The authors used the frameworks of reciprocal determinism and occupational socialization to study the effects of work characteristics (consisting of control and complexity of work) on personal initiative (PI)--mediated by control orientation (a 2nd-order factor consisting of control aspiration, perceived opportunity for control, and self-efficacy) and the reciprocal effects of PI on changes in work characteristics. They applied structural equation modeling to a longitudinal study with 4 measurement waves (N = 268) in a transitional economy: East Germany. Results confirm the model plus 1 additional, nonhypothesized effect. Work characteristics had a synchronous effect on PI via control orientation (full mediation). There were also effects of control orientation and of PI on later changes in work characteristics: As predicted, PI functioned as partial mediator, changing work characteristics in the long term (reciprocal effect); unexpectedly, there was a 2nd reciprocal effect of an additional lagged partial mediation of control orientation on later work characteristics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:1827 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Frese, Michael, Garst, Harry, Fay, Doris |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Psychologie, Extern. Extern |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Postprint |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Journal of Applied Psychology. - 92 (2007), 4, pp. 1084–1102. - ISSN: 0021-9010 |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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