PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND JOB PERFORMANCE: DOES THE NEED FOR CONTROL AND THE NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehuda Baruch ◽  
Mark Fenton O'Creevy ◽  
Patricia Hind ◽  
Eran Vigoda-Gadot
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between job performance and prosocial behavior at work using several variables that to date have received little or no attention in the literature. It focuses on employees' need for control, need for achievement, and the more commonly studied variable of organizational commitment as direct predictors of prosocial behavior and ultimately as indirect antecedents of job performance. Eight hundred and forty-six employees from 41 organizations participated in the study. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) supported a direct relationship between need for achievement and job performance. However, no relationship was found between need for control and job performance. Moreover, when both personality variables were controlled for, the effect of prosocial behavior and commitment on job performance disappeared. This finding suggests that further work on the mediating effects of prosocial behavior and commitment on job performance is needed. Additional suggestions are given about the relationships among, and implications of, prosocial behavior, job performance, attitudinal, and personality variables.

Self-efficacy and employee job performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khahan Na-Nan ◽  
Ekkasit Sanamthong
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Transfer Training ◽  
Motivation To Transfer ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Relationship between self-efficacy (SE) and employee job performance (EJP) is of vital importance for organizations but remains unclear. A more comprehensive understanding demonstrated that perceived workplace support (PWS), motivation to transfer (MT) and transfer of training (TT) had mediating effects on the relationship between SE and EJP. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Empirical data were garnered from 250 alumni of the Engineering Faculty, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand through a questionnaire requesting 62 answers. A research outline was proposed, with structural equation modeling utilized to test the framework, determine the direct influence of SE on EJP and also any indirect influences on EJP through PWS, MT and TT variables. Findings SE increased EJP through enhancing PWS, MT and TT. In addition, PWS, MT and TT were determined as partial mediator factors of SE on EJP. Originality/value Empirical evidence was presented as two mechanisms that helped to explain the effect of SE on EJP. To enhance EJP, organizations should consider contributions associated with SE, PWS, MT and TT when designing and implementing transfer training for effective EJP.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies Between Psychological Capital and Small Tourism Organization Resilience: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farhan Jalil ◽  
Azlan Ali ◽  
Zeeshan Ahmed ◽  
Rashidah Kamarulzaman
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Organizational Resilience ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
Firm Owners ◽  
The Relationship

Amid difficulty, the psychological capital of small tourism firm owners/managers has been given less attention. In the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this research examined how psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience) affects organizational resilience. By structural equation modeling (AMOS 21.0), 644 small tourism firm owners in Malaysia were randomly selected to investigate the relationship between psychological capital and organizational resilience, and the mediating effect of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies on this relationship. The findings of the study supported hypothesized relationships, as the psychological capital of small tourism firm owners in Malaysia significantly affects organizational resilience. Furthermore, the study discovered that problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies have partial mediating effects on the association between psychological capital and organizational resilience. In the context of small tourism businesses sector, the findings of the study have implications, as the firms identify the recovery procedure in the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Motivation, Organisational Commitment and Competence with Job Satisfaction and Lecturers Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
M. Jamal Abdul Nasir ◽  
Bambang Budi Wiyono ◽  
. Supriyono ◽  
Achmad Supriyanto
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of this research is to find out a direct and an indirect relationship between motivation, organisational commitment, and lecturers competence and job satisfaction and lecturers performance. This was non-experimental research using a quantitative approach with ex-post facto designs. Hypotheses of this research aim to prove the relationship between variables. The data were collected by using questionnaire distributed to the randomly-chosen respondents and analyzed using Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method. The conclusion of the modeling analysis result of these five variables are: (1) lecturers motivation has not a direct relationship with lecturers performance; (2) lecturers commitment has an indirect relationship with lecturers performance; (3) both exogenous variables (lecturers motivation and commitment) need intervening variable (job satisfaction) to be proven to be related to the lecturers performance; and (4) it is only lecturers competence variable having a direct relationship with lecturers performance even though without passing through mediation and lecturers job satisfaction variable.

scholarly journals ADHD and its Effects on Job Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Ernesto Rosario-Hernández ◽  
Lillian Rovira-Millán
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Productive Work ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of ADHD on job performance and the possible me-diating role of work engagement and moderating role of gender. Hypotheses testing were performed using structural equation modeling base on PLS-SEM approach applied to a sample of 448 employees from different organizations in Puerto Rico. The results shown that ADHD has a direct effect on task performance and counter-productive work behaviors, but none on organizational citizenship behaviors. Meanwhile, the relationship be-tween ADHD and task performance/organizational citizenship behavior were mediated by work engagement. On the other hand, gender moderated the relationship between ADHD and counterproductive work behaviors on which males were more strongly to show counter-productive work behaviors under high levels of ADHD than females. Findings are discussed in the light of their theoretical and practical implications for future studies.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence and Psychobiosocial States: Mediating Effects of Intra-Team Communication and Role Ambiguity

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9019
Author(s):  
Rachele Nateri ◽  
Claudio Robazza ◽  
Asko Tolvanen ◽  
Laura Bortoli ◽  
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Team Communication ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
The Relationship

