; moderated mediation model


2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Spagnoli

The current study aimed at examining a moderated mediation model based on the theoretical framework of organizational socialization. In particular, the mediating effect of organizational career growth (OCG) in the relationship between organizational socialization learning and work outcomes (job satisfaction and performance) was assessed through a multigroup approach on an overall sample of 474 Italian employees. Specifically, structural equation modeling through the bootstrap method was used to test the mediation hypotheses on three dichotomous moderating variables: gender (men/women), parenthood (parents/not parents), and tenure (newcomers/expert employees). Results showed a moderated mediation effect (total mediation) of OCG in the relationship between organizational socialization learning and performance and a mediation effect of OCG in the relationship between organizational socialization learning and job satisfaction. Results are discussed on the light of the original contribution provided, as well as limitations, suggestions for further research and practical implications.


Author(s):  
Nicolas Gillet ◽  
Claude Fernet ◽  
Philippe Colombat ◽  
Pierre Cheyroux ◽  
Evelyne Fouquereau

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weni Hastuti ◽  
M. Farid

Research that takes the subject 100 employees at PT. X in Surabaya branch fromand marketing supporting division to find the motivation to work and internal locus ofcontrol and job satisfaction in a correlational study. Data collected through questionnairesand analyzed by multiple regression test. The results show the value of F = 3.449; p =0.0036 (p <0.05), which means that work motivation and internal locus of controlcombination has a significant correlation with employees job satisfaction. It can besaid that the hypothesis that states motivation and internal locus of control on employeesat the marketing and supporting division have a relationship with employee satisfaction,that means it can be accepted. The value of R2 = 0.066 describe motivation and internallocus of control simultaneously have contributed effectively to job satisfaction up to 6.6%and that is a quite low in value. Partial test results of work motivation are t = 2.353; p= 0.021 (p <0.05), which means there is a significant positive correlation between workmotivation and job satisfaction, while the result of internal locus of control are = -0.572;p = 0.568 (p> 0.05), that means there is no correlation between the internal locus ofcontrol and job satisfaction.Keywords : Job satisfaction, work motivation, internal locus of control


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Shahin Alam ◽  
DuckJung Shin

PurposeThis study developed and tested a moderated mediation model on workplace diversity management. The analysis examined whether diversity management affects job satisfaction via perceived discrimination, depending on employees' openness to experience.Design/methodology/approachBuilding upon the assumptions of social identity theory, social cognitive theory and Big-Five theory, this study proposed and tested a model that analyzes the process through which diversity management influences perceived visible diversity discrimination and job satisfaction, depending on employees' openness to experience.FindingsThis study found support for the proposed moderated mediation model, which suggests that diversity management interacts with employees' openness to experience personality to influence their job satisfaction through perceived visible diversity discrimination. The results indicated that diversity management increased employees' job satisfaction in the workplace and that the relationship between diversity management and job satisfaction was further mediated by employees' perceptions of being discriminated against because of their age, gender and racial identities. The effect of diversity management on job satisfaction through perceived visible diversity discrimination was stronger when employees had high levels of openness to experience.Practical implicationsThe results of the study suggest that the diversity management is an important organizational intervention to improve job satisfaction by providing a scientific explanation of its underlying psychological process and identifying the factors associated with the process, such as personality and perception of being discriminated.Originality/valueThis study contributes to extend the diversity management literature by applying the assumptions of social identity theory, social cognitive theory and Big-Five theory together to identify the relationship between diversity management and job satisfaction and the effect of perceived discrimination and openness to experience in the relationship.


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