Curvilinear Effects of Extraversion on Socialization Outcomes Among Chinese College Students

The authors examine the too-much-of-a-good-thing effect (TMGT effect) in a model showing that extraversion has a curvilinear relationship with social acceptance and depression. A study of 371 freshmen in a Chinese university showed that extraversion had a curvilinear relationship with social acceptance, such that the relationship was significantly positive from lower to moderate levels of extraversion, but the positive relationship leveled off at higher levels of extraversion. Extraversion also had a curvilinear relationship with depression, such that the relationship was significantly negative from lower to moderate levels of extraversion, but the negative relationship leveled off at higher levels of extraversion. The study indicates that beyond a certain point, the beneficial effects of extraversion on socialization outcomes were diminished. That is, higher levels of extraversion were not associated with more positive socialization outcomes (though they were not associated with worse outcomes either) when extraversion exceeded a certain point. Implications of theory and practice, and limitations and directions for future research, are discussed.

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Farmers’ perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost

Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries ◽

10.3329/ralf.v5i1.36548 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 19-25

Author(s):

Md Shiduzzaman ◽

Humyra Akhter ◽

Mohammad Bashir Ahmed ◽

Md Matiul Islam

Keyword(s):

Positive Relationship ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Training Experience ◽

Interview Schedule ◽

Beneficial Effects ◽

Significant Negative Relationship ◽

Spss Software ◽

The Relationship ◽

Day By Day ◽

Scale Data

Vermicompost is very useful manure which is becoming popular day by day. However, its perception by the farmers is not yet assessed in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. The main objectives of this study were to determine the farmers’ perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost and to explore the relationship between selected characteristics of the farmers’ and their perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost. Data were collected using an interview schedule from randomly selected 60 respondents. Locale was three villages namely Lokhpur, Bollokhpur and Vobna under Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district. Faceto- face interview was conducted during 7 to 29 May, 2016. Farmers’ perception regarding the beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost was measured using 5- point Likert type scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and farmers’ perception index was calculated. Majority (66.7 percent) of the respondents had moderate perception while 18.3 percent and 15 percent of them had less and high perception, respectively, on the beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost. Among seven selected characteristics of the respondents, age showed a significant negative relationship with their perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost while training experience of the respondents showed a significant positive relationship with their overall perception. Thus, arrangement of training could pave the way of high perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 19-25, April 2018

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On the Relationship Between Job Involvement and Central Life Interest

Relations industrielles ◽

10.7202/028604ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 166-180

Author(s):

Vance F. Mitchell ◽

Vishwanath Baba ◽

Timothy Epps

Keyword(s):

Positive Relationship ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Job Involvement ◽

Future Research ◽

Significant Negative Relationship ◽

Organizational Levels ◽

Job Levels ◽

The Relationship ◽

Negligible Influence

The present study investigates the relationship between job involvement (JI) and central life interest (CLI) for a sample of automobile workers chosen from three organizational levels containing unskilled employees, skilled workmen and fore-men. Possible associations of job involvement and work as the« Central Life Interest » with job levels in the occupational hierarchy, age of the individuals and the length of employment were also explored. The results disconfirmed the hypothesized positive relationship between JI and CLI. In fact a low but significant negative relationship was obtained between JI and CLI. Job levels, age and length of employment were found to hâve negligible influence on both JI and CLI. On the basis of the obtained results, directions for future research are indicated.

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How Managers’ Job Crafting Reduces Turnover Intention: The Mediating Roles of Role Ambiguity and Emotional Exhaustion

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17113972 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (11) ◽

pp. 3972

Author(s):

Yuhyung Shin ◽

Won-Moo Hur ◽

Kyungdo Park ◽

Hansol Hwang

Keyword(s):

Role Conflict ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Turnover Intention ◽

Role Ambiguity ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Job Crafting ◽

Path Modeling ◽

The Relationship

Despite the increasing body of research on job crafting, the relationship between managers’ job crafting and their turnover intention, as well as its intermediary mechanisms, has received relatively little attention from researchers. This study examined how managers’ job crafting negatively affected their turnover intention, focusing on role ambiguity and emotional exhaustion as underlying mediators. Data were collected from 235 store managers in South Korean food franchises. All study hypotheses were supported by regression-based path modeling. Controlling for role conflict and role ambiguity, we found a negative relationship between job crafting and role ambiguity, a positive relationship between role ambiguity and emotional exhaustion, and a positive relationship between emotional exhaustion and turnover intention. Our mediation analyses further revealed that controlling for role conflict and role overload, role ambiguity and emotional exhaustion partially and sequentially mediated the relationship between managers’ job crafting and their turnover intention. These findings have several implications for theory and practice.