Emotional intelligence is an important variable related to the interaction and functioning of sports teams. The present study examined the relationship between players’ trait emotional intelligence and functional and dysfunctional psychobiosocial states. In particular, we examined the mediating effects of intra-team communication efficacy and role ambiguity in this relationship. The participants were 291 (174 men and 117 women) Italian players involved in various team sports (i.e., futsal, soccer, volleyball, handball, and rugby). They completed a multi-section questionnaire assessing the study variables during the early/middle part of their competitive seasons. Structural equation modeling (SEM) showed trait emotional intelligence to positively predict functional psychobiosocial states and negatively predict dysfunctional psychobiosocial states. Effective intra-team communication mediated the relationship between emotional intelligence and functional states, while role ambiguity was a mediator of the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and dysfunctional states. Overall, the results highlight the importance of examining trait emotional intelligence as an antecedent of players’ psychobiosocial states in applied sport contexts both in terms of team functioning and individual optimal sport experience.

scholarly journals Is the Role of Work Engagement Essential to Employee Performance or ‘Nice to Have’?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woocheol Kim ◽  
Soo Han ◽  
Jiwon Park
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
The Relationship

The current study aimed to scrutinize roles of work engagement as a mediator in the relationships between job and personal resources and employees’ outcomes, namely job performance and turnover intention, specifically focusing on testing the essentiality of work engagement. A total of 571 complete responses from full-time employees in Korean organizations were utilized for data analysis with structural equation modeling (SEM). This study analyzed two research models through the competing model approach: One model (Model 1) specified that job and personal resources directly influence job performance and turnover intention and also indirectly influence job performance and turnover intention through work engagement, whereas the other model (Model 2) specified that job and personal resources only indirectly influence turnover intention and job performance through work engagement. The results of the competing models demonstrated that overall, Model 2 adequately fit better than Model 1. The results also showed that the direct effects of job and personal resources on work engagement, as well as the direct effects of work engagement on job performance and turnover intention were statistically significant. In addition, the results of the study revealed statistically significant mediating effects of work engagement, not only on the relationship between job and personal resources and job performance, but also on the relationship between job and personal resources and turnover intention. Based on the results, theoretical and practical implications for human resource management, limitations, and recommendations for further research are discussed.

scholarly journals Exploring the Role of Emotion in the Relationship Between Museum Image and Tourists’ Behavioral Intention: The Case of Three Museums in Xi’an

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenshan Xu ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Chunhui Zhang ◽  
Man Xu ◽  
Nan Dong
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Cultural Image ◽  
Cognitive Motivation ◽  
The Relationship

As a crucial part of cultural tourism, museums can represent the cultural image of a destination. From the perspective of emotion, this study adopted structural equation modeling to examine the correlation between emotion, museum image, and behavioral intention of tourists. Additionally, the mediating effects of cognitive motivation (overall stratification) and emotional motivation (positive and negative emotion) on the paradigm of "museum image–behavioral intention" were compared and analyzed. This research was undertaken at three museums in Xi’an, China, with 893 valid questionnaires collected. The results showed that the image of the museum has a significant impact on tourists' emotions and a significant positive impact on overall satisfaction and behavioral intention. Moreover, tourists' emotions significantly influence the overall satisfaction and behavioral intention; they play different mediating effects between museum image and behavioral intention. Finally, managerial and theoretical implications were discussed.

scholarly journals Measuring Behavioural Intention through the Use of Greenwashing: A Study of the Mediating Effects and Variables Involved

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6720
Author(s):  
Eloy Gil-Cordero ◽  
Juan Pedro Cabrera-Sánchez ◽  
Ignacio Cepeda-Carrión ◽  
Jaime Ortega-Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Behavioral Indicators ◽  
Green Strategy ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

The work aims to achieve a better understanding of firms’ green strategy, and specifically, in the false green strategy called greenwashing, and the relationships between greenwashing (GW) and behaviour intention (BI), and how this relationship is affected by word of mouth (WOM) and corporative social responsability (CRS). A survey was conducted and 198 valid and complete online questionnaires were collected from users of urban mobility apps (Blablacar and Amovens) in Spain. The structural equation modeling technique partial least squares (PLS-SEM) was used to test the proposed research model and hypothesized relationships. The results of our study indicate that the direct relationship between GW and BI is not supported, although the indirect relationship through WOM and CRS is significant, so that both become mediating variables of the GW and BI relationship. The paper also analyzes the direct relationships between GW, CRS, WOM and BI, so that the direct effects GW and CRS; CRS and WOM; and WOM and BI are significant. This empirical study analyzes the effect of GW, which has not been studied much, especially in empirical research. The study analyzes several variable consequences of GW and analyzes mediating effects of CRS and WOM on the GW and BI relationship. The study also includes two behavioral indicators, WOM and BI, in a research model, and, additionally, the study demonstrates the relationship between GW and perceived CRS.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effects of Organizational Commitment on Leadership Styles and Employee Performance in SOEs in Ghana: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110088
Author(s):  
Francis Donkor ◽  
Zhou Dongmei ◽  
Isaac Sekyere
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Laissez Faire

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating effects of organizational commitment on leadership styles (transformational, transactional and laissez-faire) and subordinate performance in state-owned enterprises in Ghana. The study adopted the partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) to test the hypotheses model. The model has been tested with 330 respondents. The data have been validated by the use of measurement modeling to determine internal consistency reliability (CR) and convergent validity (CV) with SmartPLS 3.0. The results indicate that organizational commitment mediates transformational and laissez-faire leadership. It has also been found that transformational and laissez-faire leadership have a statistically positive and significant relationship with job performance at p < .05 while transactional leadership proved insignificant. The implication is that leaders should know any action to improve subordinate commitment and job performance should take into account appropriate leadership behavior. Also, human development training should be instituted to shape the present and future leadership needs of the enterprise. In furtherance to this, the study provides discussions on the findings, limitations and went on to propose directions for future research.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document