Future Time Perspective and Academic Engagement as Sequential Mediators in the Relationship between Mastery Goal Orientation and Academic Burnout

Purpose – The demographic shift and the rapid rate of innovations put age and employability high on policy makers’ and human resource managers’ agenda. However, the authors do not sufficiently understand the link between these concepts. The authors set out to investigate the relationship between age and employability and aim to identify motivational mediators of this relationship. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the roles of future time perspective and goal orientation. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted quantitative, cross-sectional survey research (n=282) in three Dutch and Austrian organizations. The authors used structural equation modeling to investigate the relationships between chronological age, future time perspective, goal orientations, and employability. Findings – Future time perspective and goal orientation strongly relate to employability. The authors found indirect relationships between age and employability via perceived remaining opportunities. Research limitations/implications – The results question the often simplistic use of chronological age in employability and human resource management research. Therefore, the authors call for more research to investigate the relationship between age and employability more deeply. Practical implications – The findings contribute new insights for the career development issues of an increasingly older workforce. This shifts the focus from age, a factor outside our control, to motivation. Originality/value – This study contributes evidence for the relationships of chronological age, future time perspective, and goal orientation with employability. It extends literature by criticizing the prevalent use of chronological age and investigating mediation effects.

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Different Future Time Perspectives Interplay in Predicting Life Satisfaction

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000192 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 103-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Minjie Lu ◽

Angel Y. Li ◽

Helene H. Fung ◽

Klaus Rothermund ◽

Frieder R. Lang

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Well Being ◽

Future Time Perspective ◽

Hong Kong Chinese ◽

Future Time ◽

Time Perspectives ◽

Time Extension ◽

Future Self ◽

The Relationship

Abstract. This study addresses prior mixed findings on the relationship between future time perspective (FTP) and well-being as well as examines the associations between three aspects of FTP and life satisfaction in the health and friendship domains. 159 Germans, 97 US Americans, and 240 Hong Kong Chinese, aged 19–86 years, completed a survey on future self-views (valence) and life satisfaction. They also reported the extent to which they perceived future time as expanded vs. limited (time extension) and meaningful (openness). Findings revealed that individuals with more positive future self-views had higher satisfaction. However, those who perceived their future as more meaningful or perceived more time in their future reported higher satisfaction even when future self-views were less positive.

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The Relationship among Future Time Perspective, Health Promotion Behavior and Happiness of Elderly Participate in Physical Activity

Korean Journal of Sports Science ◽

10.35159/kjss.2019.04.28.2.151 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 151-162

Author(s):

Dae-Sun Ko

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Future Time Perspective ◽

Future Time ◽

Health Promotion Behavior ◽

The Relationship

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How does career future time perspective moderate in the relationship between infection anxiety with the COVID-19 and service behavior among hotel employees?

Tourism Management Perspectives ◽

10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100846 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 100846

Author(s):

In-Jo Park ◽

Shenyang Hai

Keyword(s):

Time Perspective ◽

Future Time Perspective ◽

Future Time ◽

Hotel Employees ◽

Service Behavior ◽

The Relationship ◽

Career Future

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

Career Development International ◽

10.1108/cdi-01-2021-0026 ◽

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.

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MANAGING THE WORKPLACE CONFLICTS: FUTURE TIME PERSPECTIVE OF THE RELATIONSHIP MATTERS

The Gerontologist ◽

10.1093/geront/gnw162.2549 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 56 (Suppl_3) ◽

pp. 630-630

Keyword(s):

Time Perspective ◽

Future Time Perspective ◽

Future Time ◽

Workplace Conflicts ◽

The Relationship

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Fantasy as a Driving Force: Relations Between Fantasy and Motivation in Children

Imagination Cognition and Personality ◽

10.1177/0276236617734787 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 250-267 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eva V. Hoff ◽

Alexandra Ekman ◽

Anna Kemdal Pho

Keyword(s):

Goal Orientation ◽

Driving Force ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Fifth Grade ◽

Mastery Goals ◽

Mastery Goal Orientation ◽

Mastery Goal ◽

Motivational Style ◽

Avoidance Goals ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between children’s fantasy involvement and motivational style at school was investigated. Participants were 95 Swedish children in third to fifth grade (9–11 years). Fantasy involvement was measured with the Children’s Fantasy Inventory and motivation in the classroom was measured with the Goal Orientation Scales. Results revealed that being highly imaginative was related to higher mastery goal orientation. Among the two subscales with positive fantasy content, one—fanciful and happy fantasies—was connected to mastery goals. Among the two negative fantasy scales one—scary daydreams and attention lapses—was linked to avoidance goals. An implication of the results for teaching and learning situations is that fantasy involvement may function as a resource for motivating students.

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Older job seekers' job search intensity: the interplay of proactive personality, age and occupational future time perspective

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x12000451 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 33 (7) ◽

pp. 1139-1166 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

HANNES ZACHER

Keyword(s):

Job Search ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Future Time Perspective ◽

Proactive Personality ◽

Ageing Population ◽

Job Seekers ◽

Future Time ◽

Search Intensity ◽

The Relationship ◽

Job Search Intensity

ABSTRACTLong-term unemployment of older people can have severe consequences for individuals, communities and ultimately economies, and is therefore a serious concern in countries with an ageing population. However, the interplay of chronological age and other individual difference characteristics in predicting older job seekers' job search is so far not well understood. This study investigated relationships among age, proactive personality, occupational future time perspective (FTP) and job search intensity of 182 job seekers between 43 and 77 years in Australia. Results were mostly consistent with expectations based on a combination of socio-emotional selectivity theory and the notion of compensatory psychological resources. Proactive personality was positively related to job search intensity and age was negatively related to job search intensity. Age moderated the relationship between proactive personality and job search intensity, such that the relationship was stronger at higher compared to lower ages. One dimension of occupational FTP (perceived remaining time left in the occupational context) mediated this moderating effect, but not the overall relationship between age and job search intensity. Implications for future research, including the interplay of occupational FTP and proactive personality, and some tentative practical implications are discussed.

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