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AGENCY CONFLICTS AND OPERATING PERFORMANCE IN AN EMERGING MARKET

Corporate Ownership and Control ◽

10.22495/cocv14i1p7 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 73-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Manas Mayur

Keyword(s):

Positive Relationship ◽

Emerging Market ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Intermediate Level ◽

Curvilinear Relationship ◽

Agency Conflicts ◽

Ipo Performance ◽

And Performance ◽

The Relationship ◽

Very High

The study examines the relationship between post-IPO performance of 306 Indian firms and the changes in insiders’ ownership around their IPOs? The results illustrated a curvilinear relationship between ownership and performance. Whereas the negative relationship was found for low and very high ownership level and positive relationship was found for intermediate level. This is an attention-grabbing outcome as it contrasts with earlier studies on curvilinear relationship between ownership and performance, where the negative relationship was found for intermediate level and positive relationship was found for both very low and very high ownership level.

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The Relationship between Personality Five Factor Theory and the Career Success of Executive Workers in Apparel Sector Organizations in Sabaragamuwa Province Sri Lanka

Human Resource Management Journal ◽

10.31357/hrmj.v5i1.3573 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

SH Dias ◽

P Jayasekara

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Career Success ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Process Models ◽

Future Research ◽

Work Related ◽

Strong Positive Relationship ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Area of the Study As a significant determinant of career success of employee, this study is discussing the relationship between Personality Five Factor theory and the Career Success of executive workers in the apparel sector organizations in Sabaragamuwa province Sri Lanka.Problem of the Study There is an empirical knowledge gap in the context of the impact of personality five factor theory on the career success of employees in Sri Lanka. therefore, the problem of the study is: Does Five Factor Theory of personality affect to the career success of executives in the apparel sector organization in Sabaragamuwa province.Method of the study The data were collected from a selected sample of 122 executives in the apparel industry in Sabaragamuwa province Sri Lanka by administrating a structured questionnaire, which consisted of 63 questions/ statements with 5 points scale. The data analyses included the univariate and bivariate analyses.Findings of the Study The authors found that some of the factors have strong positive relationship and some have negative relationship and some haven’t any relationship with career success of executives in apparel sector organizations in Sabaragamuwa province, Sri Lanka. Extraversion and Conscientiousness have strong positive relationship with career success of the executives and Agreeableness and Neuroticism have negative relationship with the executives of the apparel sector organizations. However, there is no any relationship in Openness to experience with career success of the executives.Conclusion of the Study Future research based on the current theoretical model can investigate the relationship of personality with other work related behaviors and outcomes. The empirical confirmation of this conceptual model is another area of future research. Future research should attempt to replicate these results and develop process models that may explain why conscientiousness and Extraversion have such apparently enduring associations with career success.Keywords: Personality Five Factors, Career Success, Executives, Apparel Sector Organizations

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How Much You See Is How You Respond: The Curvilinear Relationship Between the Frequency of Observed Unethical Behavior and The Whistleblowing Intention

Journal of Business Ethics ◽

10.1007/s10551-020-04663-6 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Muel Kaptein

Keyword(s):

Unethical Behavior ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Curvilinear Relationship ◽

The Usa ◽

The Relationship ◽

Whistleblowing Intention ◽

Focus Theory

AbstractThis article uses a sample of 3076 employees working in the USA to examine the relationship between the frequency of unethical behavior that employees observe in their organization and their intention to whistleblow. The results confirm the expected curvilinear relationship based on the Focus Theory of Normative Conduct. This relationship is a combination of a diminishing negative relationship between the frequency of observed unethical behavior and the intention to whistleblow internally and a linear positive relationship between the frequency of observed unethical behavior and the intention to whistleblow externally. The beliefs of employees about how supportive their management is when handling whistleblowing reports moderates the relationship between the frequency of unethical behavior employees observe and their intention to whistleblow.

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Creatief onder druk

Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2015.028.002.005 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Paul Boogerd ◽

Joris van Ruysseveldt ◽

Karen van Dam

Keyword(s):

Positive Relationship ◽

Time Pressure ◽

Future Research ◽

Curvilinear Relationship ◽

Positive Linear Relationship ◽

Creative Behavior ◽

Creative Behaviour ◽

Low Levels ◽

The Relationship

Creative under pressure: The role of time pressure, creative requirements and creative orientation in creative behavior Creative under pressure: The role of time pressure, creative requirements and creative orientation in creative behavior The increasing turbulence within and around organizations requires employees to work harder and be more creative. This study investigated the relationship between time pressure and creative behaviour, and the role of creativity demands and creative orientation in it. Based on current literature, we predicted that time pressure and creative behaviour would show a curvilinear relationship. Creativity demands and creative orientation were assumed to have a positive linear relationship with creative behaviour and also to moderate the hypothesized curvilinear relationship. The results (N = 192) did not confirm the expected curvilinear relationship between time pressure and creative behaviour. However, we did find a linear positive relationship between time pressure and creative behaviour, while – as expected – creativity demands and creative orientation were positively related to creative behaviour. Moreover, indications were found of an interaction between time pressure and creativity demands: at low levels of creativity demands, time pressure and creative behaviour were positively associated, while at high levels of creativity demands, there was no significant relationship between these variables. Several avenues for future research are presented.

