THE CURVILINEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMAND LEVEL AND PERFORMANCE IN AN ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD SETTING

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 835-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS A. WRIGHT
Keyword(s):  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Organizational Field ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Field Setting

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 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.

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.

Rethinking femininity in organisations: Experimental insights into team composition

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 866-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Busse
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Sex Role Stereotypes ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
And Performance ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Role Incongruity ◽  
Team Types

AbstractRole incongruity, sex role stereotypes and candidate selection procedures which oversatisfy masculine role expectations evoke an underrepresentation of femininity in organisations. The author seeks to remedy this bad state of affairs. This study is designed based on an experiment with 288 young executives simulating self-organised work groups and manipulated the degree of gender-related (not sex-related) heterogeneity. Results generally show a curvilinear relationship with an upright U-shaped format between heterogeneity and performance, team identity and intrateam communication. The major contribution in specific is that highly homogeneous teams outperform other team types in the short run, whereas highly heterogeneous teams succeed in the long run. Consequently, this work recommends ‘femininity enrichment’ in firms and discusses manageable practical advice to do so. As for the laboratory character, findings and implications for practicing managers have to be treated with caution. Finally, the most promising avenues for further research are illuminated.

Internationalization and performance of Indian born globals

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish B. Ganvir ◽  
Neeraj Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Born Global ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Post Entry ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to study internationalization-performance relationship of Indian born global (IBG) firms from multi-theoretical lens and establish the nature of this relationship; second, to highlight the role of foreign equity in moderating this relationship; and third, to establish the relevance of export intensity (EI) in determining these firms’ financial performance. Design/methodology/approach In total, 411 IBG firms were identified based on born global (BG) definition and post-entry internationalization age requirement of this study. A balanced panel comprising of three years from 2010 to 2012 was analyzed using pooled panel and moderated multiple regression techniques. Findings The authors empirically prove that though EI and financial performance are positively related at overall level, this relationship is curvilinear in nature. In presence of foreign equity this positive curvilinear relationship is moderated to inverted-U shape. Research limitations/implications The data sample is restricted to 411 private limited IBGs between the years 2009 and 2012. Implications of the findings are for policy makers and managers to sharpen their strategic foresight for exporting firms in its post-entry period. Also, investors can take level of internationalization into cognizance when investing in BG firms. Practical implications The authors believe the results have practical implications for numerous parties, such as shareholders, institutional investors, scholars, policymakers and managers. It emboldens modern day managers to make further foray into internationalization due to its positive benefits on both productivity as well as profitability. Also, firms that look for foreign equity participation have to balance their strategies for greater scale and scope into international markets. Originality/value This is the first study that brings out the vital relationship aspect of EI with financial performance of IBG firms in their post-entry internationalization period, adding to international business literature in area of BG firms in their post-entry internationalization period.

scholarly journals Family ownership, premiums paid and performance: Evidence from corporate take-overs in Malaysia

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saw-Imm Song ◽  
Ruhani Ali ◽  
Subramaniam Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Agency Problem ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between ownership identity of the largest shareholders, premiums paid and take-over performance, with reference to 63 large acquisitions by Malaysian public listed firms from 1990 to 1999. It is found that the premiums paid are much higher than those in developed countries. It has a curvilinear relationship with take-over performance. At lower to moderate levels of premiums, it improves post-take-over performance while excessive premium drags down the performance of the bidding firms. The finding shows that there is an interaction effect between family ownership and premiums paid which has contributed positively to the post-take-over performance. The evidence suggests that family ownership mitigates agency problem in corporate take-overs

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.

Atkinson's Inverse-U Curve and the Missing Cognitive Variables

1984 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin A. Locke ◽  
Karyll N. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Factorial Design ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Objective Probability ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Cognitive Variables ◽  
Personal Goal ◽  
Probability Of Success ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Intervening Variables

A 3 × 3 factorial design examined the effects of three degrees of feedback/feedforward (given before task performance) and three levels of objective probability of success on task performance. Subjective expectancy, personal goal, valence of winning a monetary prize, expectancy, and commitment to winning were measured as intervening variables. The experimental manipulations had no effect on performance. This and other replication failures indicate that Atkinson's widely cited 1958 finding of a curvilinear relationship between probability of success and performance is not very robust. However, three variables not included in his model, personal goal, valence and commitment, were significantly related to performance, with commitment showing the strongest relationship.

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