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Evaluating the Relationship Between Initial Injury, Referral to A Pain Clinic, and Medical Retirement from the Army: A Retrospective Analysis

Military Medicine ◽

10.1093/milmed/usaa463 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 186 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 502-505

Author(s):

Justin J Stewart ◽

Diane Flynn ◽

Alana D Steffen ◽

Dale Langford ◽

Honor McQuinn ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Retrospective Analysis ◽

Extended Period ◽

Pain Clinic ◽

Outcome Variable ◽

Future Research ◽

Curvilinear Relationship ◽

The Impact ◽

Pain Care ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACT Introduction Soldiers are expected to deploy worldwide and must be medically ready in order to accomplish their mission. Soldiers unable to deploy for an extended period of time because of chronic pain or other conditions undergo an evaluation for medical retirement. A retrospective analysis of existing longitudinal data from an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center (IPMC) was used to evaluate the temporal relationship between the time of initial duty restriction and referral for comprehensive pain care to being evaluated for medical retirement. Methods Patients were adults (>18 years old) and were cared for in an IPMC at least once between May 1, 2014 and February 28, 2018. A total of 1,764 patients were included in the final analysis. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the impact of duration between date of first duty restriction documentation and IPMC referral to the outcome variable of establishment of a permanent 3 (P3) profile. Results The duration between date of first duty restriction and IPMC referral showed a curvilinear relationship to probability of a P3 profile. According to our model, a longer duration before referral is associated with an increased probability of a subsequent P3 profile with the highest probability peaking at 19 months. The probability of P3 declines gradually for those who were referred later. Discussion This is the first time the relationship between time of initial duty restriction, referral to an IPMC, and subsequent P3 or higher profile has been tested. Future research is needed to examine medical conditions listed on the profile to see how they might contribute to the cause of referral to the IPMC. Conclusion A longer duration between initial duty restriction and referral to IPMC was associated with higher odds of subsequent P3 status for up to 19 months. Referral to an IPMC for comprehensive pain care early in the course of chronic pain conditions may reduce the likelihood of P3 profile and eventual medical retirement of soldiers.

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Attachment to God and Quest as Moderators of the Relationship between Religious Doubt and Mental Health

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/0091647121992409 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 009164712199240

Author(s):

Noah S. Love ◽

Cassidy A. Merlo ◽

M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall ◽

Peter C. Hill

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Health Problems ◽

Positive Mental Health ◽

Attachment To God ◽

Religious Doubt ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

The Relationship

The present study examined attachment to God and quest as potential moderators of the relationship between religious doubt and mental health. A sample of Christian participants ( N = 235) completed a survey which included measures of attachment to God, quest, religious doubt, and mental health. As hypothesized, attachment to God and quest significantly moderated an individual’s experience of religious doubt. Low avoidant attachment to God (i.e., a more secure attachment) was associated with a more negative relationship between cognitive religious doubt and positive mental health than high avoidant attachment. In contrast, low avoidant attachment to God also ameliorated the positive relationship between affective religious doubt and mental health problems. Low anxious attachment was associated with a stronger negative relationship between both measures of religious doubt (i.e., cognitive and affective) and positive mental health. In addition, high soft quest weakened all four of the relationships between measures of religious doubt and mental health. High hard quest ameliorated the positive relationship between both measures of religious doubt and mental health problems. These results indicate that an individual’s attachment to God and the way an individual is oriented toward religion each play a role in the mental health outcomes associated with religious doubt.

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Does sustainable consumption make consumers happy?

International Journal of Market Research ◽

10.1177/14707853211030482 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147078532110304

Author(s):

Encarnación Ramos-Hidalgo ◽

Rosalia Diaz-Carrion ◽

Carlos Rodríguez-Rad

Keyword(s):

Ethical Behavior ◽

Unethical Behavior ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Sustainable Consumption ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Ethical Consumption ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Sustainable Behavior ◽

The Relationship

The importance of ethical behavior in consumers has never been so evident, and in recent years, researchers have generated a great deal of knowledge about ethical consumption. The search for happiness in consumption has been a recurrent line of research by academics of the management and, mainly, the marketing fields. Our study analyses the relationship between ethical and sustainable behavior in consumption and the achievement of consumer happiness. Employing structural equations, the findings of the study suggest that there is a positive relationship between consumers’ predisposition toward sustainable behavior and happiness. In addition, the findings indicate that, when there are reasons to justify unethical behavior in consumption, the consumer also manages to be happier. Important implications for theory and practice are derived from the results. Emphasizing the benefits of sustainable consumption for enhancing happiness might instigate sustainable consumption, especially in the case of those consumers who do not have a positive attitude toward sustainable consumption.

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